Richard Tieman Herrick, Jr. was born in Denver, Colorado on June 24, 1957, son of Richard and Regina Herrick, owners of a Buick car dealership. The family moved to La Habra, California in 1958 where Rick attended elementary school. His family moved to the Brentwood area of Los Angeles while Rick was still in elementary school. There, he attended Saint Martin of Tours then Saint Monica's High School. Staying in the LA area during his college years, Rick attended Loyola Marymount University, graduating with a Bachelors Degree in International Business and Economics in 1979.

Rick has been a Big Bear Valley resident since 1995 when he and his wife moved, to build Big Bear's radio station, KBHR-FM 93.3. While attending college, Rick was Program Director and Sales Manager of KXLU-AM/FM broadcasting from Loyola Marymount University.

Cathy Herrick is an East Coast girl at heart growing up in a small town outside of Boston, MA. After graduating from Tufts University in 1982 with a degree in Art History, she worked at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Having visited California many times over the years, she finally moved to Los Angeles in 1986 getting her start in advertising at keye/donna/pearlstein and J. Walter Thompson.

For seven years prior to moving to Big Bear, Cathy worked at Focus Media working her way up to Broadcast Buying Supervisor.

She met her husband, Rick, on a blind date in 1991 after her friends told Rick what an outdoorsy girl she was. At the time, Rick had already purchased a construction permit to build KBHR-FM, so a future in Big Bear was on the horizon.

After marrying in 1994, Rick and Cathy moved to Big Bear, March of 1995 making this their new home. Daughter Elizabeth was born in 1996.

Cathy enjoys working at Elizabeth's school, Big Bear Elementary, with the Bobcat Booster Club as well as volunteering in the classroom. She enjoys cooking, is a Girl Scout leader and attempts to be an outdoorsy girl with skiing, boating and camping.

Catherine Sandstrom joined the KBHR Team
as the station's News Director in April 2007.
She got her start in journalism as a reporter for the Cub Country Chronicle, when she was a 5th grade student at Big Bear Middle School. Catherine, the oldest of six children, grew up on a farm in Big Bear Lake, just down
the road from the ski slopes.

After graduating from Big Bear High School,
she went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. From there, she embarked on an extensive media career, including publishing, marketing, and public relations, as well as on-air hosting duties for E! Entertainment Television and Big Bear's Channel 6. Her radio background, like that of KBHR station owner Rick Herrick, includes Los Angeles radio stations KXLU and KLOS. After 20 years off the mountain, and living at the beach, Catherine is grateful to be home in Big Bear and honored to be bringing the news to her hometown.

Ben Brissey is KBHR's exclusive weather forecaster for the Big Bear Valley, specializing in mountain weather. With 7 years of on air TV experience Ben has been with KBHR 93.3 for 3 years. With over 10 years of professional forecasting, Ben continues to provide our listening audience with some of the most accurate weather forecasts tailored for the San Bernardino Mountains.

A native of Southern California Ben grew up in Huntington Beach, California, loving and studying the weather as he grew up & progressed. Now transplanted as 14 year resident of the Big Bear Valley he continues to provide his advisement as well as clear and concise weather forecasts to our listening audience. His dedication to weather remains very dedicated and unprecedented for the mountains, in addition to working for Big Bear Mountain Resorts & KBHR.

You can hear Ben's forecast daily about every :15 past the hour.

Kat Sawyer is the Talk Host of "Tuned In on the Bear". She was born in Concord Massachusetts, third in a family of 13. Her favorite and only son is Jeremy, who enjoys the outdoors and was the catalyst for relocating to Big Bear in 1997. Kat‘s interests are
Civil Air Patrol, Mountain Mutual Aid, CERTS Training, Amateurs radio operator, the Old Miners Association, Healthy Start, Big Bear Lions Club, the Bear Valley Electric Citizens Advisory Committee,
Big Bear Chamber of Commerce and the Big Bear Valley Fire Safe Council.

Kat has received several awards, which she is sincerely blessed and grateful for: Civil Air Patrol's Public Affairs Officer of the Year for the western United States, Honorary Member of Big Bear Lions Club, Kiwanis Community Service recognition, City Council of Big Bear Lake Appreciation/ Recognition and “Above and Beyond” in recognition of valuable and devoted services rendered during the Old Fire
and Evacuation October 2003.

Kat's most recent memorable occasion was the birth
of her first grandchild, Caitlyn Brianne, on June 30, 2004. Jeremy and his delightful wife Tabatha live in the Big Bear Valley. Kat's life philosophy: People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.