NEWS: WGCI PROGRAM DIRECTOR KRIS KELLEY FOUND DEAD

Radio programming veteran, Kris Kelley was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment late last week. A former Program Director and on-air personality at Clear Channel Chicago, Kelley was released in December, 2013.

Kris Kelley was a 15-year employee of Clear Channel.

Kelley first came to Chicago in March 2007, joining WGCI-FM as Program Director and part-time on-air personality. Early on in her time here, Kelley was the Program Director that fired top-rated morning show host Crazy Howard McGee, replacing him with syndicated programming, which ended up with far lower ratings and revenue. Two years later, her role was reduced to Assistant Program Director at WGCI-FM and she was given an on-air role at WVAZ-FM/V103, taking over the popular midday shift.

At the end of October of last year, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Chicago announced that Kris Kelley had been given the role of double Program Director, overseeing both WGCI-FM and WKSC-FM/103.5 Kiss FM. Those roles ended this afternoon.