Birthdate
^{January 7th}

Birth City
^{Grants Pass, Oregon}

Favorite Musicians
^{Grant Lee Phillips
Michael Hutchence
Nick Cave
Charlie Sexton
Jarvis Cocker}

RYAN HESS
(KLDR) Weekdays 8am - 11am
(KAJO) Weekdays 11am - 1pm, Fri 4p - 7p, Sat 4p - 7p

     I am a member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA.  I graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1990.  After high school I went on to get a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Portland State.  Since then I have lived in Seattle, San Francisco, and Burbank.  I moved back to Southern Oregon, from Burbank, in 2007.  

     I started working at KAJO/KLDR in summer 2010.  I enjoy refereeing basketball and love broadcasting Cavemen sports with Chuck.  My family has been in Grants Pass for a long time and I remember my Mom taking me to KAJO back in the old days on Roguelea Lane when Jim Wilson and Elzie Parker put her Redwood Elementary School Christmas music programs on the air. I love working at KAJO/KLDR, getting to meet people in this community, and living in the beautiful Rogue Valley.

     My favorite pastimes are two things I have done for many years: Going to Autzen Stadium for Duck games and watching my sister, Krista DeBolt, performing in symphonies (now watching my nieces performing in symphonies as well).  Any other spare time I have I usually spend playing sports, watching college sports, and cheering on the Grants Pass High School Cavemen.