RIC SIMON

RIC'S 70's HITS

WEEKENDS (10am-3pm Eastern)

ABOUT RIC

Ric has 35 years experience in radio, starting as a DJ in college at a country music station. The Monday following college graduation he went to work in sales, advancing to sales manager a year later.

Three years later he moved to a larger market as a sales manager and within three years was promoted to General Manager, and 6 months later became an officer of the broadcasting company: one of five Vice-Presidents.

A few years later he left to form his own sales representation firm which comprised the next 25 years until he went back to the airwaves: producer and co-host of a weekly syndicated radio show featuring the 1970s and 1980s.

Get To Know More About Ric:

 

  1. Who is your hero?  JESUS 
  2. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?   LAKE TAHOE, NV BEAUTIFUL IN THE SUMMER AND SKIING IN THE WINTER 
  3. What is your biggest fear? CHILD'S DEATH 
  4.  What really makes you angry?  ADULTS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE      
  5. What motivates you to work hard?    AMBITION-SUCCESS-MONEY. DID I MENTION MONEY?
  6. What is your favorite thing about being on the radio?   PLAYING MUSIC I LIKE AND ENTERTAINING. I LOVE TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. SOMETIMES I SCORE. OTHER TIMES, NOT SO MUCH.
  7. What makes you laugh the most?    SOMETHING THAT CATCHES ME OFF GUARD. HAVING STUDIED FILM IN COLLEGE, I RECOGNIZE FORMATS AND STYLES IN A MOVIE. THAT ALLOWS ME, AFTER SEEING THE FIRST THIRD OF A MOVIE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IN THE MAIN STORYLINE FOR THE REST OF THE MOVIE. IN A COMEDY, FIR EXAMPLE, I CAN FORECAST THE SCENE'S FUNNY STUFF. WHEN A MOVIE PLAYS SOMETHING FUNNY THAT I DIDN'T PREDICT, I FIND MYSELF BELLY LAUGHING. 
  8. What are your favorite movies?  HUMPHREY BOGART MOVIES 
  9. What did you want to be when you were a kid?         A DJ. MORE PRECISELY, A GREAT DJ.
  10. If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?   SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY WITH MY WIFE. PLAYING PICKLEBALL, NICE LUNCH, CATCHING ROACHES AND FEEDING THEM TO SNAKES.
  11. What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play?    WATCH FOOTBALL - PLAY SINGLES PICKLEBALL.
  12. Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car?         RIDE A HORSE, PREFERABLY ONE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
  13. What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most?    A 70s based format and a 70s, 80s and 90s based format 
  14. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?    ITALIAN SALAD-SICILIAN MEATBALLS AND SPAGHETTI WITH GARLIC BREAD-BREAD PUDDING FOR DESSERT 

15. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?   A PRIEST WHO JUST PASSED AWAY CALLED ME "MR CHARM" WHEN I WAS AN ALTAR BOY. HE LEFT OUR PARISH WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. ABOUT 25 YEARS LATER I WENT TO MASS AT A DIFFERENT PARISH AND HE WAS THE CELEBRANT OF THE MASS. AFTERWARDS, I CAUGHT UP TO HIM AND SAID, "YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER ME..." AND BEFORE I SAID ANOTHER WORD HE SAID "WELL HELLO, MR CHARM."

16. If money was no object, what would you do all day?    GO ON VACATIONS EVERY OTHER WEEK. MY KIDS ARE GROWN SO WE'D GO ON VACATION ONE WEEK, THEN HANG OUT WITH OUR KIDS THE NEXT WEEK AND PLAY A BUNCH OF PICKLEBALL (ALL THREE KIDS AND MY WIFE PLAY)-THEN GO ON VACATION AGAIN. TOP SPOTS INCLUDE SKIING (SNOW), WHITE WATER RAFTING AND OUTDOORS. 

17. What are your hobbies?  IF YOU READ THE STUFF ABOVE YOU KNOW ONE IS PICKLEBALL, BUT WHILE 95% OF PEOPLE PLAY DOUBLES, I PLAY SINGLES CAUSE IT'S MORE FUN AND 8-10 TIMES MORE EXERCISE. WHITE WATER RAFTING (WE GO EVERY OTHER YEAR) I COLLECT COINS. I WRITE. I HAD A DETECTIVE MYSTERY NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 2020, AND I'M WRITING A HUMOROUS BOOK BASED ON THE PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY OF MY FIRST CHILD. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EMBELLISHMENT FOR HUMOR. 

