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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Another Houston radio station shakes things up

Plenty of people have showed up here to look at my post on the dismissal of Atom Smasher and Maria Todd at Houston CHR 104.1 KRBE and their comments have been a little harsh. Now KRBE has more changes coming and it involves another station (more on that in a minute).

That other station is Oldies 107.5 KLDE which became Houston's 107.5 KLDE and is now 107.5 The New K-HITS which just happened Monday 7/10/2006:
Welcome to Houston's NEW home for the Greatest Hits of the 60's and 70's. 107.5 The New K-HITS. Now with more songs from the 60's and 70's you've been asking us to play. 107.5 The New K-HITS has Houston's largest music library from the 60's and 70's than ever before. Click the link above to listen to 107.5 The New K-HITS on your computer at home or work. Give us a call 713-524-1075 and let us know what you think of 107.5 The New K-Hits.
So they haven't changed the music format, nor have they gotten rid of all the DJs. Basically they just had an extreme makeover.

But they did apparently get rid of the KLDE Ed and Jackie Morning Show. Too bad, Ed Chandler and Jackie Robins were nice people. Jackie used to be on the 93 Q Morning Zoo with the legendary John Landers.

Now for the 104.1 KRBE connection. The Houston Business Journal reports that longtime afternoon DJ Scott Sparks is now the new morning guy on 107.5 The New K-HITS:
As the third person to leave 104.1 KRBE in recent weeks, Scott Sparks has just been named the first morning show personality for Houston's 107.5 The New K-Hits, Cox Radio announced Monday.

Sparks' show will air Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. starting on July 17.

Can you keep all of these changes straight? What does Sam Malone think of all of this? Will Maria Todd end up at Mix 96.5 KHMX or the 107.5 The New K-HITS?

UPDATE:
Andrew Guy Jr. of the Houston Chronicle writes on how the public is not taking the KRBE break up so well. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here