Rick Dees is a legendary radio host that has been around the circuit many years. TVLesson gets the privilege to interview Rick Dees and ask him questions about himself and the radio business. In this video, Rick Dees tells TVLesson how long he has been doing the radio.
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welcome to tvlesson.com and with us today we have legendary radio man Rick Dees. Thank you Jim. First of all I still treasure being in the La Habra corn festival. You are the number 1 Grand Marshall in the history of corn festival. Thank you. And you know what There is corn in La Habra. We forget theres corn in La Habra and listeners to Movin 93.9 I love callers from La Habra. Rick how long have you been I nthe radio business. Well let me put it into perspective. You know those caves in Egpyt? One of those caves had Rick Dees in the morning with a skull next to it.
Rick Dees is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his #1 internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy nominated performing artist, and Broadcast Hall of Fame inductee. He wrote two songs that appear in the film Saturday Night Fever, plus wrote and performed the title song for the film, Meatballs[citation needed]. Dees also is co-founder of the E.W. Scripps television network, FINE LIVING, and hosts the morning show at Movin' 93-9 FM in Los Angeles.