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Rich Fields (born November 30, 1960, in Cleveland's suburb of Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster and meteorologist best known for being the announcer of the American television game show The Price Is Right. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... An Emmy Award. ... // Meteorology (from Greek: μετέωρον, meteoron, high in the sky; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Continuity announcer. ... This article is about the current version of the U.S. game show. ...

Career

Fields was raised west of Cleveland in Avon, Ohio, before moving to Clearwater, Florida, in 1976. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1983 with a degree in broadcasting and had a 25 year career as a radio personality, including a ten-year stint at KCBS-FM in Los Angeles and another ten year stay in Tampa, Florida. In his early career, Fields worked as a show host and announcer at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Fields is a well-known voice-over personality and has done hundreds of television and radio commercials. In 1995, Fields became the announcer for the Florida Lottery's Flamingo Fortune television game show (a Goodson Production) and held that position for three seasons. Avon is a city located in Lorain County, Ohio. ... Clearwater is a city located in central Pinellas County, Florida, USA, nearly due west of Tampa. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a flagship public land-grant, sea-grant[3] major research university located on a 2,000 acre campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... KCBS-FM is a radio station in Los Angeles, California broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on 93. ... Tampa redirects here. ... This article is about the American media conglomerate. ... From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising in some countries. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Florida Lottery is one of the most lucrative single-state lottery systems in the United States with numerous On-line and Scratch-Off games offering players a wide variety of prize levels. ... Flamingo Fortune was a Florida Lottery gameshow that aired in in the mid to late 1990s. ...

In early 2000, Fields returned to college at Mississippi State University[1] to study weather and become a television meteorologist. After an internship at weather hot-spot WFLA-TV in Tampa Florida, Fields was offered the morning weather position at CBS-2 KPSP in Palm Springs, California. Fields was later promoted to chief meteorologist for CBS-2 and worked at KPSP until May 2004. Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi, United States, in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles (200 km) northeast of Jackson and 23 miles (37 km) west of Columbus. ... WFLA-TV is the NBC affiliate television station on the west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, serving the Tampa-St. ... KPSP-LP (Channel 38), commonly identified on the air as KPSP, is the CBS-affiliated television station, licensed to Coachella Valley, with studios and offices in Palm Desert, California. ... Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Price Is Right

At the age of 18, Fields attended a The Price Is Right taping during Johnny Olson's tenure as announcer. During a question-and-answer segment of Olson's warmup before the show, Fields asked how he could get Olson's job. Johnny called Rich up to the stage and had Rich belt out into the microphone, "Johnny Olson! Come on down!" Olson pretended to be annoyed, and said "Gimme back that microphone, kid, before Mr. Barker hears you backstage!".^[1] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In March of 2004 Rich auditioned for the announcing role on The Price Is Right that was left vacant by the death of Rod Roddy. He was named the show's third permanent announcer on April 4, 2004, and host Bob Barker introduced him to viewers nation-wide on the episode that aired April 27. Robert Ray (Rod) Roddy (September 28, 1937 – October 27, 2003) was an American radio and television announcer. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Other work since 2004

In 2006, Fields appeared in the FOX sitcom The War at Home as an energetic game show host opposite Michael Rappaport. Also in 2006, Rich was called to do voice-over on the ABC comedy According to Jim. In 2007 Rich appeared as himself on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother with legendary show host Bob Barker in the episode titled "Showdown". The War at Home is a sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2005 on Fox. ... According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. ... How I Met Your Mother (or HIMYM) is an American situation comedy that premiered on CBS Broadcasting on September 19, 2005. ...

In addition to appearing on both the daytime and prime-time versions of TPIR, Fields has also made appearances on other television shows including Gameshow Marathon, Inside Edition, The Late Late Show and many others. In 2006 Fields co-hosted the Orlando Christmas parade on Superstation WGN. In 2007 Rich was the host of the first ever, Game Show Hall of Fame Awards in Las Vegas. At that show Rich accepted Merv Griffin's induction into the Hall of Fame at the request of the Griffin family. In 2008 Rich appeared on the NBC hit reality show Last Comic Standing. Gameshow Marathon is an American television program, based on the UKs television program of the same name. ... Inside Edition is a syndicated news program, on the air since January 9, 1989. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Last Comic Standing is an American reality television talent show that premiered in 2003. ...

Los Angeles radio listeners of the popular KIIS-FM program, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest can hear Fields routinely deliver lines ranging from "Ryan's gonna pay your bills!" to "You just won $10,000!". Seacrest said, during an appearance by Fields on his show (10/25/07), that Rich, "Is the glue that holds that show (TPIR) together. His voice makes me feel safe. He is the unsung hero of the show."

Personal life

Rich is a former cancer patient having survived testicular and lower lymphatic cancer. He champions free cancer screening and detection programs and volunteers his time at L.A. area animal fundraisers.

External links

• Rich Fields' Official Website
• Rich Fields' Bio from CBS - The Price Is Right
• Rich Fields - Internet Movie Data Base / IMDB
• Rich Fields fan site

References

1. ^ Blits, Stan. Come on Down! Behind the Big Doors at The Price Is Right. ISBN 978-0-06-135011-5. 

• Rich Fields Official Website
• The Price Is Right Website
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest - 102.7 KIIS-FM, Los Angeles, CA