Richard Blade

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This article is about the media personality. For the literary character, see Richard Blade (series).

Richard Blade (born Richard Thomas Sheppard; May 23, 1952, in

1st Wave classic alternative station since 2005.[2]

Biography

Richard Thomas Sheppard attended

Arbitron-rated radio personality on the West Coast, and in 1982, he began to host a daily television program on KCAL-TV called MV3, which later became Video One.[3]

In 1984, he created, produced and hosted VideoBeat for

Palace Theatre, Hollywood
. He appeared on the cover of a six-volume set of 1980s music compilations called Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites.

In 2000, he wrote the second-season finale for the UPN science fiction television series Seven Days, titled "The Cure". Blade left KROQ in 2000 after 18 years at the influential radio station, and moved to St Maarten in the Caribbean, taking a two-year break from the industry to work on several writing projects.[7]

He moved back to Los Angeles in 2002 and returned to his career in radio and television. In June 2003, he consulted for

Star 98.7), originally as host of a Saturday night "Totally 80's" program and short features in the afternoon drive-time period. In 2006, when the station became more 1990s and current-based, the Saturday night program ended.[citation needed
]

In 2005, he left terrestrial radio and joined

The Pulse on weekends. In April 2006, he co-starred with Gabrielle Anwar and Craig Sheffer in Long Lost Son, which he wrote, shot on location in the Caribbean. It premiered on Lifetime in August 2006. Blade plays 1980s music on "Flashback Lunch" every weekday on Jack FM (KCBS-FM) in Los Angeles. His autobiography, World In My Eyes, was released in November 2017.[8]
Blade released his second book, "The Lockdown Interviews" on November 18, 2021. It reached #5 in Biographies of Pop Artists, No. 10 in Punk Music (Kindle Store), and #16 in Biographies of Rock Bands.[9]

Film and television appearances

Blade appeared in such television series as

Hunter and appeared as a real contestant (as "Dick Sheppard") on such game shows as Win, Lose or Draw and Card Sharks
, winning $2,300 on the latter.

He also appeared in several films, including

Rock of Love. He made regular cameo appearances on Glory Daze
, set at a college frat house in 1986.

Personal life

Blade lives in Southern California with his wife Krista, whom he wed around 2000. He became a United States citizen in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ancestry Library Edition". www.ancestrylibrary.com.
  2. ^ a b c Fadroski, Kelly Skye (7 December 2017). "DJ Richard Blade talks love, loss, wild parties and, of course, music in his new autobiography". Orange County Register. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ^ "The Man That Changed the Music Industry Forever". prweb.com. 2018-03-21. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "He Gives Passengers a Little Flight Music : For Producer Who Puts Together Programs for Airlines, the Sky's Not the Limit". Los Angeles Times. 1989-04-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  5. ^ "Sundstrand Selling Trans Com Systems To Sony". Associated Press. 1991-07-10. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  6. ^ "Rockwell Collins Acquires Sony Trans Com". 2000-06-01. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  7. ^ "Where Are They Now at laradio.com". Ontario Empblog. 2003-11-27. Retrieved 2006-08-17.
  8. ^ "Richard Blade's New Book Is a Trip Through KROQ's '80s Glory Days". LA Weekly. 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  9. ^ "The Lockdown Interviews: Interviews with music's biggest stars". Amazon. Retrieved 2022-01-25.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Blade&oldid=1188303700"