Cumulus Media Sports “Wildcats Radio 1290” KCUB Tucson has appointed David Kelly as PD/afternoon host starting on June 12, 2023.
Kelly joins KCUB from KVOA-TV in Tucson where he has served as a weekend sports anchor since 2011. He previously worked on the Arizona Wildcats Radio Network as pre and post-game host for football and men’s basketball, while serving as play-by-play voice for baseball and softball. He has also done play-by-play for multiple minor league baseball franchises and spent eight years at 1100 WTAM Cleveland as a sports talk host and reporter.
Kelly succeeds Rich Herrera, who departed KCUB in November.
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) announces that it has appointed award-winning Sports broadcaster David Kelly as Program Director, Wildcats Radio 1290/KCUB-AM in Tucson. Kelly will also be heard on-air as Host, Afternoon Drive, Wildcats Radio 1290, weekdays from 4:00pm-6:00pm, beginning Monday, June 12, 2023.
Kelly joins Cumulus Media and Wildcats Radio 1290 from KVOA-TV in Tucson, where he was Sports Anchor/Reporter. Prior to that, Kelly was Sports Anchor/Reporter for Tucson’s KMSB/KOLD-TV and was a radio network Anchor and Play-By-Play announcer with IMG College at the University of Arizona. His more than 20-year career in Sports Radio has included roles as Sports Director, Play-By-Play Announcer, Producer, and Sports Anchor/Reporter in markets including Memphis, TN, Cleveland, OH, and Bakersfield, CA.
Kelly has garnered five Associated Press first place honors for his work in radio and has been honored as Ohio’s Best Sports Broadcaster (Major Market) and for Best Regularly Scheduled Sportscast and Best Spot News. He holds a B.A. degree in Sports Information/Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California.
Herb Crowe, Operations Manager, Cumulus Tucson, said: “I couldn’t be happier to welcome David to the Cumulus family. His experience covering all of the University of Arizona athletic programs for television, combined with his years of radio experience, make him the perfect person to lead Wildcats Radio 1290.”
David Kelly commented: “When I came here to Tucson 15 years ago, my hope was that I’d have the chance at some point to lead coverage of the high-profile collegiate sports program at UA. The opportunity to head programming for Wildcats Radio 1290 gives me the chance to do that, as well as set the pace for delivering the best sports, news and information to our listeners in Southern Arizona.”
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com