Chuck Swirsky - Chicago Bulls play by play voice on faith, broadcasting and his time with Sports Spectrum
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Chuck Swirsky is the radio play by play voice of the Chicago Bulls. He started his career in broadcasting in Cleveland, Ohio in the mid-1970’s and moved to Chicago in 1979. He spent many years working in Chicago radio at WGN. In the mid-1990’s Swirsky was the host of our Sports Spectrum syndicated radio program, where he interviewed athletes and others in sports about their Christian faith.
In 1998, Swirsky moved to Toronto and became the play by play voice of the Raptors, a position he held for 10 years. In 2008, he returned to Chicago and became the voice of the Bulls radio broadcasts. In 2016, Swirsky was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame and in 2018 to the WGN Radio Walk of Fame.
Today on the podcast, Chuck Swirsky shares stories of his time working with Sports Spectrum in the 1990’s. He also talks about his time as a broadcaster in Chicago during the Michael Jordan era, the future of broadcasting and the importance of communication, connection and relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, we're going to go through a little bit of a time capsule, |
| 0:06.6 | if you will, with Chuck Swirsky. He's the radio voice of the Chicago Bulls. Chuck Swersky is also |
| 0:13.6 | a former host of Sports Spectrum Radio. And maybe you might be thinking Sports Spectrum Radio. |
| 0:20.7 | I didn't know they had a radio kind of show. And maybe you might be thinking Sports Spectrum Radio. I didn't know they had a |
| 0:22.0 | radio kind of show. And they did. Way back in the 90s, Chuck Swirsky became the voice of Sports |
| 0:29.5 | Spectrum's radio program in the early 1990s. And he actually, first of all, he's a great guy. |
| 0:39.7 | And I've always wanted to have Chuck on the show. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm glad that the timing worked out because early next year, we're going to be starting a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Sports Spectrum in 2025. |
| 0:50.3 | And I really wanted to have Chuck on the show to kind of look back a little bit on the idea of |
| 0:55.5 | how Sports Spectrum's radio show started in the early 90s and what his memories are of hosting a show |
| 1:03.5 | very much like this podcast where he got to interview coaches and athletes and other people |
| 1:08.3 | about Jesus and just wondering if there was any pushback |
| 1:12.0 | at all when he was hosting that show. |
| 1:14.5 | He is a great guy, Chuck Swirsky. |
| 1:17.3 | He was very generous with his time and we were so grateful to be able to have him on sports |
| 1:22.5 | spectrum. |
| 1:23.0 | I mean, he's a Hall of Famer. |
| 1:24.3 | He was inducted into the Chicago Land Hall of Fame in 2016, the WGN |
| 1:29.1 | Radio Walk of Fame in 2018. He released a book called Always a Pleasure back in 2022. He's called |
| 1:36.2 | over 2000 NBA games. Chuck Swirsky, this is awesome. I'm so excited for you to hear the conversation |
| 1:43.0 | with the radio voice of the Chicago Bulls coming up in just a moment. First, I'm so excited for you to hear the conversation with the radio voice of the Chicago |
| 1:45.1 | Bulls coming up in just a moment. First, I just want to remind you, of course, all of our |
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