Remembering the Legacy of Detroit’s “Voice of Summer”

January 25, 2018

Former Tigers Sportcaster Ernie Harwell would have been 100 years old today.

Ernie Harwell

Today would have been former Tigers sportscaster Ernie Harwell’s 100th birthday. Harwell was behind the mic in Detroit for more than 40 years, from 1960 until his retirement in the early 2000s. Listen at the link above to local writer Dave Mesrey, who’s been involved for decades in preserving Detroit’s baseball history, talk to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire about Harwell’s legacy.

 

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning journalist and managing editor and lead reporter of WDET's new environmental series, the Detroit Tree Canopy Project, as well as WDET's CuriosiD podcast. She was the host of WDET’s CultureShift and a founding producer of the station’s flagship news talk show *Detroit Today*. Amanda also served as a Morning Edition host at WDET and previously worked as a host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.

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