Chris Lash

Chris Lash is a radio broadcaster, newspaper publisher and entrepreneur. He has owned, built and operated radio stations in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Ohio over the past 30 years.

Lash started in radio at age 13, hosting "Teen Tunes", a daily contemporary Christian music show on Christian-formatted WCTL From there he did nights at WWCB in Corry, Pennsylvania, before attending college at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. While at Clarion, he worked with many friends who went on to great radio careers including Larry Richert (KDKA Pittsburgh), Marc Sherman (KODA Houston), Calib James (WHTX Pittsburgh and in Altoona) and many others. During this time Lash also worked afternoons and weekends at Red Hot 102, WSEG in Erie, Pennsylvania.

From WSEG Lash started doing weekends/swing at "Radio 13" WRIE. Over the course of a few years, and multiple owners, he rose to the position of Program Director, at the age of 21. Leaving Erie in 1986, he did mid-days and became Ass't PD at WOKW (OK100) in Cortland, New York, then returned to Erie for three years as the Promotions Director of highly rated "Classy 100" WXKC.

His dream was to work in the Pittsburgh market, due to his love of full service "1250 WTAE". He got his chance serving as Program Director of 98.3 Class FM WESA, licensed to Charleroi. And was on air at 92.9 Lite FM, WLTJ, and then at WISH 99.7, both in Pittsburgh. While in the Mon Valley, Lash was a part of a round the clock team, that did lots of promotions, including an album of parody songs, written by morning man Tom Lamb, along with Lash and members of his family. "The Good Morning Mon Valley" album raised money for a local charity, and featured several songs highlighting the Pittsburgh Penguins. The songs featured airplay on several Pittsburgh stations.

Lashes next step took him into Pittsburgh, working full-time as Production Director of Renda Broadcasting's Pittsburgh stations, WISH and WJAS. Renda would later promote Lash to serve as general manager for WPXZ and WECZ in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania in 1992. He would stay there until 1997 becoming a part of the Punxsutawney community, including a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's "Inner Circle" - the gentlemen who promote and put on Groundhog Day, each February 2. With Lash at the helm of entertainment leader, he performed in front of crowds as large as 35,000 people, having increased in numbers due to the success of the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day. His role as "His Proclaimer" in the Groundhog Club allowed Lash to be interviewed by every major television network, including "The Today Show", "CBS This Morning" and "Good Morning America". Lash also served as President of the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce, and was a big part of securing the world premiere of Groundhog Day in nearby Dubois.

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