RIC MITCHELL
Morning Show Co-Host
ric@star1013.com
Ric Mitchell has been waking up residents of the Capital Region for many years now...and still enjoys the ritual of waking up early and planning morning fun!
Ric has been involved with so many local charity events and recently became the announcer for Troy's Flag Day Parade!
Ric's Favorites
FOOD: Pork chops--the other white meat!
SHOW: All time...love "The Closer" and "The Good Wife"
MOVIE: "All That Jazz" and "The Godfather"
SPORT: Baseball, for its inherent beauty and perfection!
SONG: I'm a pop music guy and the stuff we play on Star works just fine for me!
CONCERT: The best? Billy Ocean at The Starlight a few years back. I never saw a performer command an audience like that and the audience just ate it up! I left exhausted!
HOLIDAY: Christmas......always gets me misty when I think of my 2 girls being small and the development "Santa" came to the house and their wide eyes....I'm getting misty-eyed now thinking about it!
BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN THE SARATOGA CAPITAL REGION: The diversity of the local restaurant scene...yeah, we got the chains but we also have the neighborhood places that truly make each community so VERY different...My wife and I love searching for good ones--from Caribbean to Italian!.
BRIANNE YOUNG
Morning Show Co-Host
brianne@star1013.com
Graduated from the New School of Radio and Television in 2007. I'm at the starting point of my career in broadcasting and loving every minute of it..I am getting soooo much experience I am not sure where to put it all..I was born and raised in Amsterdam, NY...I grew up with a great family two great parents, three older brothers the only girl and the youngest. I'm sure you can only imagine what I went through...Growing up in Amsterdam I was apart of the Amsterdam Marching Band..I played the flute..Greatest thing I ever did..Got to experience some amazing things.
Brianne's Favorites
FOOD: lasagna
SHOW: I Love Lucy!
MOVIE: Serendipity and The classic Goofy Movie
SPORT: Swimming..have to stay true to my high school sport
SONG: Forever Young....just because it has my last name in it...and I want to truely stay forever young.
CONCERT: Bon Jovi....first ever and the most memorable to me.
EMBARASSING MOMENT: Oh dear! there are so many..I would have to stay I was on a date and I wanted a coffee so we went to Starbucks and sure enough I go to take a step up to the sidewalk and ohhh yea completely took a header in front of everyone in Starbucks because I fell right in front of the window..I took it like a champ though..Got up just as fast as I went down and said...thank you ladies and gentlemen I'll be right back if anyone wants an autograph for that stunt....yup way to be graceful.
HOLIDAY : Halloween...I guess it would be because of the Autumn like weather.
BEST THING ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE SARATOGA CAPITAL REGION: Wishing that I grew up in the Saratoga Capital Region...I really do love it up here..My friends and I are always coming up to this area...Don't get me wrong I like Amsterdam...But Saratoga is a whole new world.
AND FINALLY--Did you know? The average the American consumes 30,000 chocolate cookies in their lifetime.
KELLIE QUINN
Midday Host, 10am-3pm
kellie@star1013.com
Kellie's Favorites
FOOD: FREE
SHOW: Life On Mars, 24
MOVIE: Out Of Africa
SPORT: A spirited spectator of most sporting events! Yeah! That's me making all that noise...
SONG: The new U2 album is pretty good, Also, Big Fan Of John Hiatt, and since he's written so much for popular artists, I get to enjoy his style in just about every music set.
CONCERT: MOST
HOLIDAY: All, ...since they involve lots of food!
BEST THING ABOUT THE SARATOGA CAPITAL REGION: The shopping experience of downtown Saratoga, the great restaurants of the capital region and the ambiance of the Saratoga Race Course.
JOHN MEANEY
Afternoon Host 3-7pm and Operations Manager
john@star1013.com
John began his full-time radio career in 1985 after graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in communications.
Most of his work has centered around Saratoga Springs, his hometown.
He has been involved with many community organizations over the years including the Jaycees, Lions Clubs, Boy Scouts and was a co-founder of the Saratoga County division of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
John's Favorites
FOOD: Lasagna...aha fine irish meal
SHOW: All time...Friends and The Muppet Show...these days Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and House
MOVIE: Dances With Wolves and Superman II
SPORT: Football and Curling (love those brooms)
SONG: I really don't have one...oh wait a minute...When you Say Nothing At All, by Alison Krauss...whew...that was my first dance song with my new bride at our wedding...of course, that's my favorite
CONCERT: I hate to admit it but....Barry Manilow
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT:
At Ithaca College, annoucing a football game...
the sports fan in me came out and shouted at a player to get away from the ball on a punt return for fear of a turnover...
He did get away from it when he heard my cry over the speakers. The rest of the crowd did as well.
HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving- Family, Food and FOOTBALL
BEST THING ABOUT GROWING UP IN THE SARATOGA CAPITAL REGION: The History of the area and bragging about the race tracks, the famous battles and the Potato Chip.
JOHN TESH
Evening Host, 7pm - Midnight
Nighttimes are special with John Tesh.....with Music and Intelligence for Your Life! It's a great way to spend an evening with the radio and now that summer is here, spending your nights with
John Tesh even makes MORE sense.
Plus, be listening to John weekdays at 12 noon for the "Intelligence For Your Life" Minute.
Visit his site here.
WALT ADAMS
The Sunday Brunch Host
Thirty year radio veteran Walt Adams hosts the region's only smooth jazz show every Sunday on Star 101.3. Although jazz is his favorite, Walt has hosted Adult Contemporary, American Standards, Country, Free Form Progressive Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Top 40, Oldies, Urban, Disco, Easy Listening, Full Service AM, Gospel, Sports Talk and even Beautiful Music!
Walt's Favorites
FOOD: Lasagna, of course
SHOW: CBS Sunday Morning
MOVIE: Last of the Mohicans
SPORT: Basketball
SONG: Pat Methene, Last Train Home and Nat King Cole, Nature Boy
CONCERT: Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Starlight Music Theatre, 1995
BEST THING ABOUT THE SARATOGA CAPITAL REGION: Diversity of the Capital Region from downtown Albany the Adirondack high peaks
QUOTE: The Golden Rule "Be cool unto others and they will be cool to you"
VINCE GALLAGHER
Weekend Host
Weekends are special on the Star with Vince Gallagher--a self-proclaimed music afficianado and a guy who brings a wealth of music knowledge to his weekend shift.
Plus, you can see him on Capital News 9 weekday mornings reporting traffic and he also covers health issues.
