{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Second Cup of Joe...and John","title":"Tony Richards – Founder/Owner Hippie Radio","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2fab18e3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2500,"description":"Don’t dare tell this self-made media business mogul that radio has gone the way of Blockbuster. Proof that Tony wasalways going to be a high achiever, he built a radio station at 13-years old in his Ft. Wayne, Indiana basement. Every daysince he’s been either on the airwaves or managing radio stations, launching Kensington Digital Media in 2011.Currently owning a dozen call letters including WHPY-FM Hippie Radio in Nashville, he’s half of “Nashville’s MorningShow with Pam &amp; Tony” on the Hippie. With five children and ten grandchildren, Tony and wife Leann continue tomanage day-to-day operations of one of Nashville’s media mainstays. AMONG THE TOPICS; WHY HE NEVER WAS ASMOKER OR A DRINKER; MEETING THE HOME RUN KING WHILE UPSETTING HIS WIFE; CHEER, CHEER FOR OLD NOTREDAME AND HOW COVID LED HIM TO EARNING HIS PILOT’S LICENSE.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/pfNPpj4ZUPWLhWC1i74yfPMoa2udOEy_-INp3cfR-eo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwMDQ5LzE2Nzk0/MzYwNDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}