Jordan Rich
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Jordan Rich is the host of The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ-AM 1030 in Boston, Massachusetts.,[1] a mix of history, arts, pop culture, and other topics.[2] Parts of the shows are carried by WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3] He retired after the July 3, 2016 show in order to spend more time with his family.[4]
Early life and education
Jordan Rich was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Randolph, Massachusetts. He attended Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts graduating in 1980 with a degree in Communications.[5]
Career
Prior to coming to WBZ NewsRadio in October, 1996 and his tenure at WBZ he served as a fill-in host for WBZ NewsRadio long-time weekend overnight show host Norm Nathan who died in 1996.[3][6]
Rich worked as a disc jockey and talk show host throughout the Boston area, including "morning drive host for WSSH-FM in Boston from 1982 to 1996. He also worked at WRKO-AM from 1978 to 1982, as a co-host of the morning show and a host of his own Broadway music program.".[3] He is also co-owner of Chart Productions,[7] an audio production company. His voice has been included in thousands of voice overs, including The Boston Pops, Sullivan Tire and KB Toys.[8]
Personal life
Jordan Rich resides in Framingham in the Greater Boston area.[9] His wife of thirty one years, Wendy Levine Rich, a special needs high school teacher in Hudson, Massachusetts,[10] had died in August 2013 of cancer.[11] In 2016, he married Roberta Sydney.
References
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- ↑ The Jordan Rich Show Script error: No such module "webarchive". WBZ 1030
- ↑ iTunes Preview: WBZ's Jordan Rich and Friends Script error: No such module "webarchive". Apple Inc.
- ↑ a b c Jordan Rich Show Script error: No such module "webarchive". WCCO (AM)
- ↑ WBZ’s Jordan Rich Stepping Away From Overnight Talk Show
- ↑ "Curry College Alumni Share Expertise at 'Reporting Extreme Weather' Event" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Curry College News, October 24, 2011
- ↑ Fybush, Scott, "New England RadioWatch: October 31, 1996: Norm Nathan, 1926-1996", bostonradio.org
- ↑ Chart Productions
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- ↑ Malachowski, Jeff, "Longtime Hudson teacher dies after battle with cancer: Few things could keep Wendy Rich away from her passion of educating students each day at Hudson High School", MetroWest Daily News, August 15, 2013
- ↑ "Wife Of WBZ's Jordan Rich Passes Away", allaccess.com, August 12, 2013
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External links
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