About Us
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 Houston. 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 Houston.
- There are 29 Houston investors who have committed to something unique: a locally-owned, locally managed station in an era where nearly every major radio station has been bought by a large conglomerate.
- 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, Zierlein, 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 not forget their support.
- 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.
JOHN GRANATO
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
