Sports KGOW 97.5 FM said Thursday that former Houston radio host Josh Innes will join the station beginning Monday, The Houston Chronicle reports.
Innes, who was let go by KBME 790 AM in March 2019 and since then has hosted a podcast from his Houston home, will host from 2 to 4 p.m. in a time slot now filled by ESPN Radio host Will Cain.
The Cain show was added to KFNC’s lineup after the station last week laid off Raheel Ramzanali, who hosted a one-hour morning show with John Granato, and Barry Laminack, who hosted an afternoon show with Joel Blank.
David Gow, the station’s owner, said Ramzanali and Laminack were laid off because “advertising is down across media. Spending is down, and this is a product of the times.”
Just to be clear, I am working on @espn975 until they find their permanent solution.— Josh Innes (@JoshInnesShow) May 14, 2020
I heard they were airing national programming, so I offered my services. We came to an agreement and I’m back on the radio
View this as a long term fill in.
More details on twitch tonight
During an interview to announce that he would join the station’s lineup. Innes said he called program director A.J. Hoffman after the layoffs last week and told him that “we can work out some sort of deal, we can negotiate, so whatever it takes, but I want to be on your radio station.”
“I want to give people some good stuff between 2 and 4 until you guys figure out what you’re going to do for the long run,” he added. “Who knows how long this will be? If something great happens and a thousand sponsors come in … you might say ‘let’s extend this thing.’”
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