Charles Osgood
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Charles Osgood's daily news commentary broadcast, the Osgood File, has drawn one of the largest audiences of any network radio feature. Osgood was called "one of the last great broadcast writers" by his predecessor on Sunday Morning, Charles Kuralt.
The Osgood File has earned him five coveted Washington Journalism Review Best in the Business Awards, among other honors. Osgood received a 1999 Radio Mercury Award, a 1996 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers President's Award for outstanding coverage and support of music creators, and a 1993 Marconi Radio Award.
Osgood was born on Jan. 8, 1933 in New York. He graduated from Fordham University with a B.S. degree in economics in 1954.
Osgood holds honorary doctorates from St. John's University, Stonehill College, College of St. Rose, LeMoyne College, Trinity College, the College of Mount St. Vincent, Iona College, Caldwell College, Fairleigh Dickenson University, and Franklin and Marshall College. He also holds honorary degrees from Fordham University and St. Bonaventure, and serves as a trustee for both. He is an overseer at Colby College. He is also a trustee at the School of Strings in Manhattan, which he claims would never have happened if they had heard him play.
Osgood has performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and has played the piano and banjo with the New York Pops and Boston Pops Orchestras.
He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jean. They have five children. The National Father's Day Committee named him Father of the Year in 1985.
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