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Media Views: Kerber's 'wear a mask' edict on the air creates a stir

It began as a simple, or so he thought, public health request.

“Wear a mask,” Blues radio play-by-play announcer Chris Kerber implored listeners on a recent broadcast.

But that remark, sensible and innocuous to some during the coronavirus pandemic, rattled other listeners with the force of a slap shot fired by Al MacInnis in his prime. Such is life in America 2020, when how individuals conduct themselves during the nation’s first such major health crisis in a century has become highly political. Kerber certainly has found that out.

“It got to be a heck of a battle over the course of a week or so,” Kerber said.