Tom Rich 2136 Fourth Street East Meadow, New York 11554 Telephone: 516.794.1672 Email: Lil [email protected]
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Tom Rich 2136 Fourth Street East Meadow, New York 11554 Telephone: 516.794.1672 email: Lil [email protected] Broadcast Experience: July '03 - WBAB Radio - Babylon, New York. January ’05 Staff Announcer. Weekend/swing shift air talent playing rock ‘n roll for this legendary Long Island classic rocker. September '01 - 1050 ESPN Radio - New York, New York. December ‘02 Producer/Board Operator. Full-time board operator and producer for New York Jets football, New York Islanders hockey, Major League Baseball broadcasts and live ESPN New York Sportcenter updates. Responsible for arranging ISDN hookups, telephone connections, ENCO programming and all feeds both on and off air. July '98 - WNEW Radio - New York, New York. January ’01 Staff Announcer, Producer. Weekend air talent playing rock ‘n roll Saturday mornings, Saturday nights and Sunday overnights. Board operator and producer for New York Giants football, Loveline, Don & Mike and Tom Leykis weekday broadcasts. July '90 - WEVD Radio - New York, New York. January ‘00 Staff Announcer, Producer. Produced live talk shows, coordinated ISDN and satellite feeds, operated the board for sports broadcasts and for live topical news talk shows hosted by Alan Colmes, Jay Diamond and Bill Mazer. Served as weekend air personalty and sports reporter until format change from music/ethnic to news/talk. September '95 - WBZO Radio/B-103 - Bay Shore, New York. August '96 Part-Time Announcer. Weekend disc jockey for this popular Long Island oldies/adult AC station. December '90 - WMJC Radio/Magic 94.3 FM - Huntington, New York. January '94 Staff Announcer. Worked weekends and did swing and vacation relief shifts; soft rock/AC format. July '88 - WKJY Radio/K-Joy 98.3 FM - Garden City, New York. December '90 Staff Announcer. Announced weekly airshifts plus vacation swing/fill-in duty for this community-oriented adult AC station. Also served as full-time morning and afternoon traffic reporter for both WKJY and WHLI prior to being replaced by Shadow Traffic network. December '84 - WALK Radio - Patchogue, New York. January '88 Staff Announcer. Announced weekend airshifts and fill-in duty as required for Long Island’s #1 station (AC). October '84 - WLIR Radio - Garden City, New York. September '85 Account Executive, Part-Time Announcer. Retail Sales Account Executive covering Long Island and the New York City metropolitan area as well as Atlantic City, NJ. Jocked weekends at this influential modern rock station. May '84 - WGBB Radio - Freeport, New York. December '84 Staff Announcer. Served as weekend and swing shift announcer at this legendary local full service AC station. January '84 - WGLI Radio - Babylon, New York. October '84 Account Executive, Part-Time Announcer. Retail Sales Account Executive covering Long Island. Also announced regular weekly airshifts (oldies/AC). 1 October '81 - WEVE Radio - Eveleth, Minnesota. December '83 Program Director, Sports Director, Announcer. Hired as SD/Play-By-Play announcer and afternoon jock for this successful full service AC station in the Duluth/Superior market. Promoted to PD/morning show host within four months. Responsible for hiring talent, overseeing production, research, promotions and coordinating live remotes. Hosted a weekly live remote sports roundtable interview broadcast. May '81 - KLMR Radio - Lamar, Colorado. October '81 Sports Director, Afternoon Announcer. As at WEVE, hosted a live weekly sports talk interview show, and did baseball, football, basketball and hockey play-by-play announcing. Also wrote and anchored two local daily sports wrap-ups. Served as afternoon drive time jock. May '80 - WCTO-FM/WGSM-AM Radio - Huntington, New York. May '81 Operations Assistant, Sports Director, Producer. Responsible for production and engineering as full-time board operator and automation programmer for WCTO. Also wrote and announced daily sports reports on WGSM's morning show with Jim Ferguson. October '77 - WCWP Radio - Brookville, New York. May '81 Music Weekend Coordinator, Staff Announcer. Served as MW's programmer, in charge of production, playlist, and the training of new announcers for the weekend Top 40/AOR pop music format. Also was a founding member of the Sports department, writing, producing and anchoring daily reports. Appeared on the station's weekly sports talk show as well as hosting all half-time and post- game shows for every live sports broadcast year-round. PROFESSIONAL American Federation of Television and Radio Artists MEMBERSHIPS: Screen Actors Guild VOLUNTEER WORK: Reads books and periodicals on tape for the Jewish Braille Institute, New York. INTERESTS: Subscribe to computer online services, set up and participate in chat rooms for professional newsgroups. A sports follower and participant on both the amateur and professional levels with a particular interest in baseball, hockey, boxing and golf. 2.