R.I.P.: Ron Richards, Longtime Wisconsin Radio Broadcaster

'Ron Richards'

Ronald Richard Stiff, known on 1400 AM WRJN radio name "Ron Richards", age 77, passed away May 3, 2025.

He died from complications of emergency bypass heart surgery after being flown Flight-For-Life to Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee.

Stiff was born in Tomahawk, Wis. on October 29, 1947. He was a graduate of Green Bay Premontre, now known as Notre Dame Academy. Born with a golden voice, Ron was the radio personality & disc jockey for the stations of 1450 KFIZ Fond du Lac, 920 WOKY Milwaukee, 100.7 WRKR Racine, 1130 WISN Milwaukee and 1400 WRJN Racine, from where he retired as station operations manager. 

One of his career highlights was to be invited as the media guest rider with the Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration squadron while practicing for a show in Racine.