He's known to most here because of his exposure on SiriusXM, but "Shotgun" Tom Kelly has been a major voice in Southern California radio for decades. Now he tells all in a new book about his time in the medium, and if you believe one review of the tome, he holds little back. 

And while it centres on the medium, there are other bizarre detours in his life that you could never have imagined.

"He details the events of setting up a “Tonight Show” set in his garage (“long before Kramer did it on Seinfeld,” Kelly told me) and later having 750 videotapes confiscated as part of a murder investigation (no connection was found!), and his bout with addiction, from which Kelly proudly proclaims that he is now ”40 years clean and sober.”

‘Shotgun Tom’ Kelly shares tales of Southern California radio’s heyday in new memoir