There are some very talented, popular and controversial sports talk show hosts scattered across the country.
Dan Bernstein is one of them and for the last 28 has entertained, infuriated, challenged, ridiculed but maintained a very sizable and loyal audience. You don’t exactly do that by accident. Then again, Bernstein was a different breed. A brainy yet brash grad from Duke university, ‘Bernsy,' as he’s best known, can talk about anything from sports to fishing, TV and eating! One his favorite subjects is food.
“I started enjoying food before it became its own industry.” Bernstein is an unabashed foodie but there are limits. “Restaurants are too expensive!” That doesn’t stop him from discussing it on the air and particularly one of his favorite places, The Waffle House.
He’s mellowed over the years from a guy who blistered certain callers to one who simply has matured over time. But he still offers impressions of other famous sports figures and he’s pretty darn good at it. Matter of fact while at Duke, he won a Dick Vitale impersonation contest.
And it was at Duke where Bernstein was part of the schools drama department where he concentrated on American comedy and humor. It’s very evident in just about every show he does. He also discovered a campus cable station. It was then he began his venture into the sports business. He worked professionally in Rockford, Illinois for 3 years before landing his big break at WSCR which back then was Sportsradio 820. It’s been 670 The Score for over 20 years.
This is the first of a two part episode and in part two, Bernstein delves into his spectacular successful relationship with Terry Boers, one of the station’s originals. Their partnership lasted a then record 17 years. Part two drops on July 3rd.
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