Rick Rydell
| Rick Rydell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Green September 29, 1963 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Radio commentator, author/writer, outdoor guide, and contractor |
| Children | Holly, Bobby, Jake, Shayne, Cale |
| Website | http://www.kxly920.com/page.php?page_id=111 |
Rick Rydell (born Richard Green, September 29, 1963) is an American talk radio host, outdoorsman, writer and author. Rydell has enjoyed a long career in radio, most prominently with various stations in the Northwest He is currently the morning drive-time host on Anchorage station 650 KENI
Richard Green was born on September 29, 1963 in Seattle, Washington, growing up in a working-class family. His mother worked for Boeing as a general laborer, while his father worked as a tool maker for Heath Tecna, a supplier to Boeing. Rydell had three older sisters, one of whom had Down Syndrome and died at age 3. He spent his second birthday in a hospital with his father, who was recovering from cancer-induced amputation of one of his legs.
At the beginning of second grade the family moved to Payette, Idaho for a new job. It lasted only eight months. The family then moved to Billings, Montana where his father began a new career in radio.
When Rydell was 16, his parents told him to find a job or move out. In response, he did both. His baseball coach was the program director at KGHL, and offered him a job, with one condition: changing his last name to avoid confusion with his father's radio program. Rick Rydell was born.
Rydell first gained notoriety in radio in Spokane, Washington with following gigs in KXYQ and KMJK in Portland, Oregon, then a two-year stint in Cleveland at WNCX. Rydell was the anchor on morning show that launched Mike Trivisonno and Todd Brandt into radio fame.
He was fired in 1990 and moved to Anchorage, Alaska. There, he was hired at a relatively new station, KBFX. Various stations had floundered at the 100.5 frequency in Anchorage for over a decade before it was relaunched as KBFX, playing a classic rock format. Rydell spent a number of years during the early and mid-1990s as KBFX's morning show host, the last several years with co-host Jackie Purcell, the weather director for Anchorage television station KTUU. Being fired in 1996, Rydell suddenly found himself out of work. He spent several years away from Anchorage and away from radio, mostly working in construction. He returned to Anchorage and made the transition to talk radio in 2001, following the retirement of KENI's longtime morning host Dick Lobdell.
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