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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Anne Arundel County police officer Michael Flaig is (thankfully) no longer an officer of the law in that jurisdiction. Earlier in May of this year, he was accused of public intoxication, and BITING ANOTHER MAN’S TESTICLES during a fight outside of a bar. He was off duty…we think (just kidding). As of September 23rd, it […]

  Tom Brady can’t lose. Be it in the AFC Championship Game with under-inflated footballs, the Super Bowl, or the supermodel wife, he just keeps winning. Earlier today, Federal Judge Richard M. Berman kept Brady’s winning streak going by nullifying the 4 game suspension that NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell had placed on Brady for his […]

Donnie Simpson is a long time American radio DJ as well as a television and movie personality. He as been a staple in DC radio since 1977. He is coming out of retirement to once again host his own show from 3pm to 7pm. The show will start airing Aug 17th. See the official press release […]

Some very sad news to report this evening. Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of R&B singer Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston has passed on. According to TMZ.com, she died earlier this evening at the hospice facility she had been at in Atlanta since June 24th. She had been found unresponsive on January 31st in […]

It appears the end is near for Bobbi Kristina Brown. Yesterday a tent was mysteriously erected at the hospice center she has been staying at, and later on along with somber looking family members,  a hearse arrived as well. Brown has been in a limited responsive state since January 31st, when she was found face […]

  A few years ago, in the Jay -Z diss song “I’m Hot” Jigga got off this punchline: “I’m about a dollar/What the f**k is 50 Cents” Who knew how true it would ring with today’s news that 50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy. The rapper who in May was estimated to have a net […]

News

Today Baltimore fired it’s police commissioner Anthony Batts in the aftermath of the unrest and riots that followed the death of Freddy Gray, an unarmed black man in police custody. Batts had drawn widespread criticism for his response to the riots, which the police’s union said in a report was “preventable”. You can read more […]

Food

Haven’t seen a lot of crab trucks so far? I know my usual spots have been empty, and for good (or bad) reason…crab season is off to a slow start. Some restaurants haven’t even added crabs to the menu yet. You can read more here.   Follow me @Chillerspeak

Remember when Snoop Dogg had the album out ‘Murder Was The Case’ and at the same time was involved in a murder trial (of which he was later acquitted)? Remember the national news coverage, and the controversy over his lyrics, the gangsta rap phenomenon, etc.? Many editorialized on the negative impact that Snoop had on […]

You mave have heard of Rachel Dolezal. Spokane, Washington NAACP president, current Bamma Of The Week, and apparently a white woman who has misrepresented herself as a black woman. She’s now a comededic goldmine for Twitter with the hot hashtag, #AskRachel. You can see more of the highlights:     Follow me @Chillerspeak

  We’ve seen pics of Jaden Smith in dresses before (like in the above photo), but he went a little extra by wearing one with his date to the prom. He took actress Amandla Steinberg, and she shared the pics on her Instagram page, which you can view here. Bold fashion statement? Or does someone […]