Rick Hamada

Aloha, it's a pleasure to meet you.

I'm Rick Hamada.

I was born in Chicago, Ill, raised in NW Indiana, lived and worked in California, traveled the world as entertainment cruise line staff which is what brought me to Hawai‘i over 35 years ago.

I am blessed to be associated with my first love dating back to childhood.

Radio and writing.

As a child growing up I found it remarkable that mom was in the newspaper business as section editor and a morning drive personality at our small town radio station. I was never at a loss for inspiration and I attribute so very much to my mom.

Fast forward.

Hawai‘i has blessed me to create a career and, most importantly, a family.

I recently celebrated 31 years at iHeart Radio Honolulu as a talk show host and serving as VP, Community Relations.

I was a MidWeek columnist for over 15 years, and I am so thankful to now share weekly thoughts with you at Aloha State Daily. As a a columnist for ASD, the views expressed are my own.

All pales in comparison with my two wonderfully adult children, Zachary and Zoe.
The ultimate entry on my life's resume is unequivocally being a dad. Thank you, Lord.

Oh, and I love golf, a good ribeye, a quaffable Cabernet and Lou Rawls (he could sing a phone book and sound great. And for those of you of a certain age, google "phone book" and you'll see what I mean).

I'm looking forward to spending some time together.

Mahalo and aloha.