Bruce Kelly

Bruce Kelly (June 11, 1956, is an American radio / TV personality. According to Alexander Zaitchik at Salon.com, "Kelly is a flamboyant master of publicity stunts as well as a top-rated morning jock".

He was the original program director, format creator and morning personality on The 80s on 8 from XM Satellite Radio in Washington, D.C. from October 2000 to November 2005. Kelly was also the first "live" human voice heard on XM or Sirius Satellite Radio during XM studio's beta test launch in May 2001.

In November 2005, he resigned to care for his ailing seventy-nine year old Father, Thomas W. Grimes, who suffered a series of strokes. Thomas passed away from kidney cancer February, 2017.

On April 30, 2007, Lincoln Financial Media announced Kelly as the replacement in morning drive on WMXJ for South Florida media icon Rick Shaw, retiring after 50+ years on air in the market. His stint at the station lasted only for his initial one-year contract amid decidedly mixed audience reviews. Friday, April 25, 2008, was his last Majic show.

Station management blamed "flat" ratings, however an ironic twist surfaced with the next ratings book in May showing prior to Kelly's dismissal, the show had improved from 10th to 5th place in the prior quarter in the key demographic of listeners aged 35 to 64.

In October 2008, Kelly announced his next position as Co-Manager of Bob Marley's The Original Wailers, the backup-musicians for the reggae legend's career from 1973 until his death in May 1981. Kelly conducted the last media interview with Marley only months before his death.

In September 2009, Kelly was an integral part of a three-page feature on Salon.com about the career of talk radio star Glenn Beck. The expose became an internet blog sensation because of the re-telling of a 1988 on-air incident between Beck and Kelly's then wife,where Kelly was found to have bad gas of air! The articles became the foundation of a new book Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance by author Alexander Zaitchik – released in the early summer of 2010.

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