Member Spotlight: Richard Day Retires

SAG-AFTRA member and WTOP news anchor Richard Day signed off for his final time on Jan. 27, as he journeys into retirement. He had been with WTOP in Washington, D.C. since 1985, though his first job in radio was in 1958 in his hometown of York, Penn. He also worked at NBC in Washington, D.C., WCBM in Baltimore, and as a reporter/producer for syndicated television.

Day is also an accomplished musician and actor. He was in a band before he was old enough to drive, and worked in amateur theater before attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where he trained in Shakespearean theater. While there, he was a page for CBS, before pursuing a career in advertising. The world of broadcasting beckoned him back after a three-year stint in the Navy.

Day will be spending his retirement doing the things he loves, like playing tennis, skiing, reading, playing piano, and taking in concerts and the theater. Jim Farley, WTOP’s VP Programming, said in an email to the station that “Day is a class act and I will sorely miss his quiet professionalism.”

This item was originally featured in the March 2013 local newsletter.