How To Burn A Bridge

Q: Gotta get me some scoop on why Sam Malone isn't at KRBE anymore! Waz up with that??? -- Karen Winkler, Houston ...

A: Malone quit KRBE suddenly — on the air — to take a job with the Clear Channel group of radio stations. He has to sit out a few months, but then he'll be back on the air. It was quite a shocker when Malone announced he was leaving, but I still give the edge to Channel 11 news anchor Marlene McClinton's leaving in a public huff. She closed a newscast by basically saying, "I don't like what TV news has become, and I'm not going to take it anymore. I'm out of here."

I was so outraged and appalled (wink wink) by McClinton's action that I offered $100 to any other anchor who would quit on-air. People like me need people like her (read more - Ken Hoffman-Houston Chronicle)