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Occupation: Broadcaster.

Birthday: Sept. 16, 1954.

Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex.

Current home: Manhattan.

Marital status: Just married to Judith Lonsdale-McEwen.

Working on: ”CBS This Morning.”

The last good movie I saw was: ”Boyz N the Hood.”

I stay home to watch: ”Jeopardy” and ”Entertainment Tonight.” I go to bed so early they`re like my Arsenio Hall and David Letterman shows.

The book I`ve been reading is: ”Waiting To Exhale,” by Terry McMillan.

Favorite performer: Bruce Springsteen. When the lights go down, it`s like Christmas Eve and you`re unwrapping your presents and you know you`re getting something good.

Favorite childhood memory: I was in Little League, my mother came to see me play and I hit a grand-slam home run.

Prized possession: My car, a 1987 Porsche 911 convertible. It`s give-me-a-ticket red.

Nobody knows I`m: Sentimental. I cry at commercials.

I`m better than anyone else when it comes to: Strat-O-Matic Baseball. I keep statistics, hold all-star games, make trades. It`s one of the best things in my life.

I`d give anything to meet: Jack Nicholson. He`s very cool and supremely talented, but he`s a regular guy.

The worst part of my job is: When you get up at 4 in the morning, you`re always slightly crabby.

A really great evening to me is: My wife and I snuggle, both with our own books, reading passages to each other.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: I was the class clown, the most friendly and the class flirt.

I knew I was a grownup when I: Got divorced in 1989.

My most irrational act: Quitting college and going to L.A. with $100 in my pocket to be a standup comedian.

Nobody would believe it if they saw me: Dancing in my underwear.

The worst time of my life: 1977, when I realized I wasn`t going to make it as a comedian.

The best time of my life: 1978, when I started in radio in Detroit. I couldn`t believe they were paying me to play records.

Three words that best describe me: A big kid.