RICH FIELDS

'Rich Fields' is a native of the Cleveland, Ohio area (born November 30, 1960, in Bay Village, Ohio) and is an Emmy-award-winning broadcaster, meteorologist and television personality, best known for being the announcer of the American television game show ''The Price Is Right''. On ''Price'', his laughter with hosts (Bob Barker and Drew Carey) became a trademark for him in addition to his happy-go-lucky copy delivery.
Fields was raised west of Cleveland in Avon, Ohio, before moving to Clearwater, Florida, in 1976. In addition to graduating from Clearwater High School in 1979, Fields also graduated from the University of Florida in 1983 with a degree in broadcasting and had a 25 year career as a radio personality, including a ten-year stint in Tampa, Florida, and another ten-year stay at KCBS-FM in Los Angeles. He also worked as a show host and announcer for several years at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Fields is a well-known voice-over talent and has done hundreds of television and radio commercials. In 1995, Fields became the announcer for the Florida Lottery's ''Flamingo Fortune'' television game show and held that position for three seasons.
In early 2000, Fields returned to college studies through Mississippi State University[1] studying meteorology to become a television weatherman. After a lengthy internship at weather hotspot WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fields was offered the morning weather position at CBS-2 KPSP in Palm Springs, California. After a just a few months, Fields was promoted to chief meteorologist for CBS-2. He worked at KPSP until May of 2004.
In March of 2004 Rich auditioned for the announcing role on ''The Price Is Right'' that was vacated by the death of Rod Roddy. He was named the show's permanent announcer on April 4, 2004 and host Bob Barker introduced him to the show's viewers on the April 27 episode. Fields has stated that one of the inspirations to his broadcasting career came from listening to original ''TPIR'' announcer Johnny Olson.
In 2006, Fields appeared in the FOX sitcom ''The War at Home'' as an energetic game show host and was called to do voice-over on the ABC comedy ''According to Jim''. In 2007, Rich appeared as himself on the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' with legendary show host Bob Barker.
In addition to appearing on both the daytime and primetime versions of ''TPIR'', Fields has also made appearances on other television shows, including ''Gameshow Marathon'', ''Extra'', ''Inside Edition'', ''The Insider'', the ''CBS Evening News'', ''The Tyra Banks Show'', ''The Late Late Show'', the 2007 Daytime Emmy Awards, and many others. Fields also co-hosted ''Santa Salutes the Stars'', the 2006 Orlando Christmas parade, with Alan Thicke and Patrika Darbo. The parade aired nationally on Superstation WGN.

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★ Rich Fields's Official Website

★ Rich Fields's Bio at CBS - ''The Price Is Right''

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★ Rich Fields fan site

References

1. Rich Fields Official Website - www.richfields.tv