Richard Blade is one of the most popular and best-known DJs in America, and hosts a daily radio show on both SiriusXM 1st Wave Ch. 33 and middays on KCBS, Jack FM.

Blade was born in England, educated at Oxford, and after touring Europe for two years as a DJ, moved to the U.S.. In the 1980s he was the top-rated morning drive DJ on KROQ, Los Angeles, and hosted and directed numerous TV shows and series including Video One, MV3, and VideoBeat. Other notable radio stations Blade worked at included KMGN, Bakersfield (morning drive & program director), KZOZ, San Luis Obispo (morning drive and program director), KNAC, Long Beach (evenings), and KYSR, Los Angeles (evenings). In 1991 he created, with Andy Schuon and Lewis Largent, Richard Blade’s Flashback Lunch which aired daily at noon and was copied by many stations across North America. It also spawned a series of six CDs on Sony Music, Richard Blade’s Flashback Favorites.

Blade has won numerous awards including the Golden Microphone, California’s Best DJ, Brit of the Year, and the American DJ Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He was awarded his own day in Los Angeles—June 9th —by the L.A. City Council, for his contributions to music and entertainment. On June 6, 2024, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Vine Street across from Capitol Records. He is also nominated this year for the Radio Hall of Fame.

Blade is the best-selling author of World In My Eyes, his autobiography, published in 2017, and four novels, SPQR, Birthright, Imposters, and Ghosts of the Congo, all of which made #1 on Amazon’s best-seller lists. He also has two non-fiction music books, The Lockdown Interviews and The Unlocked Interviews; both debuted at #1 on Amazon’s music publications list, and feature conversations with music’s biggest stars, done during the pandemic. His latest novel, Slapton Sands, was released on June 6th—the 80th anniversary of D-Day—and was inspired by the true story of a disaster that befell the American soldiers training for the Normandy invasion. Within 24 hours of its release, it debuted as Amazon’s #1 New Release.

Blade appeared in many Network TV series and starred or co-starred in multiple feature films including Spellcaster, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, and Long Lost Son, which he wrote. He produced both seasons of VH1’s Bands Reunited.

Blade lives in L.A. with his wife, Krista, and their two dogs, and travels extensively as he continues to DJ live and on the radio, and is in high demand as a speaker and host at events around the world.

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