Kayla Blakeslee is a News Director, editor, producer, anchor, reporter, photographer, personality and host. She’s a seasoned professional in the broadcast journalism industry who enjoys the daily excitement of delivering stories on and off the airwaves.
Kayla is currently the News Director for northern Indiana’s number one news talk radio station, WOWO 1190AM/107.5FM. She can be heard and seen as the morning anchor on WOWO and also does reporting for sister-station 95.3MNC.
In addition to her being live on the radio, you will find her out and about in the community hosting events, participating in fundraisers, and using her video production skills to build the video portion of her station’s website from the ground up. Through this platform, Kayla has interviewed several top Hoosier leaders from former Governor and now Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence to U.S. Congressmen, like Marlin Stutsman.
With both a love for the news and her community, she founded You Tell Me, a vlog series aimed at capturing the heartbeat of the community and sharing s it with her listeners by posing thought provoking questions. This allows her to interact with her viewers both internally and eternally thorough many differing digital platforms.
Kayla has also left her thumbprint on the Ohio Department of Transportation by pioneering ODOT’s very own news program; The Loop. Even without her there, the weekly program still runs on all of ODOT’s digital avenues including transportation.ohio.gov, reaching well over 200,000 viewers. No matter the agency, program or report , Kayla is dedicated to telling the story.
The news industry has kept Kayla busy over the years through schooling and internships. Kayla’s first major break came in college when she was one of 12 communication students selected to work for the Big Ten Network’s We Are The Millennials. In that same semester, she was also one of 20 communication students chosen to work for The Pennsylvania State University’s student-produced Centre County Report.
Kayla also took an internship reporting, producing, editing and writing at WICU Channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
After graduating with a Broadcast Journalism degree from the esteemed College of Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University, Kayla took her skills to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where she currently resides. In the past six years she has been back and forth between Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee enhancing her skill set. She has also spent time in two of Fort Wayne’s leading sports stations, ESPN 1380AM and The FAN 106.7FM, honing her craft in sports reporting.
Kayla has always enjoyed her work and feels truly blessed when it comes to her career. Whether on the radio, on camera, directing or producing, Kayla Blakeslee sets the standard for excellence and is ready to bring the news world to a boil. She believes that one extra degree makes all the difference in every newsroom and she’s always ready to turn up the heat.
