STAA's Innes vaults to Sports Broadcasting Job at KILT Houston

Nov. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- STAA client Josh Innes is joining Sports Radio 610 KILT in Houston as a morning sports flash anchor and co-host.

Innes first applied at KILT during the summer while he was working at The Score 1210 in Baton Rouge, LA. Innes received positive feedback on his application, then didn't hear anything for a couple of months. That's when Innes joined STAA.

“Josh’s ability jumped out at me," says STAA CEO Jon Chelesnik. "I knew KILT still had an opening so I sent the link to his Talent Page to KILT PD Gavin Spittle. I didn’t know Josh already had prior contact with Gavin. Anyway, Gavin called Josh a day or two later.”

STAA then arranged a two-day on-air audition for Innes at one of KILT's cross-town rivals, The Sports Animal. The audition was scheduled for October 19th and 20th. Innes also arranged to meet with Spittle while he was in town for the audition. The Sports Animal ended up re-scheduling Innes’ audition, but Innes kept his appointment with Spittle at KILT. He left that meeting with a job offer.

The new job marks a jump for Innes from the No. 78 market in Baton Rouge to the No. 6 Houston -- that's huge for any sports broadcaster's career. It is especially impressive for Innes, who is just 23 years old. “It’s a massive leap, I know that,” says Innes.

Innes' ability to make that huge leap makes sense when you consider his childhood. Innes is the son of veteran FM DJ Scott Innes. The senior Innes has won many awards throughout his career, including a Marconi. Son Josh was paying close attention.

“Josh is the typical coaches son,” says Chelesnik. “Coaches sons are always far ahead of their peers in their development and they love to hang around the field. That’s Josh. There’s no place he would rather be than inside a radio station.”

Like most coaches sons, Innes is also competitive, making KILT an excellent fit. “Management (at KILT) is good. Management wants to win and I want to win so it all works out well.”

The extra bonus in an already sweet deal is that KILT is owned by CBS, a company Innes has long aspired to work for.

“There is something about CBS," Innes says, "Its kind of like how you would feel if you got a job with the New York Yankees. It’s the eye to everyone who has worked at CBS, like Jim Nance on TV and Jack Buck on radio. The reason I wanted to be in radio was because of Jack Buck. I used to sit in the car and listen to him. There is just something about CBS that is awesome to me”

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