Riley was also known throughout Indianapolis as the voice of Indy's 1st ever Rock 40 music station Stereo 93 WNAP having recorded the now legendary and iconic "The wrath of The Buzzard" TOH ID.

Then in 1970, he was back in Toronto narrating "1050 CHUM's The story of The Beatles" a 12 hour history of the group that was also syndicated around the world.

"The evolution of Rock" won a prestigious Billboard Magazine Award for International Syndicated Special of the Year.

[citation needed] In 1979, Riley began a Hollywood voiceover career, moving his family to the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

[citation needed] In the 1980s and 90s he did voice work for KMPC, KBIG, and KZLA-KPOL Los Angeles, CKY Winnipeg, KQWB Fargo N.D., WOGL Oldies 98.1 and WIBG Philadelphia, KVIL Dallas/Ft.

He also narrated many productions and movies, such as Oliver Stone's Nixon, and CHUM's 1976 documentary The Evolution of Rock,[6] The Killing of America, and Galaxies are Colliding.