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American actor and broadcaster (born 1952)

Rich Koz
Born	Richard Koz (1952-03-12) March 12, 1952 (age seventy) Park Ridge, Illinois, U.s.a.
Years active	1972-present

Rich Koz (born March 12, 1952)^[ane] is an American actor and broadcaster best known equally horror-movie host Svengoolie and his early on '90s children'south cartoon showcase The Koz Zone. Out of costume, he is also the host of the syndicated The Three Stooges Stooge-a-Palooza plan. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Archetype Horror Awards' Monster Child Hall of Fame.^[2]

Beginnings [edit]

Koz got his start in dissemination at WMTH-FM, the loftier school radio station at Maine East in Park Ridge, Illinois. While Koz was at Northwestern University, he sent the original Svengoolie, Jerry G. Bishop, cloth for the horror-pic program. Bishop afterwards invited Koz to join the show'due south staff. When the show was cancelled in 1973, Bishop and Koz worked together doing mornings on WMAQ radio in Chicago, and Koz worked with radio legend Dick Orkin on commercials and syndicated features, including "ChickenMan Returns for the Last Time Over again." When Bishop left for San Diego in 1978, he gave Koz permission to create a show known as Son of Svengoolie, now only known every bit Svengoolie.^[three] The character is oft known simply as "Sven".

Son of Svengoolie [edit]

In June 1979, on WFLD-Television set Ch. 32, Koz began as Son of Svengoolie, winning numerous local Emmy awards,^[four] and having his show syndicated to Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, and San Francisco for a cursory period. In 1986, after the station was caused by the News Corporation, WFLD canceled Svengoolie, believing the evidence not dignified for a network affiliate. Koz did some freelance radio, including stints equally a fill-in at WGN radio.

The Koz Zone [edit]

From 1989 to 1993, Koz returned to WFLD (now "Fox 32") to host a new hosted movie show where he appeared to be "breaking in" to the Play tricks signal (a take-off of an bodily event where WGN and WTTW had their signals pirated). The evidence was originally untitled, but viewers were asked to accost letters to "Lose Weight past Selling Real Estate, No Money Down" until the testify adopted the name The Koz Zone. The testify featured cartoons presented by Koz, interspersed by sketch one-act bits. This evidence won Koz his side by side local Emmy, and later on became the daily Koz Zone for Kids. Koz also did mornings on WCKG radio for a brief menstruation, co-hosted live four July and New year's day's Eve programming, and became weekend and make full-in weather condition anchor for Flim-flam 32 News.

1995–current [edit]

In 1995, Koz came dorsum on the air every bit part of the launch team for newly independent station WCIU-Television, Aqueduct 26. He became Svengoolie (afterward Jerry G. Bishop -- the original Svengoolie from 1970 to 1973 -- told him he could drop the "Son of" because he was "all grown up now") and resumed weekly horror movie shows, forth with numerous other duties. Koz is at present well known and well regarded in the Chicago area, having won numerous regional Emmy awards and having been admitted to the NATAS/Emmy "Silver Circle" for "outstanding contributions to Chicago television." Starting time in 2011, Koz began to exist seen nationwide when his Svengoolie show became a regular Saturday night staple on the MeTV archetype Goggle box network.

In his Son of Svengoolie persona, Rich Koz is also known for the early '80s three-D broadcast of Revenge of the Creature (the sequel to Animate being from the Blackness Lagoon) that resulted in a ceremonious activity lawsuit by people who felt they didn't get enough 3-D for the 89 cents they spent for the cardboard glasses.

In Nov 2012, Koz suffered a heart attack at his habitation. He had previously suffered a middle attack at his home in March 2002.^[v]

References [edit]

^ Foster, Stella (March 11, 2008). "College tour". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 42.
^ Colton, David (March 7, 2021). "Rondo 19 Results Are Hither". RondoAward.com.
^ Camenson, Blythe; Jan Goldberg (1999). Real People Working in Amusement . McGraw-Hill Professional person. ISBN978-0-8442-6570-4.
^ 25 Years of Svengoolie'due south Humor
^ Feder, Robert (Nov 5, 2012). "'Svengoolie' host Rich Koz recovering from heart attack". TimeOut Chicago. Archived from the original on 2017-11-21.