Tim Riley is a Northwest media personality in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
. He is currently an Anchor/Reporter with
KPAM AM 860 and
KKOV, Portland Oregon. He served as News Director/Anchor for Hot Talk 1080 KOTK, Max 910 during Imus In The Morning, and KUFO during
''The Rick Emerson Show'' from 2001 until 2009. Born in
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 91,322, the second-largest in northern New England after nearby Manchester. Along with Manchester, it is a seat of New Hampshire's most populous ...
, Riley got involved with a local radio station and began a career that took him to California. After ending a ten-year stint in Southern California radio, Riley moved to Portland in 1998, where he did afternoon news during the Tom Leykis Show. In 2001, Riley was paired with Emerson.
Tim has been seen on television hosting ''The Classroom Guide To A Better America'', an amusing assortment of social hygiene films originally shown to baby-boomers during their formative years. These programs continued to attract the same niche audience who listened to the daytime program to the late night hours of On Demand Television.
Riley is also an actor and has done freelance voice-over work for many years.
He was also a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.
Independent Music Awards - Past Judges
The Tim Riley Factor
During ''The Rick Emerson Show'''s tenure on KOTK and MAX910 (2001–2005), Tim's name was used for the show's house band
A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment.
It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...
(basically the staff and friends), "The Tim Riley Factor." The band included Emerson, Producer Sarah X Dylan, Kristin from Accounting and a series of other members. The band's original songs included:
*Christmas Time in Portland
*I Want to be a Ramone
* Gene Simmons Took My Girl
The group also performed at a number of live events, including Emerson listener parties.
Tim Riley Breaking News
Riley begun podcasting an offbeat-format news podcast in early 2015 in between his broadcasting gigs for terrestrial Portland radio. He has a short to medium length format podcast and is also featured occasionally as a guest on ''Funemployment Radio''.
References
External links
Tim Riley Breaking News
Tim Riley News Twitter
The Rick Emerson Show
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American radio personalities
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Nashua, New Hampshire