Kid Kelly EXITS SiriusXM

After 18 years, radio executive and personality Kid Kelly has departed SiriusXM Radio. Kelly was a personality on SiriusXM Hits 1 and served as Vice President of Music Programming for the Pop Format.

Kid Kelly

SiriusXM issued following statement was issued about Kid Kelly's exit:

“After a long tenure at SiriusXM, Kid Kelly is no longer with SiriusXM, and we wish him the best in his new endeavors. His programming responsibilities are being taken over by SiriusXM Vice Presidents Alex Tear and Lou Simon.”

Previously, Kelly enjoyed success at WKSE-FM Buffalo where he dominated evenings with unprecedented ratings. He then spent more than a decade at Top 40 powerhouse, WHTZ-FM Z100 New York. During the 1980s, he was the most listened to night jock in America.  He also programmed and did mornings at Hot 97 WBHT-FM in Wilkes Barre, PA. He then returned to Z100 New York and became the Operations Manager in 1998.

Additionally, Kelly created and still hosts the first weekly nationally syndicated 80s radio program BACKTRAX USA.  It airs on more than 300 stations worldwide.  With the successful formula, Kelly launched another first-of-its-kind, BACKTRAX USA the 90s, which airs on more than 150 stations nationwide.

Tear, who joined Pandora and SXM as VP/Music Curation last September, was previously SVP Programming for iHeartMedia Miami and PD of Miami’s Pop giant Y100.