Who's Who at WPLA

Mike Keen

Mike was a student at Plant City High School in 1970 when he worked part-time for WPLA. His job there included setting up the equipment for the 11 AM church broadcasts each Sunday morning as well as pulling afternoons on the air.

After graduating from Plant City High School, Mike joined the Air Force.  While stationed at Eglin AFB in Ft. Walton Beach, he picked up some part-time work doing on-air duties for a country station in Valparaiso, FL. Following his military duty, he returned to Plant City to work as an apprentice in the well drilling business and eventually owned two successful pump and well drilling businesses of his own.  Due to health reasons he sold the operations and went to work as the Southeast U.S. Field Service Engineer for Franklin Electric Company.

Mike made his home in Lakeland and passed away in May 2018 at the age of 65.

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