Tim Riley
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Tim Riley is a Northwest media personality in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. He is currently an Anchor/Reporter with AM 860 and KKOV, Portland Oregon. He served as News Director/Anchor for Hot Talk 1080 KOTK, Max 910 during Imus In The Morning, and KUFO during The Rick Emerson Show from 2001 until 2009. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

, Riley got involved with a local radio station and began a career that took him to California. After ending a ten year stint in Southern California radio, Riley moved to Portland in 1998, where he did afternoon news during the Tom Leykis Show. In 2001, Riley was paired with Emerson.

Tim has been seen on television hosting The Classroom Guide To A Better America, an amusing assortment of social hygiene films originally shown to baby-boomers during their formative years. These programs continued to attract the same niche audience who listened to the daytime program to the late night hours of On Demand Television.

Riley is also an actor and has done free lance voice-over work for many years.

He was also a judge for the 6th and 7th annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....

 to support independent artists.

The Tim Riley Factor

During The Rick Emerson Show's tenure on KOTK and MAX910 (2001–2005), Tim's name was used for the show's houseband (basically the staff and friends), "The Tim Riley Factor". The band included Emerson, Producer Sarah X Dylan
Sarah X Dylan
Sarah X Dylan is an American radio producer and talk show co-host. Formerly of the The Rick Emerson Show and KOIN-TV, and current co-host of Funemployment Radio, and is based in Portland, Oregon...

, Kristin from Accounting and a series of other members. The band's original songs included:
  • Christmas Time in Portland
  • I Want to be a Ramone
    Ramone
    Ramone can refer to:* Ramones, American punk rock group, or any of its members** C. J. Ramone, bassist** Dee Dee Ramone , bassist** Elvis Ramone, stage name of Clem Burke, drummer** Joey Ramone , vocalist and songwriter...

  • Gene Simmons
    Gene Simmons
    Gene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...

     Took My Girl


The group also performed at a number of live events, including Emerson listener parties.

Tim Riley's Press Club

Riley's blog is updated frequently, as is his FaceBook account. He also produces YouTube videos on varying topics.

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