Mike Leal

Mike Leal has more than 30 years of broadcast experience. He began his radio career at 14 as a part-time disc jockey for a Top 40 AM radio station, KSWO 1380, in Lawton. While going through college, he worked at KGOU in Norman and KLAW 101 in Lawton.

Mike earned a B.A. in Journalism and an M.A. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and became the News Director for KSWO Radio in 1985 and a Television News Reporter for five years at KSWO-TV in Lawton.

In 1991, he accepted a management position as the Program Director for KCCU public radio and as an instructor for Cameron University’s Communication Department in Lawton.

In 2007, he and his wife moved to Erie, PA where she enrolled in medical school at LECOM. Mike was hired at Mercyhurst University to manage the school’s WMCE 88.5 JAZZ FM radio station.

In 2011, he accepted the increased responsibility of Chair of the Communication Department. As an instructor, he taught New Media, Media Management, Professional Development, Business and Professional Communication, Fundamentals of Speech, Broadcast Announcing, Advance Audio Production and supervised the Audio Lab. He also worked with students interested in the radio industry as a career, assisting them with resumes and portfolios as well as on-air and production work.

Mike and his wife had an opportunity to move back to his hometown in Lawton, Oklahoma to be closer to family and friends. In the Spring of 2018, he returned to Cameron University where he taught in the Communication Department. Mike also worked as the Arts Coordinator for the Arts & Humanities for the City of Lawton. Before returning to KCCU Radio, he worked at the Oklahoma State Department of Health as the Public Information Officer for the county health departments in Southwest Oklahoma.