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A Note From Todd:
In a few seconds, you will
be redirected automatically to my blog, Real Clear Thinker, or you can
click on the link below. Please stay in touch
via email.
Thanks... Todd 3/1/09
Please visit Todd's blog at RealClearThinker.com.
Todd is a radio talk host from Boston, where he co-hosts the
morning show on
WRKO, Boston's Talk Station.
For six years he hosted a nationally syndicated weekend talk radio program, which started in March of 2003.
Todd got the radio bug while in college, working as a newscaster, DJ, and eventually the General Manager of WMFO, the 100 watt
FM station at
Tufts University.
While he preferred radio to academics from his first day behind the mic, the books were left pretty
far behind for good when the station was destroyed by fire during his junior year. Todd was too busy getting the station back on the air - within hours,
at a new location on campus using equipment donated from a commercial Boston radio station (thanks to radio legend
Arnie the Woo Woo Ginsburg)
and records donated by listeners - to pay too much attention to text books anymore.
After graduating from Tufts University by the skin of his teeth with a degree in political science, Todd
became an international chemical trader with Sobin Chemical in Boston, focusing on trade
with China. Two years later, he left the family business to pursue a career in radio. Todd worked as a disc jockey, news director and beautiful music announcer before spending
two years as a helicopter traffic reporter in Boston.
Then came a career change, as Todd entered the restaurant business.
It was his wife's business, Rosalie's Restaurant in Marblehead, Massachusetts, that distracted Todd from his radio passion.
Rosalie's, already a very popular spot, became insanely busy when it was featured in a TV commercial for credit card giant
VISA in 1986 - one of the first in their
"they don't take your American Express Card," series. Ten years later, they got out of the
business, exhausted - and after a year of recovery, Todd returned to radio.
Todd has toured the Middle East several times since September 11, visiting Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman. In 2005, he spent 6 weeks as
a long term substitute teacher in an urban middle school so that he could gain some first hand experience with the public schools.
Todd has been named three times to
Talkers Magazine's
list of the Top 100 Most Important Talk Hosts in America. Born and raised in
Lexington,
Todd has always lived in the Greater Boston area, except for a year at the University of Denver.
Todd currently lives with his wife,
Rosalie,
on Boston's North Shore. |