Bob and Kelli sold their production company and television show in 2022 but are still telling their stories with their new radio show, “On the Road with Kelli and Bob,” a weekly hour-long program that allows them to share the history, culture and passion of Americans they find in all 50 states. The show airs on the Audacy network and is available everywhere via the free app Audacy.com with special content available on their podcast, also found on the Audacy app. For more information, visit ontheroadwithkelliandbob.com
Kelli and Bob Phillips
Kelli and Bob Phillips are American journalists who have spent their adult lives communicating with their audiences via television, radio, books, video series and social media.
Kelli first appeared on television and in print at the age of 14 in commercials and ads for various businesses near her home on the Texas Gulf Coast. At 18, Kelli became the youngest local host of “Evening Magazine” in the country at KENS-TV (CBS) in San Antonio, TX. She quickly expanded to working in radio and fell in love with the instant audience response aspect offered by that medium. In 2003, after moving to Beaumont, TX, Kelli began working at KFDM, the CBS news affiliate, doing morning and noon news and quickly became the evening news anchor for Live at Five, 6 News at 6 and 6 News Tonight at 10 p.m. In 2016, Kelli left the news business and joined her husband, Bob, as co-host of “Texas Country Reporter.”
Contact: kelli@bobphillips.com
Bob began his professional career while still a college student when he was hired by KDFW-TV in Dallas at the age of 18 and a first semester freshman. He later received both his BFA and MLA degrees from SMU. He was a TV news cameraman, film editor, assignments editor, reporter, producer and anchor during his 16 years at KDFW. Bob also covered the Dallas Cowboys as a photographer and was on the sidelines of every game they played during the 1970s and early 80s. He also shot game footage for NFL Films and later worked at WFAA-TV in Dallas. Bob is best known as the creator of the weekly program, originally titled “4 Country Reporter,” in 1972, that he then syndicated regionally in 1987 and nationally in 2000 under the name “Texas Country Reporter.”
For more than 35 years, Bob has been a Professor of Communications at Amberton University in Dallas where he has lectured on Public Relations, Media Relations, Critical Analysis of Media and other forms of communications. He has also consulted many Fortune 1000 companies, colleges and universities, not-for-profit organizations and other businesses on the subject of corporate communications. Through the film and video production company he founded in 1987, Bob has produced many award-winning films, videos, commercials and other content on behalf of his clients.
Contact: bob@bobphillips.com
Bob and Kelli are also represented by Crown Speakers Bureau (crownspeakers.com)