Alongside his early TV fame and decades of radio success, ‘Shotgun’ Tom Kelly has now become an author with his book All I Wanna Do Is Play the Hits .
- ‘Shotgun’ Tom Kelly began his TV career at 23ABC in Bakersfield during the 1970s.
- The book includes QR codes linking to videos from his career, including the moment he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside Stevie Wonder.
- The book shares stories like Kelly giving President Reagan one of his iconic Smokey the Bear hats.
Shotgun Tom Kelly, the well known radio and TV host, began his rise to fame right here on the airwaves of 23ABC back in the 1970s. Now, he’s sharing the remarkable story of his career in a new book, as he tells me all he wants to do is play the hits.
“Here’s when I was Nemo the Clown back in 1970,” Tom says, reminiscing about his early days during a visit to the station.
“KERO is very important to me because this is my very first television job. Bakersfield was very good to me,” he continues.
In those early days, he was a part of Words A Poppin, a nationally syndicated show that earned two Emmys.