Posted by Bob on July 11, 2012 at 18:27:25:
•Amazing doesn’t begin to describe Bob Greenberg, who worked as a sportscaster for Chicago Public Media WBEZ-FM (91.5) from 1975 to 1990 — and later for a variety of other radio stations — despite his blindness since early childhood. He died of cancer Monday in Williamsburg, Virginia, at 68. “Many people who heard him never knew of his disability,” said Marty Zivin, who carried Greenberg’s Saturday morning sports report on Zecom Radio for the past seven years. “He had a studio in his home along with satellite dishes in the backyard. He would listen to several ballgames simultaneously.” In an affectionate tribute to Greenberg, SRN Broadcasting’s Steve Leventhal wrote: “Bob always fought for what he believed in, even if it took theatrics sometimes to make his point.”