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Gene Began his radio career nearly 20 years ago. Since
that time, he has worked at National Public Radio and
Commercial Radio Stations.
A graduate of Long Beach State College, Gene had his first
radio assignment at KFWB 980AM in Los Angeles. Gene's
first on-air job was as a Disc Jockey in Central California.
The station owner realized that this was not where Gene's
talent was and had him record late-night newscasts for
the station.
Gene then headed east where he wrote and anchored morning
newscasts and served as play-by-play announcer for local
sports teams. In the early 90's, Gene traveled with the
Connecticut Huskies Radio network as a producer.
In 1998, after a 6-year hiatus from radio, Gene came to
the Coachella Valley to restart his broadcasting career.
He has been doing radio news here in the Coachella Valley
ever since. Gene's news expertise and professionalism
makes him a great addition to the RR Broadcasting News
team.
Gene's other accomplishments are writing for the Press
Enterprise Newspaper and as Radio News Anchor for KFI
AM-640 in Los Angeles.
Named "News Director" of R&R Radio Corp.
in 2001, Steve Kelly brings a unique insight into local
news. Steve got his start in news covering the John Anderson
for President campaign in 1980, for American Public Radio
(a forerunner for NPR). Steve has a great sense for news.
"He's an investigative newsman and he knows where
all the bodies are buried", says General Manager
Mike Keane.
Johnny has over 40 years of broadcast news experience.
Weekend news anchor positions in the Riverside area, led
to Morning newscasts in Los Angeles. Johnny set up a local
news operation in the San Gabriel Valley, where he was
News Director. With over 40 years of broadcast news experience,
Johnny Bruce has been a radio Newscaster in Los Angeles,
San Bernadino, The San Gabriel Valley and Riverside. Johnny
is a broadcast professional with a nose for news. He's
been part of Coachella Valley radio since 1988. He and
his wife Jillayne enjoy Dodger Baseball, Nascar and Green
Bay Packer Football.
As the Los Angeles Times columnist for society and features,
here in the Coachella Valley, Joy Short spent over 10
years covering local events and people. Her fields of
interest include community news, medicine, politics, business
and education news. As a past president of the National
Association of Press Women, a board member of the World
Affairs Council and long time member of the Palm Springs
Rotary Club, Joy has received several awards including:
WOMAN OF THE YEAR DISTINCTION IN JOURNALISM, ROTARIAN
OF THE YEAR, twice, and PRESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR from the
PALM SPRINGS WOMANS PRESS CLUB.
