The Book — Bernie Smilovitz

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Hysterical Moments from 50 Years of Broadcasting — and I Still Have My Hair

Bernie’s memoir is the story of a Brooklyn-born son of Holocaust survivors who talked his way from a $2.25-an-hour overnight phone job into one of the longest runs in American local television. Stories include a rock star on the phone at 5:30 a.m., a scoop landed from a dentist’s chair, mayors, coaches, an FBI visit, and a spectacularly humbling stint in New York. It’s funny the way only a life lived fully gets to be

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a taste

stories you’ll want out loud

the calls you don’t expect

It’s 5:30 a.m. at an all-news radio station, Bernie is three weeks into his first job, and the drummer of The Who is on line one...

the city that watched

Bo. Sparky. Mr. I. The mayors, the Malice, and four decades of Detroit sports history from the best seat in the house!

the long way home

A two-year run in New York, a homecoming Detroit never let him forget, and a sign-off that made headlines across the country.

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