Nickname: "Ron Mahnohh" - I've never seen it written, but the JBTV crew yells it every time I walk in a room. Kinda like Norm on "Cheers."
Hometown: Highland, Indiana
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Anyone who is a die-hard music fan in Chicago has undoubtedly come across JBTV host Ryan Manno.
Between his many years on the air at Chicago alternative music station Q101, curating at Chicago rock club Angels & Kings, and announcing artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, and Muse in front of 70,000 screaming fans at Lollapalooza, this guy can be found pretty much anywhere music is being played.
He´s traveled the world covering music and pop-culture events, with appearances on MTV, E! Network's The Girls Next Door, The Amazing Race, and Kathy Griffin´s My Life on the D-List. He´s also hosted band documentaries from Plain White T´s and Naked Raygun, and has been featured in interviews in Rolling Stone, Spin, and Blender magazine.
Ryan has broadcasted live from the Grammy Awards, MTV VMA´s, red carpets of Hollywood movie premieres and overseas music festivals. Lately, he´s been hosting a free weekly local music series at Chicago rock bar Angels & Kings, called the One Man(no) Show. As a lifelong fan of the show, Ryan is thrilled to bring his musical expertise to JBTV.
Favorite Band: 311
Best Concert Ever:
Tool at United Center in Chicago, August 29, 2002
Top 3 Albums of All Time:
311 – “Music”
Alkaline Trio – “Goddamnit”
Fort Minor – “The Rising Tied”
Favorite Quote:
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
