Kevin Radich
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Kevin "The Rat" Radich is now the weekday afternoon sports reporter on KGO AM 810, in San Francisco. He joined KGO in early 2007, after a year of work as a weekend sports anchor for KCBS
740 AM radio. His wife, Kim Wonderley works at KCBS, as the morning traffic anchor. Radich was honored with an APTRA Mark Twain Award, in January 2009.
APTRA’s 2009 Mark Twain Awards competition for California, Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska.
Judging took place at The Associated Press Bureau in Downtown Los Angeles with a panel of leading broadcast journalists that considered hundreds of entries from the 2008 calendar year.
R-4 BEST RADIO SPORTS SEGMENT
“The KGO 5:25 PM Sports Report”
Kevin Radich
KGO, San Francisco
Radich began his radio career at KFOG
in San Francisco in June 1985 after winning an on-air audition for a sports reporter. He later appeared as morning sports reporter on KRQR
("The Rocker") in San Francisco in the early 1990s.
Radich spent 15 years on the morning airwaves on KNBR 680 in San Francisco as a sports reporter using the nickname Kevin The Rat. He was a central figure on the Frank Dill Show and later the Gary Radnich Show before leaving the station.
In 2003, Radich joined KHTK
1140 AM in Sacramento
. He anchored the morning show, "The Rise Guys," along with Whitey Gleason and The Phantom, and his nickname is Kevin the Rat. He left the show on November 11, 2005 to join his wife in the San Francisco Bay Area, who had started working at KCBS the previous year. Radich joined KCBS in December 2005. Radich's place was taken by former major leaguer
F.P. Santangelo, who had previously been a fill-in host on San Francisco
's KNBR
680.
KCBS (AM)
KCBS is an all-news radio station in San Francisco, California, that is a key West Coast flagship radio station of the CBS Radio Network and Westwood One. Its transmitter is located in Novato, California. KCBS currently has studios on Battery Street, where it shares the location with co-owned KPIX...
740 AM radio. His wife, Kim Wonderley works at KCBS, as the morning traffic anchor. Radich was honored with an APTRA Mark Twain Award, in January 2009.
APTRA’s 2009 Mark Twain Awards competition for California, Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska.
Judging took place at The Associated Press Bureau in Downtown Los Angeles with a panel of leading broadcast journalists that considered hundreds of entries from the 2008 calendar year.
R-4 BEST RADIO SPORTS SEGMENT
“The KGO 5:25 PM Sports Report”
Kevin Radich
KGO, San Francisco
Radich began his radio career at KFOG
KFOG
KFOG is an FM radio station in San Francisco, California, broadcasting on 104.5 and sister station KFFG 97.7 FM MHz. The 97.7 transmitter is located near Cupertino, California, and it is a simulcast of 104.5 KFOG....
in San Francisco in June 1985 after winning an on-air audition for a sports reporter. He later appeared as morning sports reporter on KRQR
KRQR
KRQR is a commercial radio station located in Orland, California, broadcasting to the entire Sacramento Valley on 106.7 FM. KRQR airs an active rock music format branded as "Z-Rock", adopting the branding and imaging formerly used by the satellite radio network of the same name.The call letters...
("The Rocker") in San Francisco in the early 1990s.
Radich spent 15 years on the morning airwaves on KNBR 680 in San Francisco as a sports reporter using the nickname Kevin The Rat. He was a central figure on the Frank Dill Show and later the Gary Radnich Show before leaving the station.
In 2003, Radich joined KHTK
KHTK
KHTK is located in the Sacramento, California, area and broadcasts at 1140 AM. This Sports/Talk station is the flagship station of the Sacramento Kings. KHTK also broadcasts UC Davis football games , Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL,and the Oakland Raiders of the NFL. KHTK broadcasts at 50,000...
1140 AM in Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. He anchored the morning show, "The Rise Guys," along with Whitey Gleason and The Phantom, and his nickname is Kevin the Rat. He left the show on November 11, 2005 to join his wife in the San Francisco Bay Area, who had started working at KCBS the previous year. Radich joined KCBS in December 2005. Radich's place was taken by former major leaguer
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
F.P. Santangelo, who had previously been a fill-in host on San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
's KNBR
KNBR
KNBR, The Sports Leader, is the on-air branding used by two AM radio stations in the San Francisco, California, area broadcasting a sports radio format, owned by Cumulus Media....
680.