D/FW Radio: Veteran Skip Mahaffey To Morning Drive At KPLX

Skip Mahaffey

Cumulus announces that award-winning Country radio personality Skip Mahaffey will join KPLX 95.5 Dallas-Fort Worth as Morning Show Co-Host of “Wake Up With the Wolf Show”.

Mahaffey replaces Ken Buckner, who recently left the station. Current KPLX Mornings Co-Host Lisa Taylor will team up for mornings with Mahaffey on 99.5 The Wolf beginning Monday, December 29, 2014.

Mahaffey comes to KPLX from WWJB/WXJB in Hernando County, FL, where he was Midday Talk Show Host. He also has a successful voiceover career and media consultancy, and was also air personality for Number1Country.com. Prior to that, Mahaffey was an air personality and producer for WWKA in Orlando. He was also Morning Show Host for WFUS and WQYK in Tampa, WCOL in Columbus, OH, KSON in San Diego, and KVOO in Tulsa, and hosted Dial-Global’s nationally-syndicated Country music show, True Country, with more than 60 affiliates. Mahaffey has been honored for his work with three CMA Air Personality of the Year awards.

Mahaffey said: "Co-hosting the Wake Up With the Wolf Show in Dallas is hands-down the biggest and most exciting job in Country Radio. I cannot begin to express my excitement and gratitude for this opportunity. I am so honored, humbled and proud to be working alongside Mark Phillips, Lisa Taylor and Smokey Rivers! Thank you to Mike McVay for keeping the faith, to John Dickey and Dan Bennett for taking the chance, and to J.R. Schumann for the opportunity. This is going to be fun."

J.R. Schumann, Operations Manager for Cumulus Dallas/Fort Worth said: "I'm so excited about the future of the Wake Up With The Wolf Show! Skip brings a long history of success in Country morning radio, a tremendous knowledge of our format, and let's not forget the three-time CMA Personality of the Year stripes!"

Dan Bennett, Regional Vice President/Market Manager for Cumulus said: "Skip is a tremendous talent with a great track record of success in ratings and industry awards and truly understands the air talent’s role on a great music station.”

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Mahaffey is an active community servant, raising significant funds and awareness for a plethora of charities and through “Skip’s Kids”, a group that provides VIP trips for underprivileged children to places including Sea World, Disney World, Adventure Island, Busch Gardens and more. In addition, Mehaffey is an Honorary Sergeant, Recruiting Battalion, in the U.S. Army and is a graduate of the FBI Citizen’s Academy and winner of the FBI’s prestigious Director’s Community Leadership Award.