John Lopez has left the building
For a couple of weeks at least, rumors have bounced around that the Chronicle brass is not happy about the newspaper's scribes working so many hours on local talk radio stations, and is especially unhappy about the sportswriters who are reading ads on talk radio.
Yesterday, Richard Connelly speculated that John Lopez might actually leave the Chronicle and take his chances on the radio side, working with sponsors.
Today, Lopez confirmed on his Chron.com blog that he is indeed leaving the newspaper. He will still be doing his radio show on KBME-790 (at least as long as that station is around -- it's hard to see four sports talk stations surviving), and he will also be involved in some sort of fantasy-bus-charter business. His full explanation is here. He does not say whether the Chron's talk-radio policies for sportswriters influenced his decision.
I have to say that if I were ever to land a newspaper column (not that I have ever tried, and not that it would ever happen anyway), they'd have to drag me kicking and screaming away from the keyboard. But apparently Lopez thought it was time to move on. Here's wishing him the best -- and that he'll keep blogging about sports, somewhere.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/21/07 07:02 PM | Houston Media | Print | Comments (10)
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