Q: I am missing Jeff Roper in the early mornings on WTQR. What has happened to him?
B.W.
A: Jeff Roper resigned from WTQR 104.1-FM. His last day on the air was Feb. 1.
Starting Monday, he will be the host of a morning show on KCYY-FM 100 in San Antonio.
"My contract with WTQR expired last year and was not renewed and there were no indications of that happening," Roper said in an email interview. "Y-100 is Cox Media's flagship country station and it is an opportunity to work with people that can help me grow my career and are committed to my success.
"My decision to leave WTQR was hard, and while I was not given the chance to say thank you and goodbye to listeners, please relay my sincerest appreciation to them. I had fun."
Before working at WTQR, Roper worked at stations in Charlotte and Columbia, S.C. He spent part of his youth in the San Antonio area and described going to Y-100 as "kind of like coming home."
Bruce Logan, the program director of WTQR, said: "Jeff has been awesome for us these past three years, he is so very talented. When he was offered this new position in his hometown of San Antonio it sounded like something he was very serious about and we would never stand between any employee and their dream. We are sad he resigned, but wish him nothing but success."
The station is now looking for a replacement for Roper in the mornings.
"We are in a great battle with our friends at WPAW," Logan said, "and intend on finding a new morning show that will help us be not only the number one country station in Greensboro/Winston Salem but the number one radio station regardless of format."
Fans of Roper can listen to him online at www.y100fm.com starting Monday morning.
Q: With regard the prayer ban controversy, I've heard that the ACLU will be sending a bill to Forsyth County for about $200,000 to cover its legal fees. But isn't there a group that is going to pay for the county's appeal instead of the bill going to Forsyth County taxpayers?
G.B.
A: The ACLU estimates its legal expenses in the case at $200,000, and will be sending Forsyth County a bill once the court system approves the payment. As of Friday afternoon, that payment request had not been filed. The ACLU has 60 days to file after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not review the case, which happened on Jan. 17.
But Forsyth County taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill. The N.C. Partnership for Religious Liberty has said that it had raised $300,000 to offset any legal bills the county would have to pay.
Witnesses needed
H.S. is looking for witnesses to an accident that happed Jan. 31 about 3:30 p.m. on U.S. 421 between the Lewisville and Williams Road exits going north. A box fell off a pickup and hit a burgundy Toyota. If you saw the accident — or are the driver of the truck — please call H.S. at (336) 699-8781.
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