Crash Kelly Radio DJ Crash and Company Crash and Burns

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It's been said so many times, "theirs is the NUMBER ONE radio morning show in America"... unfortunately they weren't talking about Crash Kelly [Krash Kelley] and his cast of characters! It's been 8 years since Crash Kelly (aka Andy Connell) has been heard on the morning airwaves and many wonder where Crash is and what he's up to these days. The ORIGINAL Crash Kelly [Krash Kelley] woke morning listeners all over Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin since the late 1970's and has made many fans and friends along the way. San Angelo, Killeen, Temple, Sherman, Dallas, Fort Worth, New Orleans, El Paso, Tyler, Rockford, Eau Claire, Madison, and Green Bay radio fans enjoyed the dry, blunt, refreshing wit of Crash and Company. With the cast of characters over the years: Katie Piper, Sue Stevens, Deputy Barney, Rich Watkins, Stanley Boyd, Al Toona, Dan Burns, Mr. Manly, Chef Perry, Leighann Stephenson, Shotgun Shannon, Chris Merle, Valerie Lego, Jennifer Jackson, Katelynn Kross and others, waking up and getting off to work was never a chore. KOOV went dark in March of 2000 when the Copperas Cove country station format was sold to Cumulus Broadcasting.

Catch up with Crash Kelly (now days just called Crash Connell) at his very popular home page (online since January 1999) with nearly a million and a half visitors, the official link below:

Crash Kelly Radio History:
Cumulus Broadcasting - KUSJ-KOOV (Temple-Killeen, TX) - Morning show w/ Jennifer Jackson & Katelynn Kross, program director. Country music.
Midwest Communications - WNCY (Green Bay, WI) - Morning show w/ Shotgun Shannon, Valerie Lego, and Leighann Stephenson. Country music.
Midwest Family - WJJO - WIAL - WKMQ (Madison, Eau Claire, WI, Rockford, IL) - Morning show w/ Katie Long, Kathy Hess, Rich Watkins, and Dan Burns. Classic Rock, Adult Contemporary, and Oldies.
Stellar Communications - KISS 107 (Tyler, TX) - Morning show fill-in, weekends. Contemporary Hits.
KPXI (Mt. Pleasant,/Tyler, TX) - Morning Show (solo), operations manager. Contemporary Hits and country (on AM sister).
KOFX (El Paso, TX) - Evening show. Oldies to Hot AC format change.
WBSN - WAJY - Metroscan Traffic (New Orleans) - Morning show, night show and drive time traffic anchor for multiple stations in the market.
KPBC - KQZY (Dallas, TX). Weekends and evening shows. Contemporary Christian and Soft AC.
KSCS (Fort Worth, TX). Afternoon drive and overnights.
KXVI - KNTS (Dallas, TX). Mornings, program director. Contemporary Gospel changed to News Talk.
KIKM (Sherman, TX) - Soft AC - PM drive show
KTEM (Temple, TX) - Hot AC - Middays
KGKL (San Angelo, TX) - AC Gold - Afternoon show
KNFM (Midland, TX) - Country - Afternoon show
KYKX (Odessa, TX) Country - weekends
KTON (Belton, TX) - Country - Overnights
KIXS (Killeen, TX) - TOP 40 - Overnights

Crash Kelly Moments of Fame:
Local community theatre stage roles in: DEARLY DEPARTED, SHADOWLANDS, LESSON BEFORE DYING, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, BUDDY HOLLY, and others. Monthly emcee for Killeen Chamber Business After Hours Mixers. Featured in Michael Moore's hit movie, "THE BIG ONE" 1998, and "REVELATIONS SEVEN, ORIGAMI, and FOR SALE BY OWNER. Ad voice of "Billy Bob's" night club spots, Ft. Worth, TX (1986). Community issues cut-ins, Fox TV, New Orleans, LA (1987). Stand-up comedy (1983-1987). Star Trek convention stage host, Chicago, IL (1991-1993) Regular TV movie, sports billboards, and special programming host Fox TV, Rockford, IL (1991- 1993). GEN-CON "Sci-Fi Saturday" stage host, Milwaukee, WI (1993-1994). Public Access Cable Auction Co-host, Eau Claire, WI (1993-1995). My radio stunts, games, and parodies have been featured in Gavin Magazine, Power Sheets, Bitboard, Fax Attack, American Comedy Network, Premiere Gold Comedy, and others.

Air names: Crash Connell, Crash and Burns, Crash Kelly, Andy Taylor, Andy Roman, Andy Summers, and Adam Kelly (news).

Markets worked: Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Top 100 market stations worked: KSCS-FM, Ft.Worth, TX. KPBC-AM, Dallas, TX. KQZY-FM, Dallas, TX. KXVI-AM, Plano (Dallas), TX. WBSN-FM, New Orleans, LA. WWL-AM/WAJY-FM, New Orleans, LA. MetroScan Traffic Network, New Orleans, LA., and KOFX-FM, El Paso, TX.

Continuing career education: Talent Master's Morning show Boot Camp, Dan O'Day personality / radio sales programs and seminars, and Fred Pryor Management seminars. Subscribe to Nightingale-Conant personal and business skills growth programs. Excellent computer skills, all digital editing software and studios, music software, troubleshooting, and web page design. I am also LIFE/HEALTH/HMO licensed in the state of Texas, currently appointed with AFLAC and National Farm Life Insurance companies.

Every now and then, someone will ask "Crash... where did THAT nickname come from?" Here's the scoop from Crash Kelly's own mouth:

MOST HEARD "RADIO" VERSION: I used to race motocross in junior high... I wasn't very good at it... after a while I became very good at "crashing" ... it became my nickname. (not all true). Actually, a General Manager in Madison, Wisconsin didn't want me to use ANDY as my radio handle (it was a male-oriented rock station) and challenged me to come up with a cool nickname... I used CRASH, because...

INSIDE TRUE VERSION: Back in the late 80's, a young lady I was very attached to grew tired of our long distance relationship and called it off for good. I was working part-time weekends deejaying at a four star hotel. My father was running a car dealership in town and that weekend he was out of town deer hunting. He loaned me his brand new Celica (one payment was made on it). After my shift at the club, I got sooooo drunk they made me leave. You know where this is going: I ended up "crashing" into some guy's telephone pole in his yard... ran that car up the guywire--completely tore off the bottom -- totaling the vehicle. All I got was a busted lip. The insurance company and cops were "dumb-founded" that I wasn't killed! One of my dad's salesman at the dealership immediately began hazing me. Everytime I showed up or he'd call me at the radio station, saying "Hey Crash!... Is this Crash Kelly?" My radio handle at the time was ANDY Kelly. Pretty soon it caught on and everyone was calling me Crash. Well, I never drove drunk again and I kept the name as a reminder.

This cool thing was my dad didn't yell or make any fuss. All he said was "I'm thankful you're alive.... a car is a thing, things can be replaced... you can't." One of my favorite songs is "Everything I Own" by David Gates of Bread. David wrote it after his father had died, in honor of his father's memory.

...AND NOW, YOU KNOW... THE REST OF THE STORY...