WMDM's Ripley Finds His Calling In Radio After Life As Cop

"Policing" The Airwaves

SOMAR COMMUNICATIONS Classic Rock WMDM (97.7 THE ROCKET)/MECHANICSVILLE, MD afternoon personality RIPLEY is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.

The 55-year-old DJ is now nine years into his second career  following more than a decade in law enforcement. RIPLEY had been a police sergeant in BALTIMORE. A WASHINGTON TIMES profile says RIPLEY faced a constant life and death struggle on his beat. Ultimately, he suffered career-ending wrist and arm injuries after 12 years on the job.

That led to a change in the professional path for RIPLEY, who attended a broadcasting school because people said he had a great voice for radio.

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