John Kelley has been KUAT-FM and KUAZ-AM/FM station manager since 2002. Before joining Arizona Public Media, he served as assistant general manager of classical WBJC-FM in Baltimore, Maryland and operations director and morning announcer for classical WDAV-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In addition to his work in radio, John has also been a commercial photographer, taught photography and art history at the university level, worked as an urban planner, and served as project manager for antenna and tower site development for Nextel Communications in the mid-Atlantic region.