Geoff Rich, a longtime radio executive who is credited with leading the “Dr. Laura” program, died Thursday night in Los Angeles. Rich was 69. He co-founded the firm Radio Today in 1986, according to his LinkedIn profile, which produced and distributed programs including Flashback, Rick Dees’ Weekly Top 40, Walter Cronkite’s Twentieth Century and Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s talk radio show. “I have lost my best friend, whom I spoke to every day for the last 30 years,” Schlessinger said in a release. ABC Radio purchased Radio Today in 1998, and Rich would become its executive VP of programming. In 2005, Rich would become president of the independent radio and podcast production company Take On The Day, which syndicated Schlessinger’s SiriusXM show and her podcast. Rich is survived by his wife, Koni, his children, Jaremy and Gabrielle, and his grandchildren. [Do you receive the Radio World SmartBrief newsletter each weekday morning? We invite you to sign up here.] The post Radio Exec Geoff Rich Dies appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.
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