Hey! I’m Rich and you don’t get any more local than me. I was born and raised right here in Binghamton. My best friend is my pup named Maggie and we terrorize dog parks and the rail trail as much as possible. I started working at 98.1 The Hawk in 2001. You might spot me out at a charity event because I try to visit as many as I can. My TV watching is minimal, but if I have a chance to relax, its Leverage and Lost girl on NETFLIX and Ghost Adventures or Expedition Unknown on my stream TV. I’m a big tech geek and I love to figure out new ways of doing things that involve technology. I’m available to chat whenever and answer all my social media myself. If you see me out someplace, stop and say hello!
Rich Birdsall
So Excited For The Firetruck!
You can never get enough of cute kids. This nanny-cam video of a little kid getting excited about a fire engine has been trending on YouTube. Firefighters were outside his house letting some pressure out of a hydrant, and he was pumped up at the truck being outside...
Cabin Crushed In Flood Waters
You've seen videos of a crushing machine that pulverizes everything it gets its teeth into right? Well mother nature is even stronger. A woman posted video of a cabin that was swept into rapid moving floodwaters in Northeast Arkansas. She talks about how it's coming straight for the bridge she's standing on, but doesn't seem too worried about it...
Minister Blows Chunks During Wedding Vows
I don't know where this is, but someone posted a wedding video where the bride is in the middle of her vows, and the woman who's officiating turns to the side and vomits. Was she sick before hand? Was it the flu? Morning sickness? Who knows, but...
Family Time and Camping!
I am an RV enthusiast to say the least and I love camping. I have been camping since I was a boy. I remember all those years in camping in campgrounds with the family and all the campgrounds we stayed in and all the fun we had, and all the campers we had...
Binghamton Bridge Run & AVRE
It's always nice when friends stop by and say hello... These are the fine folks at AVRE. They support The Binghamton Bridge Run and I support them. Why? The are the Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment. They help people who are legally blind live a life that is not effected by their vision impairments...
Fidget Spinner Creator Unpaid
If you haven't heard of Fidget Spinners, first of all, consider yourself lucky. Second, they're these cheap, little toys that kids are obsessed with right now. Basically it's just a "Y"-shaped plastic device you spin on your fingers.
And since they're a trendy, cheap product, someone's gotta be getting rich off them, right...
5 Awesome Tequila Facts
The Southern Tier DRINKS! We love our booze and it's Cinco De Mayo! TEQUILA TIME! Did you know that the United States drinks twice as much tequila as Mexico does?
Here's 5 more super fun facts about Tequila!!
1. People in the United States consume twice as much tequila as Mexico, where it originated...
She Ate $7,000 To Keep It From Her Hubby
A 30-year-old woman in got into a fight with her husband over money, and ended up eating $7,000 in cash to hide it from him.
It's not clear why she thought ingesting the money was her only option, but it was described as a, quote, "act of desperation...
Cinco de Mayo Fun Facts (Comedy)
Some people mistakenly think it's Mexican Independence Day. The rest don't care as long as the bartender keeps refilling their margaritas.
It's the only day of the year your liver says, "No mas."
It commemorates the day Cheech met Chong...
Tricks to Clean When You Don’t Want To
It's the end of April, which means that if you haven't started your spring cleaning, it's probably time to get on that. Here are four tips to help you get motivated to clean, even when you don't want to:
1. Break it down into smaller tasks...
Advance Auto Parts Crash
A guy named Leonard Owens was driving to an Advanced Auto Parts store in Dry Ridge, Kentucky on Tuesday morning because he needed to fix his brake lines.
And apparently he he waited a little long to get those parts, because as he was pulling into a parking space, his brakes failed completely and he smashed and bashed right through the front of the store...
1st Date Brawl Over Bill
Progress toward gender equality means women are offering to pay, or at least split the bill on first dates. Welp, needless to say, this went horribly wrong.
A 37-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman in Hong Kong went on a first date to a Japanese barbecue restaurant on Sunday night...
Breaking News: Chocolate Twinkies
Just a few a few years ago, Twinkies were on the way to being a thing of the fattening past. Now, They've been pushed back into the spotlight and they are evolving!
Ask Starbucks to Make You a Dragon Frappuccino
The Unicorn Frappuccino is over. Now you need to up your game and go for THE DRAGON.
It's new secret menu item at Starbucks called the Dragon Frappuccino. It contains Green Tea Frappuccino, vanilla bean powder, and a berry swirl...