This Beech Grove, Indiana, native was born blind, but he didn’t let that stop him from pursuing a love of music and entertainment. After graduating from the Indiana School for the Blind in 1975, Bernie Eagan went on to Ball State University where he graduated with a degree in Radio and Television Communications. He then accepted a position as a programming consultant at WWHC-FM (now WMXQ-FM) and was hired part-time at WERK-AM. Eagan began working at Emmis Communications' WENS-FM in Indianapolis, becoming music director and assistant program director while hosting afternoon drive from 1984 to 2002 and a Friday night retro show 1999-2002. Eagan later hosted mornings and afternoons on WXYB-FM, Indianapolis.
Bernie Eagan was inducted into the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018.
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