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WEOL gets new voice for its morning showLes Sekely brings comedy background the les sekely fileMatt KeenerThe Chronicle-TelegramELYKJA U:s Sekely is say* ing goodbye tn Hnhywnori and hollo to talk nnlio ms I ho new morning host lor Glynn's WKOL Ml.Wl Tho film director, producer and actor will bring n blond of wain?* dy to tin' show, which will focus on news and ontortiiinmtmt.Since moving buck lo bis home state of Ohio in 2tXlL Sekely wun a Kirmiy in 20(12 tor m-pniduc-ing Yes! This is Comedy, which aired on Oox Cubic in the Cleveland area. The show also received a national cable exetdlencti award foroulslnndmg writing Knleilaiimn'nl is a tbi lc liirkn-ly who givvv up in Westlake, hut hr aims to provide a show all lislen-ors can enjoy.J‘We hope i° Inive a show lhal everylHKly will gol something old of. II will k nmslly light, hut serious when ngixl ln\ hr said. “We'lltalk about whatever topics are big. Tm going to do a lul of interviews, humor and comedy bits.”The show will air weekdays (•! too a.m.SekelyTs first day is Tuesday, but he was on the air Thursday morning wiih Craig Adams. VVKOl/s operations manager. Adams had been filling in as interim morning show host with I Spurt* Van Dyke, assistant operations manager.Sekely’s work ill Hollywood includes writing for America's Funniest Home Videos” and “America's Funniest People, Sekely did some writing, directing, producing and acting in several li movies. Some of his more notable horror/comcdy movies include \ Know What Yon Did In English Class and The Not So Grim ltoa)xr, a seg-meiit ill ft bigger film. Grey Skies: The Alien Conspiracy.See WEOL, A2r'* If r.’ .lb- V-lRBRUCIi BIB* OP / Cl innMICl F:1961 Barn in Lakewood 1966 Moved to Westlake at age 5 1979 Graduated from Westlake High School 1983 Graduated from Baldwin-Wallace with a degree in communications and sociology 1988 Married his wife, Mary, and moved to Los Angeles 1988-1992 Worked as a freelance writer and wrote skits for Nickelodeon’s Nick at Night”1992-1993 Wrote skits and Intros for America's Funniest Home Videos” and America’s Funniest People”1992-1994 Played bass In rock band known as Tho Dirty TriKx”1993-2001 Performed standup comedy in California1993-2002 Helped write/produce/direct/act and compose music for several Independent films, including Vampire Time Travelers, Vampire Night, “Amazon Warrior,” Tho Not So Grim Reaper2000'prwent Hosts weekly Internet radio show “B+ Movie Making”2001 Moved to Bay Village, with his wife, Mary, and two children, Angelia, 10, and Matthew, 7 2002present Teaching broadcasting and screenwriting at Lakeland Community College and communications at Notre Dome College of Ohio 2009 Earned his master’s degree in teachingLee Sekely
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The Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, US
Fri, May 27, 2005
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