Comcast SportsNet Houston starts Fan Fridays in downtown

Comcast SportsNet Houston, a partnership between the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros and the NBC Sports Group and the new television home of the Astros and Rockets, today announced its October Fan Friday lineup outside the network’s state-of-the art studio in the Houston Pavilions.

Fans are invited to the new studio location, on the first level of the Houston Pavilions across from the House of Blues, to meet personnel from the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, and Houston Texans every Friday in October. There will be prizes and surprises, including T-shirts, game and concert tickets, autographed merchandise, and refreshments.

Comcast SportsNet Houston Fan Friday Schedule
10/5 --- Rockets Legend Elvin Hayes and the Rockets Power Dancers (12-2 p.m.)
10/12 --- Texans General Manager Rick Smith and the Texans Cheerleaders (3-5 p.m.)
10/19 --- Surprise player from the Houston Rockets (3-5 p.m.)
10/26 --- Astros Legend Larry Dierker (12-2 p.m.)
*Schedule is subject to change; Follow @CSNHouston on Twitter for updates

Comcast SportsNet Houston is a partnership between the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros and the NBC Sports Group, and is the new television home of the Astros and Rockets. The network, which launches on October 1, 2012, will broadcast from a state-of-the-art, street-level studio in the Houston Pavilions. Comcast SportsNet Houston will take fans deeper inside the teams they love with comprehensive Astros and Rockets coverage as well as news and talk programming that matters to local viewers. The network will also be the home to major college, high school and professional sports coverage from around the region.

iwantcsnhouston.com/

(This post was from a release sent to me by Comcast SportsNet Houston)

Houston Chronicle puts FuelFix into paper's business section

Just when you thought the only changes coming to the Houston Chronicle were on its newly launched website...think again.

Got word today from the Hearst owned paper that its award winning website FuelFix is going the paper route. That's right, a Chronicle representative tells me that FuelFix will now be printed in the physical newspaper each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the business section.

In addition to that, the paper is also bringing Harry Weber into the fold. Weber covered the Deepwater Horizon spill for the Associated Press.

“I’m pleased to welcome Harry to our energy staff,” Chronicle business editor Laura Goldberg said in a statement. “His tenacious reporting style and extensive experience covering the oil spill make him a valuable addition to our team of talented journalists who excel at providing comprehensive coverage of the energy industry from exploration and production to pipelines and refineries.”

The new FuelFix area of the business section will also feature reporting from award-winning columnist Loren Steffy, Washington-based Jennifer A. Dlouhy plus business reporters Jeannie Kever, Emily Pickrell, Simone Sebastian and Zain Shauk.

The top turkey of Houston media?

Think you know a Houston media person who deserves to be called the top turkey? No, wait hear me out on this one…

I’m teaming up with TXU Energy to help get the word out about the upcoming TXU Energy Turkey Trot benefiting Sheltering Arms Senior Services.

The race takes place at Dillard’s near the Galleria on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2012. It’s actually the 20th anniversary of the big event.

To get the word out about the race, TXU Energy and Sheltering Arms Senior Services will be holding a media turkey calling contest 10am, Saturday, November 10th at the Houston Zoo. It will be followed by a general audience turkey calling contest for those of you who are so inclined.

Sheltering Arms Senior Services and TXU Energy are inviting members of the Houston media to “talk turkey.” Stay tuned for the latest in Houston celebrity “gobble, gobble,” including which of those TV, newspaper or radio folks accept the challenge.

Get all the details for the race and Sheltering Arms Senior Services at http://turkeytrot.shelteringarms.org/.

(This post has been sponsored by TXU Energy. Learn more about the company at txu.com.)

790 KBME schedule changes: Lance Z. moves and more

Sportstalk 790 KBME morning team man Lance Zierlein tweeted this morning he was moving to afternoons with Charlie Pallilo.

“The Drive Home with Charlie & Lance” starts Monday 9/24 at 3pm.

That's not the only change. The station tells me it's also adding a Houston Texans post game show to the lineup. It will be hosted by the station's two resident former NFL players Greg Koch and N.D. Kalu. The show goes live the second the Texans game is over each week.

