Talk radio host Rick Kamla leaving SportsRadio 610

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KILT (610 AM) talk show host Rick Kamla will depart the Entercom sports talk station after just two-plus months on the job to take a position with SiriusXM Radio.

Kamla arrived in late July from Atlanta, where he worked for NBA TV and for WZGC-FM, to co-host KILT’s afternoon drive time show with former Baytown Lee and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Clint Stoerner.

He has hosted a show on SiriusXM’s fantasy sports channel in addition to his duties with KILT and with his departure from Houston will add regular duties on SiriusXM’s NBA Radio channel beginning with the upcoming season.

Kamla said on Twitter, "I want to thank everyone at @SportsRadio610. I'm grateful for the opportunity in Houston and I wish them all the best. I am excited about an expanded role with @SiriusXMNBA and @SiriusXMFantasy with more details to come next week."

With Kamla’s departure, Stoerner will continue as KILT’s afternoon drive host with a variety of show contributors until a permanent replacement comes on board.

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Armen Williams, KILT’s program director who hired Kamla after electing not to renew the contract of longtime afternoon drive host Rich Lord, had no comment on Kamla’s departure, in accordance with what he said are company personnel guidelines.

Kamla had an occasionally rocky start in Houston. He acknowledged in late August that he used a poor choice of words in a Twitter post regarding Colts quarterback Andrew Luck's decision to retire from the NFL.

The tweet, which was later deleted, scoffed at Luck’s description of being “mentally worn down” and added, “There's a difference between 'retiring' and quitting. What a joke.”

The station’s Nielsen ratings in afternoon drive also have dipped from those posted by the previous show hosted by Lord and Sean Pendergast, who now works in morning drive with Seth Payne.

Kamla, a native of Minneapolis and graduate of the University of Minnesota, has worked in sports media since 1994. He began hosting a fantasy sports show on NBA TV in 2003 and joined the network in 2006.