Longtime Houston morning co-host Shara Fryer has been missing from the show on 740 KTRH. Her co-host, Jimmy Barrett, has confirmed she was part of cuts from iHeartMedia.
Earlier this week, Barrett confirmed that Fryer had exited as iHeartMedia made nationwide cuts last month that affected hundreds of staffers from the radio giant.
“Everybody’s been asking, ‘Where’s Shara Fryer? Where’s Shara? What’s going on?’ And you deserve to know Shara is no longer with our KTRH morning show, with Houston’s Morning News,” Barrett said.
“We are in a business … a media business that is constantly changing, and with that comes staffing changes,” he continued. “Consolidation leads to changes. And when the changes happen, then positions come and positions go… So with this reorganization, Shara is no longer with our morning show.”
Fryer had been with 740 KTRH for 12 years before exiting during the cuts. She was previously teamed with Matt Patrick in the daypart. She joined the station after a distinguished 25-year career in local television, with stops in Houston, Austin and San Antonio, among others.
Shara Fryer was one of several members of the iHeartMedia Houston cluster to be laid off as the company cut 5% of its workforce. She had yet to comment publicly on her departure before Jimmy Barrett made mention of it this week.
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