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First Name
Len
Last Name
O'Kelly
Email
okellyle@gvsu.edu
Title
Associate Professor
Website
Office
285 LSH
Phone
616-331-8174
Field of Study
Journalism, Broadcasting, and Digital Media
About
Len O'Kelly has spent over 30 years on the air in radio, primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area. He has served as a news director and has programmed radio stations in locations as close as Grand Rapids, MI, and as far away as Gisborne, New Zealand. He continues to work in broadcasting and performs voiceover work for television, radio, and film, as well as industrial and training narration. His research concentrates on post-WW2 radio and television.
O'Kelly also serves as the faculty advisor for Grand Valley's student-run radio station WCKS "The Whale" and is the station manager for WLSX “The X,” the laboratory radio station in the School of Communications. In addition, he is the Director of First Year Advising and Registration for the University, has been appointed a Faculty Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and serves as the Associate Director for the School of Communications.
Office Hours
Mon 2p-4p
Tues 2p-4p
Teaches
Introduction to Radio, Advanced Radio, Media History, Communication Policy and Law
Degrees
B.E.S., Lewis University
M.S., Grand Valley State University
Ph.D., Michigan State University
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