For over two decades, there’s been a familiar voice on Nebraska panhandle radio.
Every Tuesday at 8:05 a.m. – like clockwork – Rich Vomacka from Omaha would call into KSID. He’s known on 987 The Big Boy as “License Plate Rich,” and if you’ve heard our show on a Tuesday, you probably know why.
It started back on the old “Swap Shop” program. Rich would call in looking for license plates – specific counties, certain years. It was all part of his collection, but also part of a larger connection he had to the state, to stories and to people. He told me classic car guys look for license plate numbers that match the year of their vehicle. License Plate Rich has become a good source to track down their desired plate…