Rich Gunning (born June 15, 1966) is an
American
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voice-over artist, radio commercial producer and former traffic reporter based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Early life and education
Gunning attended
Council Rock High School in Newtown, Pennsylvania and the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
.
Career
He began his broadcasting career in the mid-1980s as a radio disc-jockey with former oldies station WBUX (Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA). In 1986, he joined the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
and served two years at
AFRTS in Germany. He was on active duty and the reserves until 1994. In addition to part-time on-air work at radio stations
WDEL and
WSTW (Wilmington, Delaware, USA), Gunning served as Production Manager and on-air personality with suburban Philadelphia news/talk radio station
WNPV
WNPV (1440 AM) is a radio station owned by Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation. and licensed to Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves Montgomery, Bucks and Philadelphia Counties, broadcasting a talk radio format. Founded i ...
from 1994 to 2010.
Since 1998, Gunning has voiced hundreds of radio and television commercials. National voice-over clients have included Alarm.com, AOL, Burger King, Hawaii Tourism, Pontiac, Sears Auto Center, Triumph Motorcycles and Wyeth Labs.
From 2004 to 2018, he was employed by
iHeart Media as a traffic reporter, heard primarily on
KYW Newsradio in Philadelphia, as well as radio stations in Pittsburgh, New Jersey and Delaware.
In 2016, Gunning joined the staff at Philadelphia's Classical and Jazz station
WRTI as an on-air personality.
References
External links
RichGunning.com- Official website
WRTI.org- WRTI-FM/Philadelphia
1966 births
Living people
American male voice actors
Radio personalities from Philadelphia
United States Army soldiers
United States Army reservists
University System of Maryland alumni
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