Contact Information for Our Corporate Office:
KGOW
5353 West Alabama, Suite 415
Houston, Tx. 77056
713-479-5300
About Us:
1560 The Game - a station that, we believe, has the best sports and entertainment talk in
As you might imagine, there are many, many stories here - and woven through each is a common dream to build a great radio franchise in
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- There is our GM, Richard Topper who, after 20 years in the business, is finally getting his shot to run a station. His energy, work ethic, and commitment have enabled us to launch with a great group of charter advertisers.
- There is John Granato, a popular, successful on-air personality, who has long sought the responsibility to set a station’s lineup. Having put together a 1560 lineup of Granato, Justice, Hoffman, Harris and Pendergast, Granato has delivered.
- There are our charter advertisers, those who believed enough in what we are doing that they were willing to commit to us at launch. We are very, very grateful -- and will no
- And there are our listeners, who will inevitably become core to the story. Through our website and participation on the air, we look forward to sharing common passions - sports, entertainment, the way the world amuses us - and to creating a community, which we will call The Game.
Our greatest wish now is that you would become part of the Game. Tune in, call in, explore our website; if you are an advertiser, let us partner with you to build your business. We look forward to what we will create together.
Regards,
David Gow
DAVID GOW
dgow@1560thegame.com
David Gow is Chairman and CEO of Gow Communications, LLC. He is also Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Amerifund Capital Group, LLC. David is the former CEO and CFO of Ashford.com, a publicly traded, leading online retailer of luxury goods and corporate gifts. Prior to that, he held several executive positions with Compaq Computer including Director of Sales Operations, North America, Digital and Tandem acquisition integration leader, and Director of Strategic Planning. He was also a consultant at McKinsey & Company where he focused on the technology, energy, banking and retail industries.
David graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Williams College and a Masters in Business and Government from Harvard University. He is married to Audrey and the two have 5 children.
RICHARD TOPPER
topper@1560thegame.com
Professional
Richard Topper has been in Houston radio since moving here in 1995. An Ohio native, he worked at radio stations selling locally and nationally in Cleveland, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio. He also worked in Chicago two years as the Regional Manager for McGavren Guild Radio, a national radio rep firm. A graduate of The Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Topper is a proud Redskin and Phi Delt.
Personal
Topper and wife Laura make their home in Fall Creek in Humble. They have two children, Jack and Grace. In addition to cheering for Houston's teams and his wife's alma mater (LSU), he is probably the most vocal Reds and Bengals fan in the Houston area. His final claim to being an athlete is playing softball in Kingwood with 'The Hunchers', a group of friends that also host Texans tailgate parties frequented by 1560 listeners and clients. The tailgate was a finalist in the HEB Tailgate of the Game contest in 2006.
JOHN GRANATO
granato@1560thegame.com
John Granato began his broadcasting career in 1987 as a photographer at KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Az. He moved into the weekend sports anchor chair not long after.
In 1988 He was named the Sports Director at KATC-TV in Lafayette, La. He also hosted the USL football and basketball coaches' shows and was the radio color commentator for the Ragin' Cajuns football team.
He was named Sports Director at WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wi. In 1991, he also hosted The Majik Show featuring Packers Quarterback Don Majkowski.
In 1993 he became the Sports Director at KNWS-TV in Houston. His duties included hosting a nightly sports show called Sports Nite Live. He also hosted numerous UH and Rice coaches' shows and did play-by-play for both schools in football, basketball and baseball. He is also the host of the Astros Post-Game Show on TV-51.
He has recently added television duties at Fox Sports Southwest. Along with periodic appearances on the Astros and Rockets post-game shows he hosts Golf Southwest, a 26 episode four-state tour of golf courses.
In 1997 he began his radio career at Sports Radio 610. For ten years he co-hosted the morning show there. In 2002 he added Texans sideline reporter to his resume.
In 1995 he married Wendy Oubre. They have 3 children: Stephani, John Tyler and Frankie
