Paul Alexander leaving ESPN 1250

[daypart]

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/nfl/2011/07/alexander-leaving-espn-1250-the-zone/

Longtime San Antonio media member Paul Alexander said Monday he’s leaving his job as host of “Bringing It” on ESPN 1250 “The Zone” to take a job as a television news director at the NBC affiliate in the Valley.

“Tough decision,” Alexander said in an email. “Agonizing in many ways.”

Alexander, known as “Coach A” to his listeners will work at ESPN 1250 through the week before reporting to work in the Valley on Aug. 8.

 

[mmnassour]

Best of luck to him at KVEO. That's a tough gig, going up against KRGV and KGBT.

 

[Smittian]

True that. KVEO has tried a couple of times and has yet to make it work. Good Luck, Coach

 

[fredcantu]

KVEO is a unique operation. They have reporters gather the news and upload it to a sister station in El Paso where the actual newscasts are produced and downlinked back to the Valley. On the upside, the newscasts are LIVE, but Valley folks won't be running into the anchors at the local HEB.

 

[mmnassour]

And therein lies the problem.....

 

[fredcantu]

The other problem is the way they split the local news into Upper Valley Report & Lower Valley Report? Does that really work for them? It sounds like it would be a built-in tuneout for half the Valley half the time. But that's a topic for another board.

I wonder if Alexander will be able to work in some Sports Talk Radio time in the Valley? IIRC-- The pickins are kind of slim in this format down there.

 

[CTHank]

Is he also leaving St Anthonys?

 

[daypart]

Is he also leaving St Anthonys?

He would have to, since he said on the air that moving to Harlingen.

 

[CTHank]

Too bad, as a St. A's alum I thought it was nice having him working for the school..

 

[1st of 5]

What is going to fill that timeslot? On his last show, when asked PA said he didn't know. Will it be a new local live show or another nationally syndicated satlink sports show?

 

[Leebo65]

I tried listening to his radio show. Could never stick with it.

 

[daypart]

What is going to fill that timeslot? On his last show, when asked PA said he didn't know. Will it be a new local live show or another nationally syndicated satlink sports show?

Remember that there was a gap of about a year when he left to take the job at St. Anthony's and during that gap, they used whatever ESPN had on the schedule (Scott Van Pelt?). I'll bet they make that slot national again, especially since if the NBA lockout lasts a long time, there won't be as much local demand for sports talk.

 

[1st of 5]

It most likely won't matter what they throw into that slot. That's Jim Rome time, except when Rome takes vacation, because he gets a lot of vacation.