Radio host best known from his self-titled morning show The Dave Ryan in the Morning Show on the Twin Cities' #1 music station, 101.3 KDWB.
He previously worked at stations in Columbus, Las Vegas and Phoenix before coming to KDWB in 1992.
He celebrated 20 years at KDWB's 101.3 in July 2013.
He has a daughter named Allison.
He bought criminal Lee Harvey Oswald's toe tag for $8,000 in 1994 and later sold it to Ripley's Believe It or Not.