{"id":498750,"date":"2022-10-06T16:25:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wabc-radio-host-bernard-mcguirk-dead-at-64\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T16:25:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T13:25:16","slug":"wabc-radio-host-bernard-mcguirk-dead-at-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wabc-radio-host-bernard-mcguirk-dead-at-64\/","title":{"rendered":"#WABC radio host Bernard McGuirk dead at 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2787c21f1c1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2787c21f1c1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wabc-radio-host-bernard-mcguirk-dead-at-64\/#%E2%80%9CWABC_radio_host_Bernard_McGuirk_dead_at_64%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;WABC radio host Bernard McGuirk dead at 64&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWABC_radio_host_Bernard_McGuirk_dead_at_64%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;WABC radio host Bernard McGuirk dead at 64&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Legendary New York City radio host Bernard McGuirk has died at the age of 64 following a \u201ccourageous\u201d battle with prostate cancer, his station <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wabcradio.com\/2022\/10\/06\/beloved-77wabc-host-bernard-mcguirk-passes1957-2022\/\">announced<\/a> Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>McGuirk \u2014 who hosted WABC\u2019s \u201cBernie &amp; Sid in the Morning\u201d with co-host Sid Rosenberg \u2014 died Wednesday night surrounded by family at a local hospital, the station said. <\/p>\n<p>He had been on the air in the city since 1986 and was the executive producer of the nationally syndicated program \u201cImus in the Morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, McGuirk moved to WABC with Don Imus, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/12\/27\/longtime-radio-host-don-imus-dead-at-79\/\">late radio icon<\/a>, and his \u201cpersonality from day one dramatically improved the camaraderie and morale of the entire radio station,\u201d the station said in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-83.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bernard McGuirk\" class=\"wp-image-24144889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bernard McGuirk hosted \u201cBernie &amp; Sid in the Morning\u201d with Sid Rosenberg since April 2018.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-002.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bernard McGuirk, co-host of WABC\u2019s \u201cBernie &amp; Sid in the Morning\u201d has died.\" class=\"wp-image-24146412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-002.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>McGuirk had co-hosted \u201cBernie &amp; Sid\u201d since 2018.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\/WABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-009.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Don Imus, left, acknowledges audience applause and that of producer Bernard McGuirkat New York's Town Hall during his return to radio Monday morning Dec. 3, 2007. \" class=\"wp-image-24146424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-009.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>He had been the executive producer of the nationally syndicated program \u201cImus in the Morning.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>McGuirk had co-hosted \u201cBernie &amp; Sid\u201d 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\u2019 Red <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Media Group Inc. in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just started doing things the way radio was meant to be. We went back to basic formatics and we didn\u2019t 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,\u201d WABC president Chad Lopez told The Post about the show\u2019s rise to the top of the ratings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"McGuirk seen in a hospital bed\" class=\"wp-image-24144887\" width=\"296\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=587 592w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=440 444w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=294 296w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=147 148w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Bernard-McGuirk-84.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\"\/><figcaption>McGuirk died following a battle with prostate cancer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Bernard McGuirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe allowed him to be who it was and that\u2019s a huge part of the success of the show,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was able to just be himself and just do it and that\u2019s what made that show number one. He was witty and didn\u2019t mince his words and just spoke the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGuirk left behind his wife, Carol, and two children, Melanie and Brendan.<\/p>\n<p>The Bronx native and Nassau County resident will be remembered on the air next Tuesday in a day-long tribute that will resemble an \u201cIrish wake,\u201d WABC colleague Curtis Sliwa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will focus on Bernie the comic, Bernie the entertainer, Bernie the friend of so many people. It\u2019s going to be a positive, uplifting day in which we remember the best of Bernard McGuirk, which goes back over years and years and years,\u201d Sliwa told The Post over the phone from the WABC studio on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa had also battled prostate cancer and said he urged his friend to get treated last year when he began having serious symptoms. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-008.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bernard McGuirk, co-host of WABC\u2019s \u201cBernie &amp; Sid in the Morning\u201d has died.\" class=\"wp-image-24146441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bernie-mcguirk-obit-008.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Bronx native will be remembered on the air next Tuesday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/WABC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn his memory, men should know and women who are with men should advise them: Just get the blood test. It\u2019s a simple prick of the finger, a PSA test. Had Bernie gotten that, he might well be alive today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt written statement issued by Lopez called McGuirk the \u201cbackbone of this entire radio station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be missed by all that knew him and listened to him, a true gentleman, he is the fabric of the morning show.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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