"Big" Steve Kelly Biography
WXXL     WWLV      WCFB     WOCL    

Steve is a Pennsylvania native and graduate of Kutztown State University. Steve earned his B.A. in Speech and Theater. 
In 1990, at the age of 37, Steve helped launch and became the new afternoon-drive personality at 
WXXL-FM 106.7. It was Steve who hired Doc Holliday and Johnny Magic. In 1991 a move to WWLV-FM 94.5 saw Steve become Operations Manager.  In 1992 New City Communications purchased WWLV and decided to go country with the struggling adult contemporary station. With Steve as program director, "Young Country B94.5",  
WCFB-FM 94.5 took to the air. The success of the transition won Steve Orlando Magazine's Personality of the Year Award. "Big" Steve Kelly hosted the WCFB country music broadcast live from Sullivan's on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando every Saturday night, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. In 1999 Steve moved to WOCL-FM 105.9, "Power 105.96", as program director. Steve has over 30 years of success in markets like Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Richmond, Norfolk, Tampa, Orlando, Sacramento, Salt Lake, Memphis, and Jackson. Since 2003, Steve has been the Director of Programming & Operations for Clear Channel’s Mississippi properties.  Steve hosts the #1 rated Afternoon Drive show on Jackson’s #1 Station, MISS 103.  He’s hosted the top rated Afternoon Drive show on Clear Channel’s KLOU-FM  in St. Louis for over two years, and currently hosts Mornings on Classic Hits Magic 105.5, and Afternoons on MIX 94.5  in Lexington via voice tracking. Steve continues to maintain the top stations in Jackson while consulting several CC stations in the region. He recently launched Country MISS 101 (WMSO) in Meridian, catapulting it to #1 first book out! He has also overseen the startup of two of Clear Channel’s “Hallelujah” Gospel formats…in Jackson and Little Rock. Steve owns and operates a state-of-the-art broadcast-VO recording studio in his home. His work is heard coast-to-coast with credentials including CBS, Westwood One, and SuperRadio Network. Steve is a contributing writer and the national imaging voice on ‘Retro Country USA’ heard weekly on over 100 stations. He’s also the show’s national fill-in host! Steve is married, with two great kids. He and his family reside with their menagerie of dogs, cats, and horses on the beautiful Barnett Reservoir Lake, just outside Jackson, Mississippi.
         
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