Jordan Rich
{{Short description|American radio personality}}
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| name = Jordan Rich
| image = HEAD SHOT-NEW (1).jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|06|06}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts [http://boston.cbslocal.com/personality/jordan-rich/ "Bio: Jordan Rich"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226235307/http://boston.cbslocal.com/personality/jordan-rich/ |date=2014-02-26 }}, CBS Boston
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| nationality = American
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| occupation = radio host, talk show host, voice-over artist
| known_for = Jordan Rich Show
| alma_mater = Curry College (B.A., Communications, 1980)
| spouses = {{ubl
|{{marriage|Wendy Levine Rich|1982|2013|end=d}}[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=166388815 "Obituary: Wendy (Levine) Rich"], The Boston Globe, accessed on legacy.com
|{{marriage|Roberta Sydney|2016}}
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| children = Lindsay M. Rich (daughter)
Andrew T. Rich (son)
| parents = Martin Rich
Bernice Rich.
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Jordan Rich was the host of The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ-AM 1030 in Boston, Massachusetts.,[http://www.wbz.com/pages/6202.php The Jordan Rich Show] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302035634/http://www.wbz.com/pages/6202.php |date=2010-03-02 }} WBZ 1030 a mix of history, arts, pop culture, and other topics.[https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wbzs-jordan-rich-and-friends/id129282866 iTunes Preview: WBZ's Jordan Rich and Friends] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110063519/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wbzs-jordan-rich-and-friends/id129282866 |date=2012-11-10 }} Apple Inc. Parts of the shows are carried by WCCO (AM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He retired after the July 3, 2016 show in order to spend more time with his family.[http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/wbz-jordan-rich-show-leaving-overnight-talk-show/ WBZ’s Jordan Rich Stepping Away From Overnight Talk Show]
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.[http://www.curry.edu/about-curry/news-and-events/recent-news/news-index/extreme-weather.html "Curry College Alumni Share Expertise at 'Reporting Extreme Weather' Event"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222021301/http://www.curry.edu/about-curry/news-and-events/recent-news/news-index/extreme-weather.html |date=2014-02-22 }}, Curry College News, October 24, 2011
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.[http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/personality/jordan-rich/ Jordan Rich Show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212122235/http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/personality/jordan-rich/ |date=2014-02-12 }} WCCO (AM)Fybush, Scott, [http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-961031.html "New England RadioWatch: October 31, 1996: Norm Nathan, 1926-1996"], bostonradio.org
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.". He is also co-owner of Chart Productions,[http://www.chartproductions.com/ Chart Productions] an audio production company. His voice has been included in thousands of voice overs, including The Boston Pops, Sullivan Tire and KB Toys.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chartproductions.com/chart-founders.htm |title=Chart Productions Founders |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515135536/http://www.chartproductions.com/chart-founders.htm |archive-date=2010-05-15 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
Jordan Rich resides in Framingham in the Greater Boston area. His wife of thirty one years, Wendy Levine Rich, a special needs high school teacher in Hudson, Massachusetts,Malachowski, Jeff, [http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/x1533299338/Longtime-Hudson-teacher-dies-after-battle-with-cancer "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 had died in August 2013 of cancer.[http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121213/wife-of-wbz-s-jordan-rich-passes-away "Wife Of WBZ's Jordan Rich Passes Away"], allaccess.com, August 12, 2013 In 2016, he married Roberta Sydney.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.jordanrich.com/}}
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Category:Radio personalities from Boston