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KHOU Sports Director Moves On

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Longtime KHOU Houston Sports Director Butch Alsandor has decided to pack it in after 20 years, including almost four years as sports director.

Alsandor disclosed his plans on the station’s website at midafternoon and announced it to viewers on the 10 p.m. newscast, the final newscast of the Nielsen sweeps period.

He told the Houston Chronicle “I’ve been thinking for quite a while that I’d like to try something new, and now, after 20 solid years, this seems like the time to go ahead with that,” he said in a statement issued by the station. “KHOU has been good enough to give me the opportunity, even though my contract still has several months remaining."

What's going on in Houston TV?

Alsandor is the second sports director to leave a Houston station this year. Bob Allen resigned in January after more than three decades at KTRK , and longtime KRIV sports reporter Keith Calkins will soon be leaving the station. It's also the second departure at Channel 11 in the wake of a Nielsen sweeps period, coming on the heels of the departure of chief meteorologist Gene Norman last November.

Oh yes. The ratings. When no other explanation is apparent, it's the ratings.
 
I hope Matt Musil will probably get the top job as KHOU's new sports director. Musil has worked for nearly 30+ years at the station and always been the #2 guy behind Giff and Butch. Also, I think Bob Slovak, who has worked for 20+ years over at KTRK (ABC-13), might think about jumping ship over to KHOU since that top job as sports director has went to Greg Bailey, who came to ABC-13 from WCNC, NBC's Charlotte Affilliate and sister station to KHOU. Bailey replaced Bob Allen, who has now since retired from working 30+ years over at ABC-13. I hope KHOU's search might be longer as I'm expected since Butch Alsandor has left last Wednesday to pursue other opportunities.
 
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