Randi Rhodes

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:For the rock guitarist, see Randy Rhoads

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Randi Rhodes (born 1959) is an American liberal talk radio personality featured on Air America Radio, where her self-named program, The Randi Rhodes Show, is heard from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

Related Topics:
1959 - American - Liberal - Talk radio - Air America Radio - The Randi Rhodes Show

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Randi Rhodes was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a mechanical engineer and WWII veteran and her mother worked in a dress shop. She grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, but her parents divorced when she was 15, and her father moved to California.

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Rhodes enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1977 and excelled as a mechanic, reaching the rank of sergeant. She left the Air Force in 1981, after cocaine charges were leveled against her.

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In the mid-1980's Ms. Rhodes was unable to afford community college tuition and so surreptitiously attended classes for several years, including legal courses, to improve her knowledge.

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In 1994 Rhodes married Jim Robertson, an independent television producer and cameraman.

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In 1996 Rhodes's sister, Ellen, died of breast cancer at age 44. Rhodes raised Ellen's daughter Jessica as her own.

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Rhodes and Robertson divorced in April 2004 but remain close. Rhodes took the name Robertson when married, but continues to use her professionally known name, Randi Rhodes, on the air, a common practice amongst those in media and in business generally.

Related Topics:
April 2004 - Air

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She has more than 20 years of experience in commercial radio and has won the American Women in Radio and Television award for Best Entertainment Programming.http://forums.airamericaradio.com/randirhodes/team/team_randi.php

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