Richard Scott Winters (born March 31, 1963) is an American
radio disc jockey and former
talk show host
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Winters is a 1981 graduate of
Union High School in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. After graduating high school, he began working in the commercial printing industry. He stayed in that business for 12 years. In 1989, Winters began to work part-time at
WKLQ in Grand Rapids as a disc jockey and as the producer of the nighttime version of the Q Zoo. In 1993, he replaced Jay Allen in the popular Q Morning Zoo, alongside
Rick Beckett
Richard Blaine Beckett (June 30, 1954 – February 26, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster.
Rick was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids shortly thereafter. He began his radio career while still in h ...
and Darla Jaye.
On September 12, 1995, Beckett, Jaye, and Winters resigned from KLQ to work for cross-town rival
WGRD. On September 25, 1995, all three signed on to GRD for their first show. In October 2002, he was fired from GRD just weeks after Beckett was fired. From 1997-99, he served as announcer/co-host for all 100 episodes of the short-lived but official state
lottery
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game show NY Wired, which put an emphasis on computer labs for schools. In April 2003, Winters and Beckett signed on to WOOD-AM to begin the talk show phase of their careers. The Rick and Scott Show quickly became one of the top-rated shows in Grand Rapids radio, eventually winning a
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
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award for Midday Show Broadcast Team of the Year. He and Beckett were on-air partners for 15 ½ years until Beckett’s death on February 26, 2009.
Notice of death of Rick Beckett
, woodtv.com; accessed May 15, 2015. He was eventually paired with radio veteran Michelle McKormick and the show was renamed Mouth 2 Mouth.
On November 5, 2010 Scott Winters and Michelle McKormick were let go by WOOD-AM and replaced by the nationally syndicated show Glenn Beck. From June to September 2011, Winters worked at WGLM
WGLM (1380 AM) & WGLM-FM (106.3 FM) are radio stations owned by Packer Radio, owners of radio station WION in nearby Ionia. WGLM is licensed to Greenville and WGLM-FM to Lakeview and broadcasts a full-service mix of music, news and sports.
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in Greenville, Michigan as an account executive. In September 2011, Winters was hired by WOOD-TV as a digital sales consultant. Winters left WOOD TV in December 2014.
He is currently a licensed realtor working for Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. In addition to real estate he and a friend own and run a website development and media company called Winrock Media.
Winters can also be heard on Greatest Hits 98.
WFGR
in Grand Rapids weekdays from 3-7 pm and weekends from 10 am-3 pm.
References
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Living people
American radio personalities
Place of birth missing (living people)
1963 births
People from Grand Rapids, Michigan