LA Radio: Shotgun Tom Kelly Honored With WOF Star

K-EARTH 101 radio personality Shotgun Tom Kelly was honored Tuesday when Hollywood’s Famous Walk of Fame unveiled his very own star.

The star is located at the corner of LaBrea and Hollywood and hundreds of his fans, many from San Diego, where he got his start, were watching.  Kelly’s friend Stevie Wonder was also there.

Kelly started working in radio as a teenager when his mom urged him to go see a DJ broadcasting live from a shopping center. After stints at several stations in San Diego, plus Oxnard, Bakersfield, Phoenix, and San Francisco, he moved to LA in 1997 to take over for "The Real" Don Steele, who had died of lung cancer. He's been at K-Earth ever since.

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His trademark hat goes back to his youth as well. His family went camping, and he loved the park rangers and their hats. It stuck as a visual trademark that, he says, worked  especially well when he hosted kids shows on TV.  His kids’ show has also earned him two Emmys.

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