Bears radio broadcasts set to return to the road

Jeff Joniak is beginning his 21st season as the Bears’ radio voice.Bears radio voice Jeff Joniak can empathize with the baseball announcers who are frustrated being tethered to their home broadcast booths, calling road games off monitors because of issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Joniak and analyst Tom Thayer faced the same challenge last season, when they called one road game on site (they drove to the season opener in Detroit) and called the others from the culinary studio at WBBM Newsradio 780. As great as their setup was, it couldn’t replicate being at the stadium.

“Everybody wants to be there. That’s why we do it,” Joniak said. “We know we’re open for criticism because…