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| Kevin West retires |
WGOW Program Director Kevin West announced his retirement from radio broadcasting on Talk Radio 102.3's Chattanooga morning show, "The Morning Press," according to Cumulus Media Chattanooga.
A 43-year radio veteran, West started his radio career in 1979 as a disc jockey at the University of Michigan's campus radio station, with a paying job at WIBM in Jackson, Michigan.
He came to Chattanooga in 1987 as the morning news anchor and street reporter for WGOW-AM and became program director of Talk FM 102.7 before it became Talk FM 102.3.
Along with his broadcasting career, West, who announced his retirement Friday, served in the U.S. Navy, beginning with an on-air enlistment in the Navy Reserves and ending with his retirement as a Navy captain in 2021.
While serving, West deployed to Afghanistan in 2016 and 2017 as the deputy director of public affairs at resolute support headquarters in Kabul and served as commanding officer of the 6th Fleet Public Affairs, 7th Fleet Public Affairs and Navy Public Affairs Support Element Headquarters.
"Kevin has been the trusted voice guiding our stations, audiences and neighbors for over three decades," Scott Chase, Cumulus Chattanooga operations manager, said. "While we will miss him, we know that his energy and community commitment will continue to be a force in Chattanooga."
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