A tenured baby boomer,  Richard Ettinger grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia in the late fifties, early sixties, he attended Columbia College where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Film and Television Production. Following two years in the US Army, he landed a job writing for a supermarket tabloid in Chicago. His first job in Broadcast television was with the ABC Affiliate in Boston. Ettinger went on to work for television stations in Washington DC and Pittsburgh. Richard moved into the world of Post Production and worked as an editor for production houses in Pittsburgh, Toledo, Fort Wayne and Denver. He is now retired and living in Desert Hot Springs California.