McKeown also worked with long-time friend Michael Nise in Camden, New Jersey, where he was in charge of the entertainment division for the television shows Dancin' on Air and Dance Party USA.
[3] In May 1985, a two city block in Philadelphia was destroyed due to the police bombing a bunker on top of a row home on Osage Ave., occupied by the back to Africa group MOVE.
Within one day, McKeown penned "In the Name of Brotherly Love" and booked a week-long recording session at which over 100 artists, news and television personalities including disc jockeys and musicians from Philadelphia volunteered their talent for this project.
[6] From 1980 through 2018, McKeown was also employed with the military division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Philadelphia, where he worked as a representative in Product Support and a Program Manager in New Business.
In 1984, McKeown had mitigated an emergent issue for a couple of CH-47D aircraft in Korea, both needing Aft Pylon Assemblies with a manufacturing lead time of over two years.