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WGNA Morning Show Co-host for 23 years.  Former high school Social Studies teacher who traded blackboard for a keyboard.  Has been resident rhymer ever since.  Co-recipient of 2000 CMA Award for Best Morning Show and NYS Broadcasters Awards for same.    Two time winner of New York State Broadcasters Award for "Reading, Writing, and Rhyming" school program.

Schedule

Sean and Richie Show
M-F 5:30 am - 10:00 am

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I Tried On A Pair Of Those Skinny Jeans! Oh – The Pain! [AUDIO]

Casey Danton this morning is wearing a pair of those "skinny jeans".  She can get away with it.  So can some guys.  I mention SOME guys.  Maybe this guy can, but not me-as I will sing about shortly

This Guy Is A World Class Hoarder! [VIDEO]

Once again, folks, a picture is worth a thousand words.  In this case it's worth a thousand pieces of useless crap in your front side and back yard that's actually so bad, it's visible from Google Maps!

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It’s Here! The Jeremy Lin Word Generator!

This is extremely LINteresting.  I've done a ton of BlogLIN in my time, but this might be the most LINspiring story I've ever covered.  You'll be smiLIN - guaranteed. 

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Blue Friday- Honoring Families Of Fallen Police Officers

It's an annual tradition here at 'GNA.  In fact, it now is a now recognized every year in the New York State Legislature!  It's a day honoring the families of police officers killed in the line of duty.  It's Blue Friday, and we are just weeks away from this year's fund raising drive.  Will you help? 

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Man Arrested In Florida And Swears that He’s An Orangutan!

I actually embellished the story.  He said he was HALF an Orangutan.  The other half?  Elvis' brother!.  

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Please Go Easy On Kevin Richards Regarding His Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston Blog

The interweb is an amazing tool, isn't it?  It's amazing how just one comment can be either misinterpreted, misquoted, or regurgitated from somewhere else on the web and inadvertently attributed to someone else.   I too reacted to the "Dolly Parton Getting Wealthy Off Of Whitney Houston" headline for being unfair to her (Dolly).  But I didn't blame Kevin for the headline, and neither should you!  And by the way, he reworded his title just to make sure he wasn't misunderstood.

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Once Again, Trying To Rate Teachers By Test Scores – That’s Baloney!

I read our news director, Casey Danton's blog today .  Not knocking you, Casey - you're just reporting the news. But once again the microscope seems to be on the schoolteacher and test results.   Sorry - don't totally agree. Do you?

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Mistaken Identity Makes A Florida Man A Multimillionaire Over $100 Check!

You can't make this stuff up.  This was a story in the Miami Herald that actually started back in 2008.  Check this out!  This is amazing!!

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Dolly Parton Profiting Off Of Whitney’s Death – An Unfair Accusation! [EDITORIAL]

Maybe I'm taking this headline the wrong way.  Maybe I'm being to sensitive.  Maybe I'm just cranky and overtired.  I've been seeing this headline over and over again today, like this one from thefw.com-"Dolly Stands To Make Big Bucks Off Of Whitney Houston's Death".  Low blow!   

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Salem Elementary School Creates Anti-Bullying Parody Song With Richie [AUDIO] [GALLERY]

I had quite the experience today .  I might be smiling about this one for the next week!  I spent the better part of the day in a town that was vaguely reminiscent of my hometown - Salem, NY!   I actually had two very good reasons to go there!