Iconic WABC radio host Bernard McGuirk dead at 64

NY Post ^ | October 6, 2022 9:25am | Jesse O’Neill

[conservative98]

Legendary New York City radio host Bernard McGuirk has died at the age of 64 following a “courageous” battle with prostate cancer, his station announced Thursday.

McGuirk — who hosted WABC’s “Bernie & Sid in the Morning” with co-host Sid Rosenberg — died Wednesday night surrounded by family at a local hospital, the station said.

He had been on the air in the city since 1986 and was the executive producer of the nationally syndicated program “Imus in the Morning.”

In 2007, McGuirk moved to WABC with Don Imus, the late radio icon, and his “personality from day one dramatically improved the camaraderie and morale of the entire radio station,” the station said in a statement.

McGuirk had co-hosted “Bernie & Sid” since 2018, and his talents recently propelled it to the top-rated morning radio show in New York, after the station was bought by John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Media Group Inc. in March 2020.

“We just started doing things the way radio was meant to be. We went back to basic formatics and we didn’t let big corporation thinking or corporation-type thinking where it was done for the money; it was done for what the product was and we invested in the product,” WABC president Chad Lopez told The Post about the show’s rise to the top of the ratings.

“We allowed him to be who it was and that’s a huge part of the success of the show,” he continued.

“He was able to just be himself and just do it and that’s what made that show number one. He was witty and didn’t mince his words and just spoke the truth.”

McGuirk left behind his wife, Carol, and two children, Melanie and Brendan.

[Dawgreg]

Thanks for this.......good memories. I loved that show......

[conservative98]

“being only 10 years younger than that... that seems to freaking young!”

See post below:

Bernard Mcguirk
December 15, 2021 ·
Get ur prostate exam and colonoscopies early and stay on it.
Don’t be stupid like I was. Paying for it now.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10223467189726984&set=a.10203042589884753

[nwrep]

How old is that photo? 2005?

[conservative98]

2017

Don Imus & Bernard McGuirk exchange on Charlottesville / Trump Aug 14 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yBQTh3Exk

Imus is talking about the fine people hoax and has it all twisted. Trump DID say he wasn’t talking about the neo-nazis. Of course the media didn’t report that so the hoax persisted and still lives on with Biden and the Democrats to this day.

[conservative98]

As I was about to post an update on my status w prostate cancer I just found out that my friend Bernie McGuirk passed after suffering from it. If there’s any lesson to be learned: get your regular checkups. Doing so saved my life https://t.co/vKXQSHG637— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) October 6, 2022

[Bonemaker]

I’m with you! Started my day right with their irreverant humor, insults and verbal antics. Very sorry the show ended and Imus’s and now Bernard’s passing. Dagen, Carly, Lauren and Connel all got their start under Imus and are now Fox regulars.

[peggybac]

The only one I remember now on Fox is Janice Dean. Wow, what a different person she was back then!

[conservative98]

Sid Rosenberg’s Tribute to Bernard McGuirk at the 77WABC 100 Years Gala #77WABCRadio #BernardMcGuirk pic.twitter.com/3OJf6t49aC— TalkRadio 77 WABC (@77WABCradio) October 6, 2022