About KELP
Our Founder
Arnold L. McClatchey (Arnie) was born June 14, 1942 in Vancouver, Washington and was raised in Camus, Washington.
He served in the military (U.S. Army) from 1962 thru 1965 where he had a daily radio program in Nuremberg, Germany.
After leaving the U.S. Army he moved to Southern California where he worked as a Disc Jockey at various radio stations including KWIZ and KEZY. He had a daily program and was Program Director at KEZY from 1967 until 1975.
He started in Christian radio in 1975 when he took over KYMS in Santa Ana and turned a rock station into one of the first contemporary Christian stations in the nation.
He went on to duplicate the same format in Colorado and Arizona before purchasing KELP in El Paso, Texas in 1984. He moved to El Paso in 1992 until the Lord called him home on June 20, 2018.
He is survived by his wife, Pam, several nieces, nephews, sister-in-laws, brother-in-laws, cousins, friends and co-workers.
He was a kind, loving and gentle man who loved and served the Lord for many years. He will be missed by those who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Looking Ahead
As we celebrate the faithfulness of the Lord over the past 40 years, we look forward to the next 40!
WE BELIEVE:
We are called to serve the Lord and our neighbors with Biblical teaching and discussion.
Modern media is a major contributing factor to the current loneliness epidemic. Christian media is called to bring people together.
Our cities and our region are not here by mistake. God has a plan both for each individual in our region and for the Church as a whole here in the borderland.
God has a plan for reaching each person in our region who does not yet know Him. We want to be a part of that plan through engaging and edifying Biblical teaching and discussion.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support as we broadcast the Good News to El Paso and southern New Mexico!