Jim Kelly was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Xavier University where he studied Elementary Education. He got his start in radio driving a station vehicle to remotes for a small country station in Georgetown, Ohio. He eventually found a job covering nights at a station where he fondly recalls, “I actually played RECORDS! Remember those?”
After twelve years in Cincinnati radio, Jim moved south where he joined the staff of WRAL-FM as the station’s Music Director and the host of the popular MIX Afternoon Show.
Jim and Tara reside in Garner with their 3 college-aged kids. In his free time, Jim and his wife “enjoy” working out at Burn Boot Camp in Garner, hitting up White Oak Theater to see the latest release or catching Broadway shows at the DPAC with his youngest daughter/theater nerd.