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Jordan Rich
Born (1958-06-06) June 6, 1958 (age 66)
Boston, Massachusetts [1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCurry College (B.A., Communications, 1980)
Occupation(s)radio host, talk show host, voice-over artist
Known forJordan Rich Show
Spouses
  • Wendy Levine Rich
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1982; died 2013)​
    [2]
  • Roberta Sydney
    ​
    (m. 2016)​
ChildrenLindsay M. Rich (daughter)
Andrew T. Rich (son) [2]
Parent(s)Martin Rich
Bernice Rich.

Jordan Rich was the host of The Jordan Rich Show on

Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5] He retired after the July 3, 2016 show in order to spend more time with his family.[6]

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.[7]

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.[5][8]

Rich worked as a disc jockey and talk show host throughout the Boston area, including "morning drive host for

The Boston Pops, Sullivan Tire and KB Toys.[10]

Personal life

Jordan Rich resides in Framingham in the Greater Boston area.[1] His wife of thirty one years, Wendy Levine Rich, a special needs high school teacher in Hudson, Massachusetts,[11] had died in August 2013 of cancer.[12] In 2016, he married Roberta Sydney.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bio: Jordan Rich", CBS Boston
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Wendy (Levine) Rich", The Boston Globe, accessed on legacy.com
  3. ^ The Jordan Rich Show Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine WBZ 1030
  4. ^ iTunes Preview: WBZ's Jordan Rich and Friends Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Apple Inc.
  5. ^ a b c Jordan Rich Show WCCO (AM)
  6. ^ WBZ’s Jordan Rich Stepping Away From Overnight Talk Show
  7. ^ "Curry College Alumni Share Expertise at 'Reporting Extreme Weather' Event", Curry College News, October 24, 2011
  8. ^ Fybush, Scott, "New England RadioWatch: October 31, 1996: Norm Nathan, 1926-1996", bostonradio.org
  9. ^ Chart Productions
  10. ^ "Chart Productions Founders". Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  11. MetroWest Daily News
    , August 15, 2013
  12. ^ "Wife Of WBZ's Jordan Rich Passes Away", allaccess.com, August 12, 2013

External links

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