Rich Gunning (born June 15, 1966) is an

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voice-over artist, radio commercial producer and former traffic reporter based in

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, Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

Gunning was born in

, on June 15, 1966. He attended Council Rock High School in Newtown, Pennsylvania and the

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Career

He began his broadcasting career in the mid-1980s as a radio disc-jockey with former oldies station WBUX in

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. In 1986, he joined the

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and served two years at

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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

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, Gunning served as production manager and on-air personality with suburban

news/talk radio station

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from 1994 to 2010. Since 1998, Gunning has voiced hundreds of radio and television commercials, including Alarm.com,

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, Hawaii Tourism,

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, Sears Auto Center, and

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. From 2004 to 2018, he was employed by

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as a traffic reporter, heard primarily on KYW news radio in Philadelphia, and stations in

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, and

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. In 2016, Gunning joined the staff at Philadelphia's Classical and Jazz station

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as an on-air personality.

References

External links

RichGunning.com
- Official website
WRTI.org
- WRTI-FM/Philadelphia {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunning, Rich 1966 births Living people American male voice actors Radio personalities from Philadelphia United States Army reservists United States Army soldiers University System of Maryland alumni