Here’s a little bit of fun from Ken Hoffman:
Q: Gotta get me some scoop on why Sam Malone isn’t at KRBE anymore! Waz up with that???
Karen Winkler, Houston
A: Malone quit KRBE suddenly — on the air — to take a job with the Clear Channel group of radio stations. He has to sit out a few months, but then he’ll be back on the air.
It was quite a shocker when Malone announced he was leaving, but I still give the edge to Channel 11 news anchor Marlene McClinton’s leaving in a public huff. She closed a newscast by basically saying, “I don’t like what TV news has become, and I’m not going to take it anymore. I’m out of here.”
I was so outraged and appalled (wink wink) by McClinton’s action that I offered $100 to any other anchor who would quit on-air. People like me need people like her.
The Ken Charles/Houston Clear Channel empire just keeps getting stronger. If we still had an interesting alternative weekly in this town, you’d think they might have Rich Connelly interview that Charles guy.
As for Hoffman’s offer, what the heck — we’ll up it by another $100. I want to see more anchors quit with flair too!
