MIKE is VP/General Manager of ABC Affiliate WAAY-31 TV in Huntsville, joining the local station after many years at CBS Affiliates KBTX and KWTX in Bryan-College Station and Waco. For many years, Wright served as radio play–by–play for Texas A&M Women’s Basketball and later for ESPN’s SEC+ network.  Prior to his move to Huntsville, Wright was the “Voice At Kyle Field” for Texas A&M Football.

He has served local communities through hundreds of civic events and fundraisers, and was recently honored to be named as one of four “Educators of the Year” from the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum for his work with Former First Lady Barbara Bush’s “Reading Literacy” initiative. While General Manager of KBTX, Wright was named Texas Broadcaster of the Year. WAAY-TV was honored to be named the Alabama Station of the Year by the Alabama Broadcasters Association in back to back years of ’22 and ‘23, a first by any television station in Alabama.

Mike and his wife Bethany have been married 29 years and are proud parents of 24-year old twins Macy, Texas A&M graduate class of ‘22, and Mason, class of ’23 at Stephen F. Austin University and a Master’s Student at the University of Texas. A native of Mexia, Texas, Mike holds an Associate of Arts from Blinn College and a Bachelor of Arts in Telecommunications from Baylor University.