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- Chicago Sports Anchor
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- Early Broadcast Career
- Fox Sports Network
- ABC and The Mole
- KNTV-TV
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- Entertainment Studios
During Kelley’s eight years in Chicago, he was widely regarded as one of the region’s top sports anchors and directors, covering the World Championship Chicago Bulls in all six of the team’s title seasons. Apart from his nightly sportscasts, Jon hosted the number one rated “Sports Sunday,” WMAQ-TV’s half-hour, expanded sports highlights program. Th...
While at WMAQ-TV, he was part of a sports team that earned such prestigious awards as the Chicago/Midwest Emmy award for producing and anchoring his hour-long special highlighting the Chicago Bulls’ quest for a fifth championship. He also received an Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award and the Peter Lisagor Award for Sports Journali...
During his early years in broadcasting, he did stints as a weekend sports anchor and sports reporter at WDAF-TV, Channel 4, and the Fox affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri. He also worked as a news reporter at KMTV-TV in Omaha, Nebraska. Kelley started his career as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at KTIV-TV in Sioux City, Iowa.
Jon served as the main anchor for the Fox Sports Network’s “The National Sports Report,” and the lead anchor for the weekly series, “Baseball Today.”
In December 2007, he co-hosted ABC’s “Holiday with the Stars” and just recently co-hosted ABC’s “All-star Tribute to Movies” on Oscar Sunday. His diverse broadcast career has spanned over 15 years in news, entertainment, and sports. In 2008, he hosted the summer 2008 revival of the reality TV series The Mole, the show previously hosted by Anderson ...
On July 8, 2011, it was announced that Kelley will join the NBC affiliate in San Francisco as co-anchor of the morning show.
Kelley left San Francisco in November 2013 and returned to Chicago to join the Fox-owned and operated station in Chicago to co-anchor Good Day Chicago.
In June 2016, he teamed up with media mogul Byron Allen, joining Allen’s Entertainment Studios. He presumed to host and produce duties on several of Allen’s television properties, including the revival of the late 1960s game show Funny You Should Ask, launching in syndication in the fall of 2017. He also takes on a role with Entertainment Studios M...
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Jon Kelley (born August 5, 1965) is an American sports journalist, author, producer, and television personality. Born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, Kelley played four seasons of college football as a running back for the Nebraska Cornhuskers at before graduating from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism.
Feb 1, 2024 · TV News. ‘Funny You Should Ask’ Host Jon Kelley Reups With Allen Media Group. Kelley will also executive produce new programming for AMG under the deal. By Alex Weprin. February 1, 2024...
