RICARDO ESPINOSA
SUMMARY
Radio Personality and entertainer with over 25 years of experience connecting with Hispanic audiences nationally and internationally. Consistent professional trajectory of entertaining and informing Spanish radio listeners with spontaneity, enthusiasm and warm charismatic style.
EXPERIENCE
Univision América Network (News and Talk format) 2014 – January 2015
News Director and News Anchor. Lead talent and host for the morning drive time national show De Costa a Costa from 6:00 AM to noon. Supervised and curated the daily news, entertainment, health, sports, immigration segments as well as interviewed celebrity guests.
WADO 1280AM (News and Talk format) – New York 2003 – 2014
News Anchor for the morning drive time show Buen Día New York with the responsibility of news reading for over 10 years. On air personality, co-host and resident poet. WADO 1280AM is the No. 1 Hispanic news, talk and sports station in the country and the Spanish-language radio home of the New York Jets and New York Yankees.
RCN Radio Internacional (News and Talk format) – New York 1999-2002
Artistic Director and Announcer for the Sub carrier system. Responsible for the information and entertainment content disseminated to the Colombian community in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut regions.
RCN Cali – Colombia 1998-1999
Artistic Director. Directed news and music programming for a group of 17 radio stations in Colombia.
EDUCATION
Universidad Central de Bogotá Bogotá, Colombia
Bachelors in Mass Communications
Academia ARCO Bogotá, Colombia
Masters in Radio and Television Announcer Program
SKILLS
- Experienced On-Air personality
- News production and reading
- Editing in Zetta
- Live remotes
- Live reads
- Event coverage
- Newscast production
- Live links with local TV affiliates
- Voiceovers for clients
