QYK's Dave McKay Found Dead at Home

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The St. Petersburg Police Department is investigating the death of QYK radio personality Dave McKay.

McKay, whose real name is Steve Ehmke, was found dead in his St. Petersburg apartment on Second Street early Thursday morning, police wrote in an email to media. The discovery was made just after 6:30 a.m.

According to police, McKay, 55, didn’t show up for his shift on the "Dave and Veronica Show" Thursday morning. A co-worker who lives nearby checked on him and found him dead. McKay lived alone.

Police say there is no evidence of foul play, but the death remains under investigation.

No further information is being released at this time.

WQYK announced the death via Twitter, inviting fans to share their memories and comments.

The station also released the following statement on its website:

On Thursday morning, August 4th, we all found out that we’d lost our good friend Dave McKay.
Dave was one of the nicest people any of us have ever met and he was 100% the guy you heard on air for years.

If you were a listener to 99.5 QYK, you were his friend – that’s how he felt. Even if you’d never met him, Dave loved you.

Say a prayer for Dave’s family, his friends, and all of us here at 99.5 QYK – because we’re hurting right along with you.

Photo courtesy of QKY