Kelly Mac
Kelly Mac is the Program Director and Midday Show Host of Magic 102.5 KTCX in Southeast Texas. Her show is also heard in the "Upstate" region of South Carolina on "The BLOCK" 96.3 (Greenville,) 104.5 (Spartanburg) and 107.7 (Anderson.)
Mac previously served as the Music Director & Midday Show Host in Charlotte, NC at WBAV and in Indianapolis where she was the Afternoon Show Host and Program Director for 106.7 WTLC-FM and 1310 The Light WTLC-AM.
Her 20 year radio career also includes an APD & On Air role at Greenville, SC’s legendary urban radio station 107.3 JAMZ WJMZ where she was a top rated multi award winning talent from 2006-2011 and again for a 2nd run from 2013-2016. Additionally, Mac also worked in Chicago at WVAZ & [[WGCI-FM|WGCI] and prior to Chicago, Kelly was a radio personality and Assistant Program Director/Music Director in Philadelphia at WUSL and WDAS-FM.
In 2010, Kelly was honored by the National Association of Broadcasters with the Marconi award for Radio Personality of the Year.
Career
In 1999, Ms. Mac began her radio career as a part-time receptionist for Radio One, Inc. With time, persistance and hard work, she was later promoted to programming assistant for WZAK-FM and WENZ-FM in her hometown, Cleveland, Ohio. Her diligent work, dedication and perseverance eventually led to her dream job to become an on-air personality.
Mac later relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, as the Assistant Program Director, Music Director and Afternoon show host for WWBZ. After a year, WWBZ changed formats, so in May 2004 Mac joined Charleston's legendary station WWWZ-FM as the night show host, where, after 2 books, she achieved record Arbitron Ratings of 30+ shares in her targeted demo (18–34).
After spending two years in the Charleston, South Carolina Market, Mac moved to the Gulf Coast to co-host mornings at WBLX-FM in Mobile, Alabama. While co-hosting "The Official Gulf-Coast Wake-Up Party," Mac was a key factor in maintaining #1 ratings for the show and for the overall station.
During her successful run at WBLX-FM, Mac was recruited to WJMZ-FM, Greenville, South Carolina, where she served as APD/MD/on-air personality for nearly five years. Mac set record numbers at WJMZ and received many prestigious awards.
In 2007 WJMZ was awarded the R&R Medium Market Station of the Year, and in 2008 Mac was named the R&R "Medium Market On Air Personality of the Year." In 2009, JAMZ was awarded the NAB Marconi Award for "Urban Station of the Year" and the South Carolina Broadcasters Association recognized Mac as South Carolina's "On Air Personality of the Year" and "Radio Show of the Year." In September 2010 the NAB named Mac as the Marconi Recipient for "Medium Market On Air Personality" of the year.
During her second tenure at WJMZ, Mac was awarded the SCBA "Radio Show of the Year" in 2014, and she's been featured in various local and regional publications like Parents, LINK MagazineThe Greenville News, and Sheen Magazine to name a few.
Kelly's top three favorite interviews were with Mary J. Blige, Michelle Obama and her most covetted, was a sit down with President Obama. Her long-term goal is to host a TV show and also open up a group home for at risk youth. She enjoys family time, traveling, cooking, swimming, shooting pool and a variety of music. She also takes pride in helping out in the community and she's an advocate for speaking to teens about pregnancy prevention and the importance of staying in school.