Bill Kurtis writes of the adventures of his ‘Whirlwind’ life as a TV news anchorman

It’s understandable if you know Bill Kurtis only as an anchorman.

That was his profession for decades, polished with that sonorous voice and often in the company of Walter Jacobson on WBBM-Ch. 2, or nationally alongside Diane Sawyer on the CBS Morning News or, on the less serious side of things, narrating the Will Ferrell romps “Anchorman” and “Anchorman II,” or as the official judge and scorekeeper of NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!”