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Ron Joseph was born on 11 June, 1941 in United States, is an American television producer (born 1941). Discover Ron Joseph's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Born 11 June 1941
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1941

Ron Joseph (June 11, 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - April 24, 2022) was an American television producer known for his dance shows.

On his shows, he was usually referred to as RJ.

1950

Ron Joseph began his broadcasting career in 1950 on Ghost Riders, a Philadelphia children's show on WCAU.

1954

Four years later, in 1954, Joseph was a panel member on Radio Rangers, a dramatic series on WCAU-AM.

It aired on Sunday mornings and was hosted by Phil Sheridan.

1955

In 1955, as a teenager, RJ published and edited a local newspaper, The Upper Darby Tower, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

1956

The next year (1956), Ron began as a regular teenage dancer on the locally-aired Bandstand, hosted by Bob Horn and carried over WFIL.

When Dick Clark took over the show, RJ stayed on as a regular.

A year later, when Bandstand went national (as American Bandstand), Ron continued as a steady dancer and became the only regular to have a dance show of his own, like Clark.

Ron played Ramon Montenegro in an episode of Mama’s Family ~ they entered & won a dance contest.

1960

In 1960, Ron Joseph graduated from Upper Darby High and it was about that time that he joined the staff of WEEZ Radio (then licensed to Chester, Pennsylvania).

He did a nightly top 40 music show on the station.

For a time, he was a paid staff member.

In the meantime, there was a new TV station in town, WPCA-TV, Channel 17 in Philadelphia.

Station owner Rev. Percy Crawford offered RJ his first television show, Spotlight on America.

At that time, regular TV receivers couldn't pick up channels 14 and higher without attaching an UHF converter to the set.

RJ went to the same church as Philadelphia's legendary TV newsman, John Facenda, who would quite often pass along broadcast tips to RJ after the 11:15 morning mass at St. Bernadette's in Drexel Hill.

1966

By 1966, RJ opened an "under twenty-one" discotheque on the University of Pennsylvania's campus at 40th and Walnut Streets.

He also started another club, "Groove" at Broad and Locust where WIFI, 92.5 on the FM dial broadcast live.

WIFI, at that time, was owned by Mel Gollub and was licensed to Norristown, Pennsylvania.

That same year, Ron began his own TV dance party on Philadelphia's WIBF-TV, Channel 29, and WPHL-TV, channel 17.

He created his own version of a teen disco on television and syndicated his television show independently to such cities as Newark/New York City's WBTB-TV 68, KEMO-TV 20 and KTSF-TV 26 in San Francisco, KBSC-TV 52 in Los Angeles, KSCI-TV 18 in Hollywood and KFTY-TV 50 in Santa Rosa, California.

1982

In 1982, Ron Joseph was broadcasting over XPRS, a Mexican radio station serving Los Angeles.

The outlet had 50,000 watts and blanketed the sixteen western states, plus parts of Canada and a large part of Mexico.

Then RJ had another TV program, Teen Scene Magazine, which was carried in the Philadelphia area over WRBV-TV, Channel 65 (now Univision affiliate WUVP), a station licensed to Vineland, NJ.

The show also aired over KFTY-TV, Channel 50 in Santa Rosa, California.

1985

In 1985, RJ returned to radio on the Philadelphia Wireless Institute's station, WPWT-FM.

At this same time, Ron created Beach Party USA which originated from Hunts Pier in Wildwood, NJ.

The program aired over Wilmington's Channel 61, WTGI (now WPPX, iON).

The next year, RJ traveled to Europe for a new teenage motion picture, Gemini Twin Stars, starring Gene Patrick as McGinty, who was "discovered" by RJ at his teen club on South Street in Center City Philadelphia.

1990

In 1990, RJ pioneered a new field, low-powered television (LPTV).

He was the moving force behind W07CB-TV, Philadelphia, which aired old TV shows like The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, RJ's old dance shows and a telephone talk show.

1992

1992 also saw Ron starting Open Mike over Channel 53 in Atlantic City over WWAC-TV.

1993

In 1993, he opened low-power television station, W05AX-TV in Wildwood/Cape May and four years later, in 1997, WELL-TV, Channel 8 in Willow Grove.

1998

In 1998, RJ began a disco "block party" Sunday afternoons on WNJC Radio and Friday evenings in 2000 at Cruisin' 92.1, WVLT.

He has syndicated Disco USA to independent stations across the nation including KECG-FM in Oakland, California serving San Francisco, a city RJ has become obsessed with over the years.

His TV dance show, The Nostalgia Dance Party, continues to air in that market.

2003

Ron Joseph was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers in 2003.

2006

RJ briefly hosted a Saturday-afternoon talk show on WNWR called Something To Say With RJ, from May 2006 to July 2007.

2007

In 2007, Ron Joseph appeared in the motion picture Fabulous, the life story of Charlie Gracie, and in 2008, The Wages of Spin, which chronicles the Philadelphia music scene from 1952 to 1963.