Mark Edwards

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Mark Edwards was the current host of the radio show Wake up America, Monday-Fridays from 10:00 p.m. {PST} – 12:00 a.m. {PST} for KDWN-AM 720, and is very passionate about the topic of illegal immigration; the primary topics on the show relate to illegal immigration, the U.S. government, and a potpourri of national news. You can now listen via online or directly over the internet from 8:00 p.m. {PST} to 10PM {PST} Thursdays on KLAV-AM 1230 radio.

[edit] Broadcasting History

After six years with the Marine Corps, (a portion of it spent during the Korean war), Mark decided to give broadcasting a try. He graduated from the Milwaukee School of Broadcasting and has enjoyed a diversified role on the air as a morning personality, sports director and 'play by play' man for baseball, football and basketball, and also served as a 'color' commentator in these same sports. Mark has also been an operations director, program director and a news director. His radio travels have taken him from Wisconsin to Arizona, California and finally here, in Las Vegas where he has been a mainstay for the past twenty challenging years. In Las Vegas, Edwards has experienced a widely varied radio background.

He's been a 'color' commentator for UNLV football and basketball. He covered all of the major fights that were held in Las Vegas for a Canadian Sports show called 'Celebrity Sports'. This show was broadcast nationally in Canada. During the Jerry Tarkanian era at UNLV Edwards broadcast 'live' from the old Landmark Hotel lounge with Coach Tarkanian and an audience that could interact with the coach. Mark also enjoyed a long run at the Riviera hotel with a program called 'Inside the World of News, Sports, and Entertainment'. It was broadcast 'live' Monday through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

His guests ranged from Pulitzer prize winners like the late Jim Murray and Dick Young to celebrity guests such as Donna Fargo, Anne Murray and the Captain and Tennile just to name a few. Currently Mark is writing three columns for Nevada Senior World. He's been with them for over ten years, in fact about the same amount of time he's been at KDWN. Edward's hosted the "Wake Up America" show on KDWN-AM 720 with co-host Ken Stahl, yet now hosts the program alone with such guests as Jim Gilchrist, Frosty Wooldridge, and Terry Anderson (host of "The Terry Anderson Show" on KRLA radio), who is a regular on Wednesdays on the program. The show was also filled in by host Jim Dallas every Friday and days on which Mark cannot be present.

In August of 2006, Mark Edwards retired and moved to Wisconsin. KDWN AM 720 was sold to Beasley Broadcasting. The Wake Up America Show has been broadcasting on KLAV AM 1230 since September 7, 2006. You can now occasionally hear Mark every Thursday from 8PM to 10PM PST Time on KLAV AM 1230 broadcasting from Wisconsin. Mark Edwards continues to play a role in the Wake Up America organization he founded.