Bike has a background in journalism--and in community and political activism as well. He literally wrote the book on politics: Winning Political Campaigns, a how-to handbook on political campaigning. Politicalbook-reviews.com said, “From a practical, political operations standpoint, it is the best book out--yet.”

He’s as comfortable in front of a microphone as he is in hisr own living room. James A. Cox, a producer and host for WYOU-TV in Madison, WI, says that in a broadcast setting, “Bill Bike is articulate, knowledgeable, personable, and professional.”Bike, who holds a B.A. in political science from DePaul University, has been a journalist since 1979.

Bike has covered politics and written scores of editorials for the Gazette, a community newspaper published near downtown Chicago, since 1983, and also has written on politics for several national publications. Author of three books, he also was communications chair of the political organization Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century from 1997.

To promote his three books, he has made frequent radio and television appearances, with 17 radio appearances around the United States in 2002 alone, discussing such subjects as how to get elected, the silliest things politicians have done, Watergate, and the 2004 Democratic presidental hopefuls.

Bike provides a unique, energetic brand of commentary welcomed by radio producers around the country.

Bike Appearances
2002-present

Radio

• Barry Farber Show, national syndication
• WMT, Cedar Rapids, IA
• WHO, DesMoines, IA
• KXIC, Iowa City, IA
• KXEL, Waterloo, IA
• WJJG, Berkeley, IL
• WDCB, Glen Ellyn, IL
• WHAS, Louisville, KY
• WPNA, Oak Park, IL
• WWL, New Orleans, LA
• KCNN, Fisher, MN
• WCCO, Minneapois, MN
• KCUE/KWNG/KLCH, Red Wing, MN
• KWLA, Worthington, MN
• KWIX, Moberly, MO
• KLPW, St. Louis, MO
• WKBK, Keane, NH
• KVMI, West Fargo, ND
• WPRO, East Providence, RI
• KERA (NPR), Dallas, TX
• WSVA, Harrisonburg, VA
• WEKZ, Monroe, WI  
• XM, Washington, DC

Television

• Chicago Books Cable TV show on Chicago's Municipal TV (MUTV) 1998
• TV Bookwatch Cable TV show on Madison, WI, Municipal TV
• The Write Stuff Cable TV show on Chicago's Municipal TV (MUTV) 2002-2005
• The War Room, CNN, Wolf Blitzer, March 2008