Trivia

Bill Stern was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.

"Bill Stern's Sports Newsreel" was heard on NBC Radio (1937-1953) and CBS Radio (1953-1956). It was known as the "Colgate Sports Newsreel" from 1939 till 1951.

Announced football games during the thirties.

Covered boxing matches during the late thirties.

In 1937, the "Bill Stern Sports Review" became the first sports talk show on radio.

Inducted into the American Sportscasters Hall of Fame in 1984 (inaugural class, along with Red Barber, Don Dunphy, Ted Husing, and Graham McNamee.

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Upon his death, his remains were interred at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York. His location plot is Section T.

Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.