Rich Richards
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Experience |
Hot/AC “The Work-Release Program”
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Showing strong increases across the board in
the 18-49 and 25+ demos! Mainstream Rock “The Big-Ass Night Show” Night Personality/Image Director § Showing dramatic increases from previous book in nearly all 25+ demographics! 10/2001 – 1/25/2002
Regent/WPPY-WRVP Mainstream CHR Morning Personality
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Promising, albeit brief, stint as AM drive
host for Regent/Peoria CHR 101.1/98.5 “The Party”. Thus, being my first
venture outside the of rock format, proving my marketability and adaptability. 6/2000 – 5/2001 Travis
Media Corp./WZZI Modern Rock Night Personality
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First in
the market in both Persons and Men
(core) 18-34 demos! With dramatic increases in AQH share & ratings in
nearly all 25+ demo’s! Modern Rock Morning Personality
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Singularly
hosted AM drive against a well established syndicated morning team until the
beginning of the Fall/2000 book at
which time I was relocated back to
nights where I totally kicked-ass because I’m a “team player”. |
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Classic Rock Night Personality
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Wrote and
produced nationally syndicated comedy bits and parodies for Todd Pettengill’s Satellite Comedy Network®.
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Consistently #1
rated nighttime rock radio program.
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Parents were
congratulatory yet unimpressed. Insist that I consider career change “…before
it’s too late!” Overnight Personality
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Precocious wit
gives way to hardened cynicism. Weekend Personality
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Precocious and
witty radio man-child moves up in the food chain…kind of. Swing/On-Call Board Op.
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Naïve, wide-eyed
man-child of radio. |
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Education |
Fall/1987 Arkansas State U. -
Beebe Psychology
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Chose Major on a
dare
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Discovered that
attendance in most college classes is optional.
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No undergraduate
degree received. 1988 – 1989 U of A - Radio, Television and Film
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Averaged a record
3.5 speeding citations per semester.
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Academic Probation…enough said.
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No undergraduate
degree received. 1990 – 1991 University of Central
Mass Communication/Radio
Broadcasting
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Began Internship
at campus radio station, KUCA-FM.
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Wrote and
produced two (2) weekly shows culminating to almost twenty (20) hours of
on-air time, in addition to full class schedule, per week.
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No undergraduate
degree received. |
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Technical Skills |
I have very strong production skills and I’m proficient with most editing and broadcast software including, but not limited to: Prism’s Spectral Express®, Cool Edit® 96/2000/Pro v1.2/Pro v2.0/Pro LE, SAWPlus32®, Samplitude®, SoundForge®, BSI’s Stinger v2.0®, Arrakis’ Digilink v4.0®, Smartcaster® , Profit ®, Audiovault ® and Selector®. I have extensive knowledge of most P.C.-based systems and software including, but not limited to: MS-Windows® 3.xx/95/98/ME/NT v4.0 Workstation, 2000 Professional and XP Professional, MS-Office® 6.XX/97/2000/XP/2003 Professional, Adobe Photoshop®, Adobe PageMill®, Adobe GoLive® not to mention all known versions of MS-Internet Explorer® and Netscape Navigator®. |