Mark Welch

Program Director and Host of Friday Night Live and 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