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Houston radio veteran Ryan Chase abruptly exits 104.1 KRBE after nearly 20 years, ending a 23-year on-air partnership with co-host Roula Christie.
The longtime morning show co-host is no longer part of the program, which has been rebranded as The Roula Show with Eric ft. Special K & Sam. Chase’s KRBE bio and personal Instagram account have been deleted, and he has made no public statement about his departure.
On Monday’s broadcast, Roula Christie told listeners, “We’re gonna miss a lot of things. Nobody plans for this. We just signed a five-year deal. I know you want us to tell you things, but we cannot”
Earlier this year the program had been renamed The Roula & Ryan Show with Eric and received a five-year contract extension, making Chase’s sudden exit unexpected.
Chase’s Houston radio career began after starting at K-FOX 95.5 in Lufkin while attending Stephen F. Austin State University. He worked at Mix 96.5 and KRBE, spent time at New York’s 92.3 K-Rock during the Howard Stern era, and co-hosted mornings at 94.5 The Edge in Dallas-Fort Worth. He returned to Mix 96.5 in 2003, reuniting with Christie and producer Eric Rowe. The trio moved to KRBE in 2006 and built one of Houston’s most successful and recognizable morning shows over the next 18 years.
Christie was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2022; Chase publicly shared his battle with prostate cancer in 2016.