Randi Rhodes Archives

She worked with Dj Randy in Mobile on the “Randy and Randi” morning show. She was able to improvise- being her first experience doing this instead of what she was use to- just reading cue cards between records. In the 1980′s, she was hired to an even larger market straight to New York City. She was hired by Apple WAPP-FM which was owned by Doubleday Broadcasting at the time. This is when she took the name “Randi Rhodes” to honor the guitar player, after she had previously been using the name “Randi St. John”………… quite confusing.

Her next job was with Perry Stone- host of WQFM at Milawaukee’s. However, unfortunately she was suspended from this job when the program offended the gay community in 1987 which lead to many business’ to cancel their sponsorship and advertisement on the WQFM show.

Finally getting back on track. Rhodes started a new job in Miami working at WIOD. She started working 5 years after her suspension on the WQFM, getting herself grounded again with a solid job working the eight o’clock to eleven o’clock night shift. In 2004. Randi began working for Air America Radio, when she began the Randi Rhodes Show. It included monologue and callers with comedic segments, equalling a three hour long show. However, occasionally her three hour long show would consist of small interviews. She had a distinct Brooklyn/ Queens accent that she used to express her political views at times on her show.

Randi Rhodes was then awarded ‘Woman of the Year’ by Talkers Magazine in 2007 given her a large audience and a big name!

Very open about her views, brought Randi into trouble sometimes after already being suspended from Milwaukee’s WQFM in 1987, Rhodes was suspended again from Air America after her quote to Geraldine Ferraro at the KKGN even in San Francisco, California in 2008 on the twenty- first of March. And from there she found herself on an online casino with all over her money, or maybe that was just a nightmare…