Houston Radio: Rick Kamla EXITS KILT-AM For SiriusXM

Rick Kamla

KILT 610 AM talk show sports host Rick Kamla will depart the Entercom sports talk station after just two-plus months on the job to take a position with SiriusXM Radio, The Houston Chronicle is reporting.

Kamla arrived in late July from Atlanta, where he worked for NBA TV and for WZGC-FM, to co-host KILT’s afternoon drive time show with former Baytown Lee and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Clint Stoerner.

He has hosted a show on SiriusXM’s fantasy sports channel in addition to his duties with KILT and with his departure from Houston will add regular duties on SiriusXM’s NBA Radio channel beginning with the upcoming season.

With Kamla’s departure, Stoerner will continue as KILT’s afternoon drive host with a variety of show contributors until a permanent replacement comes on board.

Armen Williams, KILT’s program director who hired Kamla after electing not to renew the contract of longtime afternoon drive host Rich Lord, had no comment on Kamla’s departure.

Kamla had an occasionally rocky start in Houston. He acknowledged in late August that he used a poor choice of words in a Twitter post regarding Colts quarterback Andrew Luck's decision to retire from the NFL.

The tweet, which was later deleted, scoffed at Luck’s description of being “mentally worn down” and added, “There's a difference between 'retiring' and quitting. What a joke.”

The station’s Nielsen ratings in afternoon drive also have dipped from those posted by the previous show hosted by Lord and Sean Pendergast, who now works in morning drive with Seth Payne.