Mark Welch

Host of Music from the Front Porch

Mark Welch was born in Detroit and raised in Fulton, Kentucky. He graduated from Murray State University in 1978 with a degree in Journalism/Radio-TV. Mark caught the "public radio bug" as a student host of Jazz Horizons on WKMS, and in 1979 joined the full-time staff as host/producer. That same year, he married Karen Miller of Henderson who subsequently joined the station as Promotion/Development Director. "I left the station in 1985 to pursue other interests," Mark says, "returned part-time in the early 90's, resigned a second time, and came back for my third stint in 1999 as Program Director." Mark and Karen have two sons, Marshall and Luke, and Grace, a pastel calico cat who rules their home near Murray State's campus. Mark and Karen co-pastor a non-denominational bi-racial church in Murray, manage a Christian bookstore and coffee bar owned by the church, and are involved in campus ministry at Murray State.

Email: mark.welch@murraystate.edu