Barry Bernson

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Description: Barry Bernson began his career as a radio news anchor for WAVE-970, and moved into broadcast journalism on WAVE-TV in 1970. He moved to Chicago in 1976 to become a reporter and movie critic for WMAQ-TV, where he also contributed to NBC News Overnight with Linda Ellerbee. Since returning to Louisville in 1985, he has been on the air in several roles with both WHAS and WDRB. He was voted “Best Morning Host” multiple times by Louisville Magazine and has won many awards including several Midwest Emmys and Metro Louisville Journalism Awards. He retired as co-anchor of WDRB in the Morning in 2011. Barry began reading for APH in the 1970s and has recorded more than 575 titles. He received the Alexander Scourby Award in 2003.