Houston New Media

David Barron is reporting that the Houston Chronicle’s Ken Hoffman is being replaced on 1560 The Game. The replacement has a good resume in radio. Travis Rodgers was the former, longtime producer of The Jim Rome Show.

And in classic Hoffman form, his quote in the newspaper is as follows:

I joined (KGOW) with the intention of staying one year — just to sock away some money in my kid’s college fund. I wound up staying three years,” he said. “I resisted my urges to buy ice cream and salted peanuts, and now my kid will have enough money to mess up in a really good college. … So now I leave 1560 with, and I’m serious, love for those people. I can return to my true passion in life – scrapbooking.”

When I interviewed Hoffman in July 2007 for this blog about his new radio gig at KGOW, he told me this about how he used the extra radio money:

“So I’ve always had a little bit of a part-time job on the radio just so I could get money for soda and candy. You know, wax lips and candy cigarettes, stuff like that.”

I am now going to solicit advertisers and try to get a show somewhere else on the dial with Hoffman. Our show’s main topic – attractive female TV news anchors. If you would like to sponsor this, give me a ring.

Rodgers is moving to Houston and will start his new show from 1 to 3pm on Tuesday.

http://travisrodgersnow.com/

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