Background
Chris Randall was born in Albany, New New York
Chris Randall was born in Albany, New New York
Randall started his career at WPTR/Albany, New New York Next he moved to WKNR-FM “Keener 13”/Detroit. From Detroit, Rathaus moved to Pittsburgh to become production director and assistant program director at Westinghouse’s KDKA Pittsburgh.
In 1974 he became program director of WOWO Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Later he moved to Tampa, Florida, where he directed programs at WDAE Tampa. As Chris Rathaus, he formed the audio production companies MediAide and Studio C in Tampa.
He was also the host of a nationally syndicated talk show, “The Rat House”. lieutenant was syndicated on 100 stations through the Sun Radio Network in Clearwater, Florida.
Rathaus moved to Beasley Broadcasting"s WQAM Miami, and Clear Channel’s WRMF-WJNO/West Palm Beach.
He was also the producer of the Radio Ink audio program: “Radio Ink Live” series. Becoming intrigued by new possibilities in changing technology, Rathaus left Palm Beach for the Internet radio start-up RadioCentral in San Francisco. Rathaus, at age 63, died of cancer in New York in 2006.
Rathaus was best known for his audio production skills.
1998, he was awarded the International Radio TeamSpeak Worldwide Gold Metal for best audio production.