Summary: The Man, The Myth & The Legend: Richard Blade Richard Blade joins Terri, Martha and Gaye Ann in studio for another hour of hi jinx and controversy - and of course sex and humor! And you thought we had road stories...listen in and hear Richard spilling the beans on other rock star's dirty little secrets! Plus one of his own involving Terri Nunn!!! Blade worked as a DJ in the United Kingdom and Europe before moving to Los Angeles and starting work as a DJ there in 1982. Within a few months of working in Los Angeles, Blade had become the #1 Arbitron-rated radio personality on the West Coast, and in 1982, he began to host a weekly television program on KCAL-TV called "MV3," which later became "Video One." In 1984 Richard created, produced and hosted "VideoBeat" for KTLA. The weekly series ran for two years. Between 1991 and 2003, Blade hosted several music-related television programs, including "America's Top Ten", which he took over from Casey Kasem. He hosted several "Flashback" radio programs on KROQ, and was a frequent host at Los Angeles dance clubs on their KROQ Nights, including the famous Palace Theatre in Hollywood. He appeared on the cover of a six-volume set of 80's music compilations called Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites. In 1998 Richard wrote for the UPN TV Sci-Fi series "7 Days" including writing the second season's finale "The Cure". In April 2000, Blade moved to St Maarten in the Caribbean and took a two-year break from the industry to work on several writing projects.Returning to Los Angeles in 2002, Blade returned to his career in radio and television. In June, 2003, he consulted for MTV Networks on the television program "Bands Reunited", then worked for VH1 as a writer and producer on both seasons of the series. (BOTH BERLIN & THE MOTELS WERE PROFILED) In 2004, he returned to radio on Los Angeles station KYSR (Star 98.7), originally as host of a Saturday night "Totally 80's" program and short features in the afternoon drive-time period. Today he has gained a national audience in North America where he is a host for the Sirius Satellite Radio channel First Wave, a 1980s New Wave Music channel. He hosts his own signature show "First Wave Rewind". He also hosts a twice-daily short feature on Sirius' The Big 80's channel called "Behind The Big '80s"
