A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, via Agawam, Massachusetts, Burke has been working in radio for over 25 years, and has had a career in radio with such stations as KYW in Philadelphia, WJZ TV and WGRX radio in Baltimore, CBS in New York City, WBZ and WZLX in Boston, as well as stints in Detroit, Montreal, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. and has been working in sports radio for over a dozen years in San Francisco, California.