# Jon Rish

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{{short description|American former radio personality (born 1973)}}
'''Jon Rish''' (born {{circa}}1973) is an American former radio personality, best known for his work in the [Boston](/source/Boston) area.

==Career==
Rish was a radio host for [WEEI-FM](/source/WEEI-FM) in Boston.

Rish attended [Boston College](/source/Boston_College) and began his sportscasting experience on [WZBC](/source/WZBC), the school's 1000-watt FM radio station broadcasting to the Greater Boston area.<ref>{{cite web| author = Finn, Chad | url=http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/11/30/jon-sciambi-joe-tessitore-among-broadcasters-who-found-their-voices/0RqkJXT49eBbfv1C7jyWJI/story.html |title=Broadcasters found their voices at BC | work = [The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |date= November 30, 2012 |accessdate= December 6, 2012}}</ref>

Rish's broadcasting career began in 1993, when he was an intern on Boston sports radio host [Dale Arnold](/source/Dale_Arnold)'s WEEI program. <ref> Chad Finn. "Play-by-Play Fill-In Voice Resigns at WEEI," ''Boston Globe'', April 10, 2013, p. C-4. </ref>  He subsequently broadcast college sports on several Boston-area stations. <ref> Bill Griffith, "Ex-Bostonian Has Strong Ties," ''Boston Globe'', November 24, 2002, p. C-22. </ref>  From 2006 to 2012, Rish hosted the Boston Red Sox pre and post game show on the [Boston Red Sox Radio Network](/source/Boston_Red_Sox_Radio_Network). Rish served in the Red Sox broadcast booth alongside [Joe Castiglione](/source/Joe_Castiglione) since 2008, sharing time with Dale Arnold and [Dave O'Brien](/source/Dave_O'Brien_(sportscaster)).<ref name="wrko">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wrko.com/jon-rish |title=WRKO Biography |access-date=2011-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223184646/http://www.wrko.com/jon-rish |archive-date=2010-12-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Arnold and Rish replaced [Glenn Geffner](/source/Glenn_Geffner), who left after the 2007 season for the [Florida Marlins](/source/Florida_Marlins) radio booth. Rish primarily announced games when O'Brien was away on assignment for [ESPN](/source/ESPN).

On June 10, 2010, Rish filled in on the NESN TV broadcast for [Don Orsillo](/source/Don_Orsillo) who fell ill just before the start of the Red Sox game at Cleveland.

On April 8, 2013, after being asked to take a major pay cut by WEEI owner [Entercom](/source/Entercom), Rish announced that he was leaving not only WEEI but the radio business as well, saying he had been "accepted into a training program to become a software developer and will begin that career path." His last assignment for Red Sox Radio Network was for the game between the [Oakland Athletics](/source/Oakland_Athletics) and the Red Sox on April 24, 2013.<ref>{{cite news| author = Finn, Chad | url=http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2013/04/red_sox_voicehost_jon_rish_dep.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412042045/http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2013/04/red_sox_voicehost_jon_rish_dep.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 12, 2013 |title=Red Sox voice/host Jon Rish quits WEEI | work = [The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe) |date= April 9, 2013 |accessdate= April 9, 2013}}</ref>

In August 2013, Rish was chosen by [NESN](/source/NESN) to serve as a substitute color analyst for [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox) games while regular analyst [Jerry Remy](/source/Jerry_Remy) was on leave following the arrest of his son, [Jared Remy](/source/Jared_Remy), for murder.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chimelis|first=Ron|title=Jon Rish, Dennis Eckersley will handle Red Sox NESN telecasts|url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2013/08/jon_rish_dennis_eckersley_hand.html|accessdate=August 31, 2013|newspaper=The Republican|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref> Rish also served as substitute Boston Red Sox play-by-play announcer on NESN in July 2014 while regular announcer [Don Orsillo](/source/Don_Orsillo) was on vacation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soxanddawgs.com/redsox/nesn/orsillo-remy-to-get-mid-season-vacation.html|title = Orsillo & Remy to Get Mid-Season Vacation &#124; Sox and Dawgs}}</ref>

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