"Fans no longer have to sit through a 30-minute network post game show following the game," Clear Channel AM Operations Manager Bryan Erickson told mikemcguff.com. "They can now sound off on the game on 790 with Greg and N.D. as they’re leaving the stadium."

Here's the rest of the 790 KBME schedule:

Monday-Friday*

6a-10a The Big Show with Matt and Adam
10a-12p In the Trenches with Koch and Kalu
12p-3p Matt Thomas
3p-7p The Drive Home with Charlie and Lance
7p-9p Mighty After Dark

*All programming subject to pre-emption by sports play by play.

740 KTRH & its news director part ways

Thursday I posted how Sportstalk 790 KBME morning team man Lance Zierlein was moving to afternoons with Charlie Pallilo.

But that's not the only change to Clear Channel's Houston AM stations.

Got word this morning from multiple sources that NewsRadio 740 KTRH News Director and Assistant Program Director, Roger Hudson, is no longer with the news/talk station as of today.

I've reached out to Clear Channel this morning but have not heard back. I just found a way to contact Hudson and will let you know if he gets back with me.

Hudson's bio and photo have been removed from ktrh.com's bio page.

That page used to say that Hudson manages the KTRH newsroom/staff and, "in addition to picking the stories covered, he's also executive producer of Houston's Morning News."

I understand Hudson worked for the station around five years.

Comcast SportsNet Houston starts Fan Fridays in downtown

Comcast SportsNet Houston, a partnership between the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros and the NBC Sports Group and the new television home of the Astros and Rockets, today announced its October Fan Friday lineup outside the network’s state-of-the art studio in the Houston Pavilions.

Fans are invited to the new studio location, on the first level of the Houston Pavilions across from the House of Blues, to meet personnel from the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, and Houston Texans every Friday in October. There will be prizes and surprises, including T-shirts, game and concert tickets, autographed merchandise, and refreshments.

Comcast SportsNet Houston Fan Friday Schedule
10/5 --- Rockets Legend Elvin Hayes and the Rockets Power Dancers (12-2 p.m.)
10/12 --- Texans General Manager Rick Smith and the Texans Cheerleaders (3-5 p.m.)
10/19 --- Surprise player from the Houston Rockets (3-5 p.m.)
10/26 --- Astros Legend Larry Dierker (12-2 p.m.)
*Schedule is subject to change; Follow @CSNHouston on Twitter for updates

Comcast SportsNet Houston is a partnership between the Houston Rockets, Houston Astros and the NBC Sports Group, and is the new television home of the Astros and Rockets. The network, which launches on October 1, 2012, will broadcast from a state-of-the-art, street-level studio in the Houston Pavilions. Comcast SportsNet Houston will take fans deeper inside the teams they love with comprehensive Astros and Rockets coverage as well as news and talk programming that matters to local viewers. The network will also be the home to major college, high school and professional sports coverage from around the region.

iwantcsnhouston.com/

(This post was from a release sent to me by Comcast SportsNet Houston)

Houston Chronicle puts FuelFix into paper's business section

Just when you thought the only changes coming to the Houston Chronicle were on its newly launched website...think again.

Got word today from the Hearst owned paper that its award winning website FuelFix is going the paper route. That's right, a Chronicle representative tells me that FuelFix will now be printed in the physical newspaper each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the business section.

In addition to that, the paper is also bringing Harry Weber into the fold. Weber covered the Deepwater Horizon spill for the Associated Press.

“I’m pleased to welcome Harry to our energy staff,” Chronicle business editor Laura Goldberg said in a statement. “His tenacious reporting style and extensive experience covering the oil spill make him a valuable addition to our team of talented journalists who excel at providing comprehensive coverage of the energy industry from exploration and production to pipelines and refineries.”

The new FuelFix area of the business section will also feature reporting from award-winning columnist Loren Steffy, Washington-based Jennifer A. Dlouhy plus business reporters Jeannie Kever, Emily Pickrell, Simone Sebastian and Zain Shauk.