VINNIE RICHICHI
aka “NEW YORK VINNIE”
website: www.newyorkvinnie.com
e-mail: vinnie@newyorkvinnie.com
Sportstalk Host, Pre and Post-game Host, Update Anchor, Reporter,
TV Sports Anchor/Reporter, Post-Game TV Host/Reporter, Spot Voice
Producer, Web Content Producer, Automotive Writer and Reviewer.
5/09-Present 710 ESPN Seattle/Mariners Radio Network
Bonneville International Corp.
- Fill-in Pre and Postgame Anchor, Clubhouse/On-Field Reporter, Talk Show Host, Mariners Magazine Host.
12/07-Present Golden V Media Seattle, WA
· Host/Producer of “Drivetime” a multi platform syndicated automobile review and news feature airing on KOMO-AM integrating radio, TV, video and internet/social media.
· Produce and maintain content for several websites.
· Sales and promotion of media and websites.
· Production of audio and video elements of Drivetime.
· Provide audio and written sports reports and features for media outlets.
8/07-Present FSN-Fox Sports Northwest Seattle, WA
Liberty Sports Group
- Fill-in/Weekend pre and postgame reporter for “MarinersLive” gameday broadcasts, “SeahawksToday” daily wrap show and Host for other sports feature shows including Special Olympics coverage.
11/98-8/07 Newsradio 710 KIRO-AM Seattle, WA
Bonneville International Corp.
- Host/Producer “Sportstalk with NY Vinnie” nightly talk show. Co-Host of “Seahawks Huddle”, weekly team magazine show, co-host of weekly Sonics Coaches Show. Report on breaking sports stories for news updates.
- Afternoon Drive Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Prior to Seattle Mariners switching stations in 2003….Host of Pre-Game and Post game coverage, Daily “Mariners Report”, “Mariners Talk” Post-Game talk show and “Mariner Magazine”.
- Creator and Host of “Drive Time”, a syndicated weekly automotive review segment and it’s companion website www.drivetime-radio.com.
- Fill-in as needed for General Talk Shows.
- Contribute reports to CBS Network.
- Feature Reporter
- Product Endorser and spot voice for station clients
4/03-9/08 KCPQ-TV Q-13 Fox Seattle, WA
Tribune Broadcasting
- Segment Reporter “Vinnie and the Fans” Seahawks Gameday.
- Weekend Sports anchor. 3/05-5/07.
- Lockerroom reporter Seahawks Gameday Post-game show.
- Co-Host Mariners Gameday and Post Season Gameday baseball post –game shows.
- Contributor to weekly Q It Up sports show and recurring Last Call opinion feature.
3/93-10/98 Sportsradio 950 KJR-AM Seattle, WA
New Century Media
- Started as Morning Drive sidekick/update man as half of “Mikey and Vinnie in the Morning”, moving to my own evening show after 3 years.
- Soloed in evenings for a little over a year before moving to middays.
- Hosted “The After the Game Show”, the KJR Mariners post game show as well as Pre and Post ESPN MLB Game of the Week programs.
- Washington State Cougar football post-game talk host, Co-host “The Mike Price Show” (football), “The Kevin Eastman Show” (basketball).
- Post Game Sonics Talk.
- Took lead in Baseball and Football stadium issues appearing in several televised forums and debates.
- Conceived and developed “Fix-a-Field” volunteer program enlisting listeners as volunteers to rebuild athletic fields in the Seattle area and “Pennies From Heaven” drive that collected spare pennies for local food banks to replace revenues lost during the baseball strike.
- Fill-in play-by-play for the PCL Tacoma Rainiers.
1/92-3/93 98.9 KDBK-FM San Francisco
Viacom
· Sports Director of this FM “HipTalk” station, I did daily AM and PM drive sports updates as well as hosting a weekly Sunday night 3 hour sportstalk program.
· Filled in as needed as co-host of morning and afternoon drive programs.
12/88-1/92 KRQR-FM “The Rocker” San Francisco
CBS Radio
· Field reporter for local teams.
· Weekend AM drive updates.
· Filled in on M-F AM drive updates as needed as well as doing feature reporting for the stations Sunday Night sports call in show.
In addition to the above I have created and hosted several special programs dealing with sports issues including: “Home Run…a sports obsession”, “The Jackie Robinson 50th Anniversary Special”, “Racism in Sports…does money buy equality ?”, “High School Sports…are we learning anything?” and “Baseball…..a musical celebration”. I have been a fill-in host for ESPN’S Gamenight and All Night national radio programs. I also am a frequent contributor to KING-TV’s “Up Front with Robert Mak” public affairs program and am an on call Official Scorer for The Seattle Mariners.
AWARDS: “Seattle Weekly’s Best of 2004” award as Seattle’s best Sportstalk Host, KING-TV Evening Magazine’s Biggest Sports Fan 2002 and 2003, New Century Media Presidents Award 1995 and 1996, Shane Company Top Spot of the Quarter Award 4 times and been on staff of stations that have won the Large Market Station of the year and the Gavin Station of the Year Award and several Murrow Awards including Best Newscast 2005 of which I was a member of the afternoon news team.