Since July of 2005, Joe Kelley has been the host of the KRMG Morning News on Tulsa's number one news, weather and traffic station - News Talk 740 KRMG.

Joe's broadcast career began quite by accident in 1982. In his high school journalism class, a phone rang. On the other end of the phone was a local radio station program director seeking free help. As he was standing closest to the phone as it rang, Joe picked up the phone and answered in the affirmative when asked if he wanted to 'be on the radio.'

"In 1982, there was no Internet, there were no Ipods, no satellite radio, no streaming audio ... even cable TV was very limited in content. Radio was truly king of the media spectrum in the early 1980's. For a 15-year-old high school kid growing up in a small town in southeast Texas, that phone ringing provided me with what has turned out to be a lifetime of opportunity."

While his initial introduction to radio was entirely accidentally, Joe's ascension to his level of professional success is quite deliberate and is the result of over two decades of thoughtful and creative performances on award-winning radio stations across the country.

Joe has been recognized many times over for his successes as an on-air radio personality and community leader. He has received awards from Radio and Records Magazine, Radio Ink Magazine, the Dallas Press Club, and Las Vegas Women in Communications. In the year prior to crossing the threshold of his fortieth year (2007), Joe was named to the "Top 40 Under 40" achievers in Tulsa People Magazine, The Journal Record Newspaper and the Tulsa Business Journal.

On Wednesdays, you'll likely find Joe in downtown Tulsa enjoying a luncheon program with his fellow Rotarians. Joe is a 2-time cancer survivor and a member of the boards of directors of the American Heart Association and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma.

On the personal side, Joe has been married to the woman of his dreams, Nicole, since 1996.

Nicole and Joe adopted an 11-year-old son from the state of Texas in 2001 - he's now a US Marine.

Nicole gave birth to their beautiful daughter, Sierra, in 2003. The world famous Kelley twins, Hudson and Brooks, made their grand debut in 2006.

Along with their dogs and ducks, the Kelley family happily resides in south Jenks.

• Email: joe.kelley@coxradio.com