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Dave Tepper Exits Houston For Omaha

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Dave Tepper, program director for Gow Media’s KFNC (97.5 FM) and KGOW (1560 AM) and co-host of KFNC’s midday talk show, will leave the company next week to become operations manager for a station group in Omaha, Neb.

Tepper, 38, said he will oversee operations at NRG Media’s two sports talk stations, KOZN (1620 AM) and KZOT (1180 AM), news talk KOIL (1290 AM) and Spanish music station KMMQ (1020 AM). KOZN produces the College World Series for the Westwood One network.tepper

“I’ve had a great run with an incredible programming team in an incredible sports radio market,” Tepper said. “It’s tough to move on, but that time has come. I like coaching talent and creating an environment for people to be at their best, and I will focus on that.”

Tepper began his radio career in Los Angeles while working as a standup comic and also worked in Austin before he came to Houston as a producer at KBME (790 AM). He joined KFNC in 2007 with that station’s conversion to sports and became program director in 2008.

He also co-hosted talk shows at KFNC with former Rockets star Calvin Murphy, Carl Dukes, Julie Takahashi and Chronicle columnist Jerome Solomon and was paired earlier this year with former NFL quarterback Sean Salisbury.

Station owner David Gow said no decision has been made on who will replace Tepper on the KFNC midday show. His final day on the air will be Friday.

“He has been a big contributor to the stations for a long time and has made contributions both as a program director and on-air talent,” Gow said. “We hold him in great regard and look forward to following his success in his next steps.”

Credit to the Houston Chronicle who originally published this article

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Sports Media Reacts to Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo Taking THC Gummies & Watching College Football

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Over on First Take on Wednesday, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo turned some heads when he was given the floor by Molly Qerim to talk about his plans for this weekend.

Mad Dog, host Stephen A. Smith and Marcus Spears were talking about Saturday’s matchup between Colorado and Oregon, when Qerim told Russo to share with Stephen A., Marcus and America what he told Molly about the weekend.

Russo proceeded to lay out his tentative schedule for Saturday, which involves taking a THC gummy, drinking cocktails and betting $10,000 on the Buffaloes to beat the Ducks in Eugene.

Naturally, Russo’s moment captured the attention of plenty in sports media.

But almost seemingly more so than what Russo actually said, social media had some fun with the facial expressions of Spears.

Even Spears had to chime in himself.

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Travis Rodgers: ‘I’m a Little Skeptical’ of Netflix Sports Documentaries

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Netflix on Wednesday released a trailer for an upcoming four-part docuseries on soccer legend David Beckham, and 710 ESPN host Travis Rodgers isn’t sure how to feel about it.

On Travis & Sliwa on Wednesday, Rodgers explained that on the one hand, he’s going to check the series out so that he can potentially learn something new about a superstar athlete he wasn’t all that familiar with. On the other hand, not having that familiarity will prevent him from maybe looking at the show with a little more critical eye.

“I don’t know anything about him other than he’s wildly famous and married to a Spice Girl,” he said. “That’s really all I know about him. So I won’t have the base of knowledge to say, ‘Ehh that’s not quite how that went.'”

Travis added that other Netflix series like Untold has made him leery of having high expectations.

“They’re so deeply flawed that I just can assume that this one will be too,” he said. “I’m a little skeptical when that brand is on it, what’s actually in it.”

Rodgers explained that he would much rather have a series that tells stories from different angles rather than perhaps a one-sided story from one person.

“We’ve entered this phase of sports documentaries where the participants are involved in them I’m instantly skeptical of what’s in it,” he said. “Because do you think Michael Jordan would have ever done something like The Last Dance if he didn’t have sign-off on it? Of course not he’s Michael Jordan and he probably doesn’t need to. But the biographies that we see of famous people that are not just unauthorized hatchet jobs but that take a story and tell it from this side, that side and the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.”

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104.5 ESPN Partnering with LSU, LHSAA for Suicide Prevention Walk

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104.5 ESPN in Baton Rouge is getting out in the community to raise money for a cause – suicide prevention.

The station, LSU and the Louisiana High School Athletic Association have teamed up to organize the Out of the Darkness Walk on October 7. The walk is going to benefit The Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation.

The foundation was started by the family of Owen Tabor, a young man who took his own life earlier this year. Owen was a high school football player and a devoted LSU fan. The family began the foundation as a way to help make an impact on suicide awareness and prevention.

To learn more about the walk or to donate, check out this link.

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