Karen Kay  Biography 
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Karen fills us in on her career in Central Florida Radio.
"I started my local radio career in Brevard in 1991 spinning records at WPGS-AM 840, located in an old building on US1, on the riverfront in Titusville.  After about a year, Charlie Liles approached me to do afternoon drive at the new station he was starting (as "Radio Brevard") on Hwy 46 in Mims. It was WAMT-AM 1060 (now WIXC-AM 1060), and we played ALL kinds of music, from the 40’s to easy listening of the 80’s.  I started with Greg Sherlock,  who I think might still be there! I was there for about a year, when I was hired at WHKR-FM 102.7, "The Hit Kicker",  for 6-midnight.  That was my first FM job, and the station was in the boondocks on Pluckebaum Rd. in Rockledge.  One night, I couldn’t leave as my midnight replacement couldn’t get in, because there was a HUGE steer on the loose, running around the station. In 1994, Tanya Klepper hired  me at 
WLRQ-FM 99.3, "Lite Rock 99.3" to do middays.  At the time, I worked with Phil Noble,  Jay Waggoner,  Mark Cantoni and others.  I stayed on in middays until 1996 when the morning guy/PD Dave Kelly was having problems finding a suitable morning partner.  I was moved into mornings with Dave in 1996, and we were together as "Kelly and Kay and the Morning Wake Up Call" until September of 2000, (when she left the business.)  After about a year, I started missing radio so in 2001 an old friend who is now the PD at WHKR,  Ted Turner,  hired me to do part-time weekends at "The Hit Kicker", which is now a Cumulus (Broadcasting) station in Melbourne.  When they let their female morning show co host go, I was hired to work alongside Denny Stone for "Hit Kicker Country in the morning with Denny Stone and Karen Kay".  I did that for a year, until working 2 fulltime jobs took its toll and I "retired" from radio again.  It’ll always be in my blood…but I guess I’m getting too old to get up that early!  I’ve been blessed to work with some great folks in the business."                   

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