A native of Madison, Ga., Jeff Hood has more than two decades of experience working in the media.
His first job came at the age of 15, when he was a sophomore at Morgan County High School. He was hired to work at WYTH AM 1250 radio in Madison. Jeff was a disc jockey there off-and-on for seven years, including summers and holidays while he pursued his undergraduate degree from Augusta (Ga.) State University where he majored in Accounting and Finance.
The current Chief Financial Officer for a company based in Oconee County which owns and manages 14 restaurants, he’s had a lifetime passion to work in the media.
In the early 2000s, he served as a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He traveled extensively throughout the country as one of two NASCAR beat writers for the newspaper.
During the same period, he hosted a show on WMOQ billed as Monday Night Race Talk. He welcomed guests from the world of NASCAR, as well as local and aspiring young drivers in Georgia, to the 92.3 FM radio airwaves.
For the past five years, Hood has covered activities during the Georgia General Assembly for the Oconee Enterprise weekly newspaper in Watkinsville.
Hood and Jon Wilson have joined forces during the past four years to cover high school football each Friday night on WMOQ. The duo will return to the microphone this season as high school football action shifts to WKUN each Friday evening.
Jeff and his wife, Lee, reside in Oconee County.