Rick D'Amico

Rick D'Amico retired on August 1st of 2016 at the height of his popularity as host/anchor of the number one morning television news show in Phoenix, AZ. His Emmy Award winning Broadcasting career spanned over 50 years in radio and television and print. In January of 2016, Rick’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, and Rick decided to retire and stay home and care for her. His career began after high school in the United States Air Force , he landed his first radio job as a disc jockey in Albany, Georgia. Upon leaving the military he worked at a number of radio stations in Ashtabula, Ohio – Battle Creek, Michigan -Erie, PA and in Cleveland, Ohio at WHK and became one of the pioneer radio personalities on WMMS. Rick is in two books about the beginning of Rock and Roll and Cleveland Radio. “Radio Daze, Stories From the Front in Cleveland’s FM Air Wars” by Mike Olszewski and “Rock and Roll and the Cleveland Connection” by Deanna R. Adams. Rick advanced his career in radio in Michigan in management of several radio stations and part owner of one. After 19 years in radio, Rick decided to try his hand at television, and became a TV Weather caster for NBC and CBS affiliates in Lansing, Michigan. Tired of Midwest winters, in 1987 Rick landed the job as TV Weatherman at KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. Rick completed his meteorological education from Mississippi State University and was recruited by CBS News as the fill in weatherman on “The CBS Morning News” and “CBS This Morning”. Because of his work on CBS, Rick was promoted to News Anchor at KSAZ in Phoenix. In addition to his anchoring duties, he served as Editor of Business and Economic News, reported live from the Los Angeles riots, interviewed President Ronald Reagan, followed President Bill Clinton to Los Alamos, New Mexico, anchored and reported live from New York City and “Ground Zero” in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. He also followed the Arizona Diamondbacks to Yankee Stadium for the World Series anchoring his morning show from the Fox News Channel. For 19 years until his retirement, Rick coanchored, “Fox-10 Arizona Morning”. Rick also anchored The Fox-10 News at Noon. Rick had numerous reports on CNN and the Fox News Channel. Rick is an Emmy Award winner for his live coverage of breaking news of a hostage incident in Phoenix. And he also is the recipient of two Associated Press Awards for excellence in News Anchoring. Rick has helped raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his favorite charities, The American Lung Association, The Leukemia Lymphoma Society of Arizona and Foster Children of Pinal County, Arizona. Rick was honored by his High School by being inducted into the Wickliffe High School Hall of Fame. (Wickliffe, Ohio) Rick and his wife Ruth were married in 1969 - 53 years of marriage. With four children, twin boys and two daughters, and one granddaughter. Rick’s wife Ruth passed away on October 21, 2022 after suffering from Alzheimer’s/Lewy body dementia complicated by Covid-19.