Pallilo to join new sports talk station?
A few days ago, Gary C. pointed out in the comments to this post that Charlie Pallilo had not been on KILT-610 all week, leading to speculation he might be making the jump to the new Clear Channel sports talk station.
The Chronicle's David Barron adds to the speculation today:
Charlie Pallilo has not been on the air this week on KILT's (610 AM) afternoon talk show.
Pardon me for belaboring the obvious, but the obvious is the only element that anyone will acknowledge this week regarding Pallilo's employment status.
The expectation and speculation in Houston radio circles is that Pallilo, whose contract with KILT expired in September, has worked his final shift on KILT and that he will begin work in December or January with Clear Channel Radio when KBME (790 AM) becomes the market's second all-sports outlet.
However, as Daffy Duck was fond of saying, there are legalities involved here. Pallilo as of earlier this week continued to refer to KILT as his employer but declined to comment on his future. Laura Morris, KILT's station manager, and Ken Charles, director of AM programming for Clear Channel in Houston, also declined to comment.
In Pallilo's absence, Rich Lord has worked the afternoon shift this week solo and with David Dalati.
That could continue through December or whenever KBME signs on with the rights to broadcast ESPN Radio in Houston.
At that point, KILT is expected to use morning hosts John Granato and Lance Zierlein from 6 to 11 a.m., followed by the Jim Rome show from 11 to 2 p.m. One scenario has Marc Vandermeer working from 2 to 4 p.m.; another has him teaming with Lord during afternoon drive time.
That's really not much more detail than we came up with here.
In any case, the new station is showing good sense if it's pursuing Pallilo as a major personality. Unfortunately for KILT, his absence lowers the average IQ of that station's talkers significantly.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/05/04 08:28 PM | Houston Media | Print | Comments (1)
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