Bill Keeler

Early career

Bill Keeler began his radio career as a junior in high school in 1981. He worked as a disc jockey at a country station in Upstate New York, WLFH (now WIXT-AM) in Little Falls. He was the mid-day personality, Program Director and Sports Play by Play Announcer for the Little Falls Mets of the NY Penn League from 1981 until 1987. Keeler, along with Dennis Roberge, called the championship games as the Little Falls Mets, managed by Bud Harrelson Bud Harrelson, won the NY Penn League in 1984. Keeler left the Little Falls Mets and WLFH and began his morning radio career when he aired a morning zoo radio show on WRCK-FM in 1989. He anchored the launch of K-ROCK in Utica and Syracuse, NY in the 1990s and worked morning radio in Utica, Syracuse, Albany, and Providence, Rhode Island through 2002.

Television career

Bill Keeler launched and hosted the Keeler TV Show in March 2003 on local FOX affiliates in Utica and Syracuse, NY. The nightly program traveled from location to location in Central New York with a comedic view of the region. The 'Jackass' style program featured new episodes Sunday through Friday nights. By 2005, the show had been reformatted as a weekly desk-based comedy show; it left the air in 2006.

Return to Radio

Keeler returned to radio in 2007 hosting Keeler in the Morning on KISS FM and later 92.7 The Drive in Utica, NY. He continued his television program during this time and expanded with a cooking program, that featured local restaurants, called Plate Night. Following a brief hiatus, Keeler became the morning host of First News with Keeler in the Morning on WIBX radio in 2013. Most notably, when tragedy struck in Herkimer, NY following a shooting rampage that left several dead or injured, Keeler reported from behind police lines for nearly 7 hours while a shooter was on the loose, giving local citizens trapped in their homes and businesses a lie of communication to the outside.

Keeler was hired as host of a show on WMEX/Boston, Massachusetts in May 2015, where he will host middays. The show will originate from Utica.

Guinness Records

Bill Keeler currently holds the Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Jelly Doughnut while working for K-Rock (WKLL and WKRL) Utica, NY/Syracuse, NY. He also held the record for the World's Largest Dish of Pasta which weighed over 7000 lbs.

The Toy Drives

Each year, Keeler holds an annual Toy Drive to raise money for children in Upstate New York. Celebrities such as Peter Faccinelli, Dustin Diamond, Todd Bridges and comedian Gallagher have made appearances to help raise money for local children. In 2014, comedian Gallagher came for the toy drive and decided to stay with Keeler for several weeks in an effort to help rebuild the region.

Currently

Bill Keeler owns and operates a television production company and continues to host First News with Keeler on WIBX radio, which is simulcast on WFXV.