18. List two pet peeves. PEOPLE WHO CALL PORPOISES DOLPHINS AND PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR PET PEEVES. 

19. Where do you see yourself in five years?    STILL WRITING. MY NEXT BOOK IS GOING TO BE A CRIME DRAMA BASED ON A TRUE LIFE CASE. MAYBE I'LL STILL BE ON THE AIR SOMEWHERE IF IT'S STILL FUN. AT LEAST TWO MORE WHITE WATER RAFTING TRIPS AND A TRIP TO ALASKA'S MAINLAND. 

20. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?     FLY. DEFINITELY FLY. IT'D BE SO COOL PLUS THINK OF THE PLACES YOU COULD GO IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME.  BULLETPROOF AND PRETTY MUCH CAN'T GET HURT. 

21. What would you do if you won the lottery?    ALREADY HAVE THIS PLANNED. 75% WOULD GO TO CHARITY. THE REMAINING WOULD PAY OFF MY THREE KIDS' MORTGAGES. GO ON MORE EXPENSIVE VACATIONS. A 2ND HOME EITHER IN LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA OR PARK CITY, UTAH. 

22. If you could eat a meal with any 4 people, living or dead, who would they be?    JESUS, MARY, JOSEPH AND HUMPHREY BOGART. 

23. How many pillows do you sleep with?    DEPENDS ON THE NIGHT ONE OR TWO, BUT WHEN I GO TO SLEEP WITH TWO I WAKE UP WITH ONE. MY WIFE HAS STOLEN THE OTHER ONE DURING THE NIGHT.

24. What's your favorite holiday?   CHRISTMAS. WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? JESUS IS BORN CELEBRATION, THE ENTIRE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER, GREAT FOOD, EVERYONE IS TOO STUFFED TO EAT ANOTHER BITE, BUT WHEN THEY SMELL MY BREAD PUDDING COME OUT OF THE OVEN AND THE RUM SAUCE COOKING ON THE STOVE THEY MANAGE TO GET ANOTHER SEVERAL BITES IN.

25. What's your favorite type of foreign food?    MEXICAN. C'MON. GREAT MEXICAN AND DON'T FORGET THE SANGRIA. DON'T LIKE SANGRIA? MAKE IT RED WINE. BTW... THIS IS THE ONLY TIME TO DRINK SANGRIA. IT DOESN'T WORK WITH ANY OTHER FOOD AND IT'S NOT A GOOD STAND ALONE DRINK.

26. Are you a clean or messy person?    TIDY. I CAN'T WORK ON A MESSY DESK. FILE THE PAPER, OR MY PREFERENCE; SCAN THE DOCUMENT AND THROW AWAY THE PAPER. 

27. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?    HUMPHREY BOGART, KID. "PLAY IT, SAM. YOU PLAYED IT FOR HER YOU CAN PLAY IT FOR ME. IF SHE CAN TAKE IT, I CAN."

28. What's your favorite fast food chain?     RAISING CANE'S. GREAT CHICKEN. AMAZING SAUCE. SPECTACULAR BREAD, AND THE BEST TEA OR LEMONADE ANYWHERE. ONLY HOME MADE IS BETTER.

29. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?   MY CELL PHONE LOADED WITH MUSIC FROM THE 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.  A BBQ GRILL WITH A SELF FLAME STARTER.  A BOX OF STEAKS FROM OMAHA STEAKS. HEY. THREE THINGS. THIS IS JUST ONE HUGE BOX.

30. Do you collect anything?    COINS. MOSTLY SILVER AND ALMOST ENTIRELY USA COINS. THE OLDEST COIN I HAVE IS FROM THE YEAR 3 BC. MOST OF THE COINS I HAVE ARE FROM 1770-1964. WHY DO I STOP IN 1964? THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR SILVER COINS (DOLLAR, HALF DOLLAR, QUARTER AND DIME) WERE 90% SILVER. 1965 THESE "SILVER" COINS ARE ACTUALLY MADE OF COPPER AND NICKEL. (WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS.)

I ALSO COLLECT VINYL 45RPM RECORDS.

31.  Ever use an alias?    YES. WHEN I FIRST WENT ON THE AIR, SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE, I WAS "RHYMIN' RIC SIMON."

32.  When did you first fall in love?    LATE DECEMBER BACK IN '63, WHAT A LADY, WHAT A NIGHT.