{"id":391354,"date":"2026-04-22T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:40:11","slug":"popular-houston-radio-host-exits-93q-as-station-looks-for-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391354\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Houston radio host exits 93Q as station looks for replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another familiar voice<\/a> has signed off on Houston radio<\/a>. 93Q Country is searching for a new midday host after\u00a0Gerardo Sproet exited the role, with news of his departure announced over the weekend.<\/p>\n

A Houston native,\u00a0Sproet spent his entire radio career<\/a> with KKBQ. He joined the station’s promotions department in 2019, moved on-air in 2022 and was promoted to evening host in July 2023. In January 2025, he shifted to middays, taking over a slot that had gone without a permanent host since Corey Dillon left in October 2024 after three and a half years.<\/p>\n

Now, the station is already looking for his replacement. In a newly posted job listing<\/a>, 93Q says it wants a host who “will be fun, compelling, talented, professional and understand how to create great radio in a PPM-friendly environment.”<\/p>\n

Sproet acknowledged the change in a Facebook post that quickly drew reaction from listeners, many of whom said they were stunned to hear he was gone.<\/p>\n

“What????? Nooooooo I liked listening to you my radio stayed on 92.9 while you were on,” one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n

“This can’t be for real. He was the best on there. Im gonna miss him,” another added.<\/p>\n

“Will miss hearing you on the radio! but bigger things will be coming your way!” a third person wrote.<\/p>\n

Chron has reached out to Sproet for comment.<\/p>\n

KKBQ, branded as 93Q Country and “Houston\u2019s Country Leader,” is one of the city’s best-known country stations. Licensed to Pasadena and serving the Greater Houston area, the Urban One-owned outlet broadcasts on 92.9 FM and has won multiple ACM Radio Station of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

Sproet’s exit is the latest shakeup in Houston country radio this year. Earlier this month, morning duo Frito & Katy was removed<\/a> from 100.3 The Bull after about 15 months on the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another familiar voice has signed off on Houston radio. 93Q Country is searching for a new midday host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[75766,75765,156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-391354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-chronnews","9":"tag-chronstaff","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}