Andy Fales is leaving WHO, headed to K.C.

[ISUFan22]

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Television sports anchor Andy Fales is leaving Des Moines’ WHO TV-13 to accept a weekend sports anchor job at ABC’s KMBC in Kansas City.

Fales, 36, will make his final on-air appearance during the May 27 SoundOff — the Sunday night sports show he helped popularize with creator and co-host Keith Murphy.

“We’re going to miss him a lot,â€￾ said Murphy, sports director at WHO. “And I know the viewers are going to miss him a lot. We’re going to miss his humor, we’re going to miss his intelligence and — most of all — we’re going to miss his opinions.

“He made people think. It’s been good for sports discussion in Iowa to have someone not shy about telling you exactly what he thought. Andy raised the bar for everyone in that way.â€￾

One of SoundOff’s most popular segments was “What’s Bugging Andy?â€￾ — Fales’ random rants on everything from sports to life in Iowa.

Fales, a Drake University graduate from St. Louis, came to WHO in July of 2000 and co-hosted SoundOff “for about five years,â€￾ Murphy said.

“It’s a great opportunity for him,â€￾ Murphy said. “It’s a pro sports market and he’s closer to his hometown of St. Louis. We’ll miss him, but he’ll do a great job there.â€￾

Read a complete story in tomorrow’s Register.

 

[CYdTracked]

NOOOOO!!!!! Don't blame him for taking another job but man that sucks because he's probably the most funny guys on any of the channels and on top of that can actually back up his arguements. He's going to be missed.

 

[mj4cy]

Sound off will not be the same without what's bugging Andy!

 

[timjans]

That really sucks...i still watch Whats Bugging Andy on the podcast each week. Tough one to replace.

 

[cycloneryan]

That might be the worst news I have heard in a while.

 

[frontrangeclone]

oh this bites! I seriously had gut aches from laughing so hard at his "best of" clips on whotv.com. Check them out.

maybe we'll see him on sportscenter one day.....

 

[JJ4ISU]

Andy is outstanding, in my opinion. He will move up about as quickly as he wants. I could see him on SportsCenter someday. He would fit in well!!!

 

[ia8manfan]

Good news, since I'm moving to K.C. this summer!

 

[Knownothing]

This sucks. Next thing you know they will replace him with John Miller.

 

[HILLCYD]

Am I the only one who found him fairly annoying?

 

[ISUFan22]

Am I the only one who found him fairly annoying?

Eh, not really. Then again, it wasn't him I found annoying - but SoundOff in general.

I rarely watched it because I just couldn't stand it. The callers were the worst really - from either fan base.

I guess when I think of it, Fales did a good job. Just not a fan at all of SoundOff.

 

[HILLCYD]

Eh, not really. Then again, it wasn't him I found annoying - but SoundOff in general.

I rarely watched it because I just couldn't stand it. The callers were the worst really - from either fan base.

I guess when I think of it, Fales did a good job. Just not a fan at all of SoundOff.

You may be right about that. SoundOff's callers are embarrassing for the most part. But the "What's Buggin Andy" segment, I found that to be ANNOYING.

 

[cybsball20]

Wow, I had no idea that Andy Fales was this highly thought of... I thought he was just ok... On the actual sportscast he was actually pretty bad... He won't be missed too much...

 

[Knownothing]

I liked Andy. I remember the segment when they had that idiot John Gaskell giving some sort of stupid opionion.

The dopler "whats bugging andy" was genious.

 

[trevn]

In related news, local talk radio host Marty Tirrell has been rumored to fill the position vacated by Andy Fales



......ok so this isn't true, I was just trying to think of the worst-case scenario. But this does bring me to a good question, who would you all like to see replace Fales on Soundoff?

 

[redrocker]

This sucks. Next thing you know they will replace him with John Miller.

That's not funny!:no6xn:

I am going to miss Andy, he has a great sense of humor.

 

[CYdTracked]

Here's a link to a bunch of his rants: WHO TV - Des Moines: What's Bugging Andy?

That Gibby thing he did once almost tops the MegaDoppler one. He did another one where he was dressed up as Earl from "My Name is Earl" for the halloween show.

Last year we went to see the I-Cubs for a 12:05 game and Andy was out in the RF bleachers shooting some footage and talking with a bunch of us. He started to pack up his stuff and says "I'm calling it right now, 3 run homer." We ask him why he said that and he says "the only time they've ever hit back to back to back home runs here I was sitting on the crapper so everytime I pack up I expect something spectacular to happen that I don't get the footage on." Just imagine those in the bathroom when that happened, I can just imagine Andy shouting and dropping a few 4 letter words and getting more upset with each homer that was hit out. LOL!

 

[cmoore_23]

ya this sucks... i have no idea how they will replace him... will they call round guy up?

 

[JokersWild]

Please no Round Guy. Ugh, misery. But, I never watch that show anyway, so I guess, ultimately, I don't care.

 

[Drive4cy]

Seems like a lateral move on his part, but KC might open the door to something bigger down the road. Fales was the only reason I bothered watching WHO. :sad9cd: