About Ric Chill

Ric Chill is a truly the hardest working man in Washington DC radio, having worked at 10 radio stations in the DC market. Born and raised in the DMV, Ric began his radio career at the tender of age of 17 as an intern at WPGC. Within 8 months he was a weekend on-air personality. In 1995, he was recruited to lead the on-air staff at the first all hip hop/go-go station in the Washington DC market, “Flava 1580”. After a brief stint at WKYS, Ric transitioned into a sports talk show producer, producing shows for the likes of Tony Kornheiser, Doc Walker & Al Koken, as well being the original producer for “The John Thompson Show” on ESPN 980.

In 2000, Ric joined the staff of Jam’n 99.5, which later changed formats and became HOT 99.5. While there, he was the top rated personality on the station over any daypart.
In 2009, Ric re-joined the Radio One family in Washington DC, working in a variety of capacities until joining the Majic 102.3 airstaff in January of 2012. Ric served as the Executive Producer & On-Air Contributor of the Donnie Simpson Show. Ric is currently the Local Producer for the DL Hughley Show.

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Kanye West is at it again. Now he’s taking aim at his ‘mentor’ Jay-Z. It seems he doesn’t take too kindly to Jay doing songs with Justin Timberlake (he hates “Suit and Tie”), and he’s got his always thoughtful comments about their upcoming tour. You can read about here.

Do you own a pager? Better yet, do you still USE one? Maybe you do have a cell phone. But is it a FLIP phone? Well this is an article for you…and people who laugh at you.  Don’t get mad, but you have to ask yourself; when’s the last time you’ve seen a phone booth?

You have to scratch your over this one. In New York CITY, a homework assignment  used scenarios about killing and whipping slaves to teach math. Has common sense gone completely out the window in the 21st century. And yes, this really DID happen. You can read the full story here.

On Saturday February 16th, the hottest superstar in the world Beyonce, debuted her self-directed documentary, Life Is But A Dream. These are 10 things we learned about her from that interview.

On February 8th while on a flight headed to Atlanta, Joe Rickey Hundley allegedly used a racial slur and slapped 19 month old Jonah Bennett because the toddler was crying.  He was charged with simple assualt, and if convicted faces a year maximum in prison.  The details of this disturbing story can be found here.

Double amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged w/premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend of FOUR months, model Reeva Steenkampis. On a personal note, I’m trying to wrap my mind around this. If I were amputee, and a MODEL is going out w/me, I think I’d be a little happier. Also, if […]

Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is facing federal charges for misusing campaign funds, and his wife is facing charges for filing false joint tax returns. If you remember, back in June 2012, he went into treatment for what was described as a bipolar disorder and also disclosed that he was under an ethics investigation. He’s […]

It seems the new trend in our too much information culture is being sent a “you’re not invited” notification when one of your social network friends gets engaged. Personally, I love this…it’s gets me off the hook for a gift! You can read more about it here.

Soon to be retired Toni Braxton recently stated that she would like to focus more on her acting career. She also somewhat surprisingly, stated her wish to play a  lesbian, “I don’t know why. And do a whole make-out scene and the whole thing: just something completely different than people would expect from me. Not a […]

This is the weirdest story you will ever read…I promise. What is WRONG with some folks?

Well, well, well. It looks like our Congress was finally able to work TOGETHER and avoid the “fiscal cliff”. Now that’s the way to bring in the new year! Details are here. I’ll toast to that!

So it’s really happening. Over the financial edge we go! Good job Congress. Details are here.