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'''Richard Cone Ware, Sr.,''' known as '''Ricci Ware''' (April 14, 1937 – October 21, 2016), was a [[radio]] legend for more than a half-century in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], much of his time with station KTSA AM, at which he was a disk jockey and then the host of a talk show. He was known for his old-fashioned demeanor and penchant for the countryside.

'''Richard Cone Ware, Sr.,''' known as '''Ricci Ware''' (April 14, 1937 – October 21, 2016), was a [[radio]] legend for more than a half-century in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], much of his time with station KTSA AM, at which he was a disk jockey and then the host of a talk show. He was known for his old-fashioned demeanor and penchant for the countryside.

==Career==

==Background==

A native of Stockdale in Wilson County, south of San Antonio, Ware was a son of Richard M. Ware (1911-1960) and the former Esther Cone (1915-2007). He began his radio career in the middle 1950s in Baytown, east of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. In 1957, he wed his high school sweetheart, Miriam Lorraine "Mimi" Ware (1939-2003), and they moved to the capital city of [[Austin]], Texas, where Ricci worked for then [[United States Senate]] Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at KTBC radio and television. Radio legend Gordon McLendon, a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who ran unsuccessfully in the [[primary]] for the [[United States Senate]] in 1964 against the incumbent [[Ralph Yarborough]], heard Ware while McLendon was passing through Austin. He hired Ware to come to KTSA in San Antonio, one of the earliest stations in Texas.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ware&GSfn=Ricci&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=171642240&df=all&|title=Ricci Ware|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

A native of Stockdale in Wilson County, south of San Antonio, Ware was a son of Richard M. Ware (1911-1960) and the former Esther Cone (1915-2007). He began his radio career in the middle 1950s in Baytown, east of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas. In 1957, he wed his high school sweetheart, Miriam Lorraine "Mimi" Ware (1939-2003), and they moved to the capital city of [[Austin]], Texas, where Ricci worked for then [[United States Senate]] Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at KTBC radio and television. Radio legend Gordon McLendon, a [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] who ran unsuccessfully in the [[primary]] for the [[United States Senate]] in 1964 against the incumbent [[Ralph Yarborough]], heard Ware while McLendon was passing through Austin. He hired Ware to come to KTSA in San Antonio, one of the earliest stations in Texas.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ware&GSfn=Ricci&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=171642240&df=all&|title=Ricci Ware|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

Ware was among the most outspoken [[conservative]]s of talk radio. He was not always accurate in his predictions, as in 1992 when he claimed that then [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], who like Gordon McLendon had lost a Senate election to Ralph Yarborough, would defeat [[Bill Clinton]] based in part on overwhelming Bush support in a KTSA opinion poll. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ware co-hosted with Jud Ashmore ''The Ricci and Jud Show,'' a rowdy morning program on the old country station KBUC. The two sometimes picketed San Antonio City Hall over controversial matters.<ref name=waredeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/San-Antonio-radio-legend-Ricci-Ware-dies-10060311.php|title=San Antonio radio legend Ricci Ware dies|author=Jeanne Jakle and Hector Saldana|date=October 22, 2016|publisher=''San Antonio Express-News''|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>

Ware was among the most outspoken [[conservative]]s of talk radio. He was not always accurate in his predictions, as in 1992 when he claimed that then [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], who like Gordon McLendon had lost a Senate election to Ralph Yarborough, would defeat [[Bill Clinton]] based in part on overwhelming Bush support in a KTSA opinion poll. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ware co-hosted with Jud Ashmore ''The Ricci and Jud Show,'' a rowdy morning program on the old country station KBUC. The two sometimes picketed San Antonio City Hall over controversial matters.<ref name=waredeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/San-Antonio-radio-legend-Ricci-Ware-dies-10060311.php|title=San Antonio radio legend Ricci Ware dies|author=Jeanne Jakle and Hector Saldana|date=October 22, 2016|publisher=''San Antonio Express-News''|accessdate=August 3, 2017}}</ref>