Rick Emerson hosted the public affairs television show Outlook Portland, and is the author of two books: Zombie Economics: A Guide to Personal Finance and Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries.
28 Facts About Rick Emerson
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On January 2,2012, Emerson announced his retirement from the broadcasting industry.
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Rick Emerson was born March 7,1973, in Kennewick, Washington.
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Rick Emerson was interested in radio from a very young age.
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Rick Emerson used a RadioShack tape recorder to interview his friends.
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In January 1995, Rick Emerson was hired by KCNR in Salt Lake City, where he co-hosted the afternoon drive show Drive-By Radio with Clyde Lewis.
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In Salt Lake City, as in Spokane, Emerson worked under the stage name "Rick Taylor".
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In November 1997, Emerson was offered a job at KOTK in Portland, Oregon, and The Rick Emerson Show was born.
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The Rick Emerson Show was a conversational style radio talk show broadcast from Portland, Oregon from 1997 to 2012.
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Rick Emerson hosted his nationally syndicated show for three years until he was again fired.
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Rick Emerson was rehired by KOTK in the summer of 2001, and was paired with news reporter Tim Riley.
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Mixed with a series of producers, Rick Emerson was finally paired with Sarah X Dylan in December 2002, who served as producer and eventual co-host.
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Rick Emerson's fans were loyal, as evidenced by a May 2008 listener party where friends of his show and listeners held a roast in his honor.
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In March 2009, The Rick Emerson Show moved from AM 970's midday slot to sister station 101.1 FM KUFO's morning slot.
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On October 23,2009, Alpha Broadcasting canceled The Rick Emerson Show as well as the afternoon show Cort and Fatboy, and fired program director Chris Patyk.
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From 2010 to 2012, The Rick Emerson Show was broadcast as a subscription-based online program on RickEmerson.
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Rick Emerson was the host of Legion of News, available on Cascadia.
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Rick Emerson was ably assisted on both online shows by his co-host Dawn Taylor, a Portland journalist and frequent guest of the radio show.
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In May 2010, Rick Emerson began building the Rick Emerson News Network along with Dawn Taylor and his old KOTK program director Bruce Agler.
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Rick Emerson called on the expertise of members of his audience, many of whom had continued to support him through his unemployment, in order to build the new network.
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On June 14,2010, Rick Emerson was a guest on the Cort and Fatboy Show on Cascadia FM, where he announced the launch of the Rick Emerson News Network and the two online shows.
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Legion of News was structured like the 'news hour' of his previous shows, but without his many diatribes, and The Rick Emerson Show followed the format of the radio show and featured news stories, guests, observations, and audience interaction.
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The Rick Emerson Show was broadcast via Live365 from RickEmersonShow.
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On January 2,2012, Rick Emerson announced his retirement from the broadcasting industry.
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Bigger Than Jesus is a one-man stage show that Rick Emerson performed in Portland, Oregon.
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Rick Emerson co-wrote Zombie Economics with Lisa Desjardins, who is currently political director at PBS NewsHour.
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Lara Gifford, who was married to Rick Emerson at the time, was an uncredited third author.
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Rick Emerson has appeared in two television series: Leverage and Grimm.