Houston radio DJ completes ultramarathon for kids with cancer

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A local radio DJ just completed a remarkable feat to help kids with cancer.

Kevin Kline of The New 93Q arrived at Texas Children's Hospital on Sunday afternoon on the final leg of a 434-mile ultramarathon.

Kline ran for seven days around the Stafford Centre. When he rested, other runners stepped in and ran for him. Collectively, they finished 62 miles a day in one week.

The number 62 represents the number of inpatient beds at the hospital's cancer center, and Kline said running laps around the Stafford Centre symbolized the experience that cancer patients go through in their daily chemotherapy rituals.

Kline and his wife, Trish, are founders of the Snowdrop Foundation, dedicated to raising research money and scholarships for pediatric cancer patients. In the past six years, he's completed a variety of distance running feats, always with young cancer survivors in mind.

All proceeds benefit Texas Children's Cancer Center.

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Radio personality runs 62 miles each day for a week

STAFFORD, TX (KTRK) -- A Houston radio personality has dropped his microphone and picked up his running shoes. Kevin Kline is planning to run more than 60 miles a day, for an entire week, in an effort to help fight pediatric cancer.

Kevin Kline has run, and run, and run, always for a reason, but never quite like this. Extreme runners are used to pushing the envelope, but this is a big one even by their standards. Kline is running 62 miles a day for seven straight days, all at the Stafford Centre.

"The ultimate goal is to bring awareness to the lack of funding for pediatric cancer," Kline explained.

Kline and his wife run the Snowdrop Foundation, dedicated to raising research money and scholarships for pediatric cancer patients. In the past six years, he's completed a variety of distance running feats, always with young cancer survivors in mind.

"I've been surprised by everything he's done," said cancer survivor George Bember. "It's crazy how he just keeps running and running and running."

It may seem monotonous to run laps around the Stafford Centre, but that's the point, to simulate the experience that cancer patients go through in their daily chemotherapy rituals.

"This is to symbolically show what the children have to go through, through their chemotherapy," Kline said. "There is nothing comfortable about this; they actually experience pain. I just experience degrees of discomfort."

Kline began this pursuit after meeting 15-year-old cancer patient Chelsey Campbell several years ago. Now he is often joined on his runs by cancer survivors, families, and fans eager to see him complete 62 miles a day for seven straight days.

Kline's coach Tim Necker said, "You see survivors, you see kids in process of chemo out here, so it's really motivating."

Kline plans to finish his seven day stretch of 62 miles a day by January 1.

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Employees tied up during Radio Shack robbery

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police are investigating an alleged aggravated robbery in northwest Houston.

It happened on at the Radio Shack in the 5100 block of 34th Street near the Northwest Freeway.

According to police, it was close to closing time when two armed black men walked into the store and demanded money.

Investigators said the men tied up the employees and put them in a back stock room.

The suspects reportedly fled the scene.

Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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Legendary Houston radio DJ dead at 68

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Legendary Houston radio icon Dennis Maurice "Crash" Collins died Sunday after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 68 years old.

Crash was a Nashville native who found his way to Houston in 1962. He graduated from Lamar High School and started earning a living by playing bass guitar while he attended the University of Houston.

He helped start Rock 101 (KLOL) with Pat Fant. In 1971, "Crash in your Dash" made history by mixing and playing his own show.

Crash was active for over four decades and could be heard on six radio stations -- KUHF, KLOL, KILT, KULF, KNUZ and KZFX.

In addition to radio, Crash released a Christmas album, appeared on local TV shows, had a career doing voice-overs and appeared at many local clubs. He also served as an auctioneer at charity events and golf tournaments, and was declared Volunteer of the Year for The University of Texas Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in 1988.

Crash was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2010.

Crash is survived by his wife of 26 years, Roxana Marx Collins, his children, Lacy Collins Price and Travis Lee Collins, and his mother Ann Grummer.

A "Bash for Crash" benefit for the family will be held at 12:30pm on November 13 at the Concert Pub on Richmond Ave. in Houston. A memorial will immediately follow.

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