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Rigdon Osmond Dees III (born March 14, 1950), best known as Rick Dees, is an American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the 1976 satirical novelty song "Disco Duck".
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (sometimes known as The Weekly Top 40) is an internationally syndicated radio program created and hosted by American radio personality Rick Dees. It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide. It is distributed domestically by Compass Media Networks and internationally by Radio Express. It is also heard on ...
Rick Dees joined the station for mornings in July 1981 after KHJ switched formats to country music. Fill-in personality Dave Sebastian (Williams), working both the AM and FM stations at the time, hosted the vacated FM morning show until the arrival of Dees due to a non-compete clause in his contract. With Dees in mornings, KIIS became a CHR ...
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On the heels of launching KMVN, Emmis also signed legendary entertainment personality Rick Dees to host the morning show. Dees was host at another area station, KIIS-FM, from 1981 to 2004. Dees returned to the airwaves on September 25; in addition, KMVN picked up his "Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40" program on Sunday mornings, which started October 1.
"Disco Duck," credited to Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots, hit No. 1 on the pop charts in 1976. Three years later, schoolteacher Anita Ward topped the charts with "Ring My Bell."
Rick Dees, host of the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 every Saturday; Walt "Baby" Love, host of Gospel Traxx every Sunday afternoon; Fareed Khimani and Seanice Kacungira hosted a morning show from 2006 until 2009, which had a wide audience with high ratings. Suleiman Munyua AKA Soulo – Currently a Copy Writer still at Capital FM
Longtime Des Moines musician and recording engineer Rick Condon produced the legendary jingle, which briefly was taken off the air in 2021 as the amusement park faced new ownership. Adventureland ...