Midday show host Dan Bernstein is beginning his 30th consecutive year on the air at 670 The Score, a venerated streak in the Chicago marketplace that will be recognized by the Audacy-owned station. Bernstein became a full-time on-air host four years after officially joining the station in 1995 and was paired with Chicago Sun-Times columnist Terry Boers. The Boers and Bernstein show quickly gained notoriety in the locale and was centered around recurring segments, caller interactions and on-air debates. The show lasted for 17 years before Boers left the station, but the sound was renewed on Monday afternoon.
Laurence Holmes represented Bernstein’s fourth partner in seven years upon the departure of Boers, but their program has been embraced by listeners and attained widespread success. Bernstein has been hosting alongside Holmes since 2022 as part of an updated weekday programming lineup for the station, and the midday show has included Leila Rahimi on Wednesday editions as well. On Monday’s edition of the Bernstein and Holmes show, the duo was joined by Boers in honor of Bernstein beginning his third decade with 670 The Score. Holmes asked Boers how he resisted the urge to want to punch Bernstein in the face working with him.
“He really is brilliant,” Boers said. “Once you get used to the rest of him, you start going, ‘Oh my God, he knows exactly what he’s talking about. He’s sharp, he’s concise, he’s not too windy like I am and he can talk about anything he wanted to whenever he wants to talk about it.’ After a while, you sort of learn what’s not to like.”
Before he started working at 670 The Score, Bernstein worked in a variety of media roles in both sports and news media, including as a broadcaster with the South Bend White Sox, Raleigh Bullfrogs and Rockford Lightning. Additionally, he has made appearances on networks including CNN and MSNBC to offer his opinions on news topics and current events. When he first joined 670 The Score, he covered the Chicago Bulls dynasty that won three consecutive NBA championships from 1996 to 1998 and continues to write about sports as the station’s senior columnist.
When Boers was paired with Bernstein, he received condolence messages from others who were not sure how he would make it through a month. The partnership ended up lasting for a significantly longer time with a distinctive chemistry, something that Boers attributes to his former co-host. At the same time though, he chose to accept the wisdom and shrewdness of Bernstein and was cognizant of his role on sports talk radio.
“He solidified the station,” Boers said of Bernstein. “I was just along for the ride – that’s what I was. I didn’t have any great thoughts about it, [and] I didn’t have any great ideas of what the station could become, but what it’s become still makes me proud to this day because I know what little I had to do with all that that where the station is today, and the people on it are terrific.”
