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7.4K50Regular KNBR guest Adam Meyer indicted for fraud, extortion
The odds aren’t good that Adam Meyer, the betting tout who’s appeared on KNBR (as well as several other radio shows across the country) several times over the years, will be able to talk his way out of this one. Meyer was arrested Tuesday on charges that he defrauded and threatened a Wisconsin man out of […]
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September ratings – did 95.7 just broadcast their last A’s game?
The Nielsen numbers were released two days ago, and KNBR finished No. 1 in San Francisco with a 5.7 rating. KCBS finished in second with a 5.3. Aaaaand that’s about it for this month’s ratings #analysis.. San Francisco June July August Station AQH% Reach AQH% Reach AQH% Reach Owner KNBR-AM 5.1 771,500 5.2 802,900 5.7 823,100 Cumulus […]
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August sports talk ratings look like July ratings, and June ratings …
The Nielsen numbers were released yesterday, and once again I’m at a loss. I briefly stopped covering the monthly numbers a year or so ago, mostly because I got bored. It’s like reporting on rainfall totals in California. Nothing’s happening, nothings changing, nothing to see here. San Francisco June July August Station AQH% Reach AQH% Reach […]
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Andre Iguodala on first year with Warriors: “Sometimes it was good, sometimes it was bad.”
Yesterday Andre Iguodala was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the first time in his career. Iguodala went on KNBR’s Fitz and Brooks show to discuss the honor, which signals a bright spot in what was a trying season for Iguodala in some ways. Iguodala started the season looking like he was born to be a Warrior. […]
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9.4K31What does Damon Bruce’s departure mean for KNBR?
Well, well, well. It looks like these here Radio Wars just got a little more interesting! Tuesday morning, our fearless leader sent shockwaves through the sports talk radio community (meh) and effectively brought Twitter to its knees in the process (not really) when he broke the news of a huge shakeup at 95.7 The Game. You’ve […]
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4.5K21KNBR tipster sends ancient don’t-download-porno memo to Deadspin for some reason
Deadspin was forced to make a correction to a weird story about KNBR today. A “tipster” sent over a memo letting the staff know that downloading pornography was grounds for termination. Here’s a photo of said memo: Tom Ley, the guy who wrote up a couple paragraphs on the memo for Deadspin, was skeptical from […]
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Radio Wars: June ratings show KNBR maintaining comfortable lead over "The Game"
The latest Arbitron numbers were released yesterday afternoon, giving us a look at a year of ratings for the San Francisco market! Here are the numbers updated through June (numbers on demographics or specific shows aren’t available to the general public): San Francisco April May June Station AQH% Reach AQH% Reach AQH% Reach Owner KNBR-AM 4.8 […]
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Bay Area sports radio war rages on: May ratings
The May Arbitron numbers were released. So, dear readers, that means you get your monthly fix of sports radio ratings. This feature is called “Radio Wars” but with the current ratings it is less a war and more of a massacre. With baseball in full swing, the Giants playing pretty well, KNBR has become a ratings […]
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Bay Area sports radio war rages on: April ratings edition
The April Arbitron numbers were released. So, dear readers, that means you get your monthly fix of sports radio ratings. With baseball on the radio, KNBR has regained it’s dominant position in the sports “Radio Wars” and can comfortably call themselves “the sports leader,” while 95.7 “The Game” treads water. While it is hard to […]
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Bay Area sports radio war rages on: March ratings edition
The big news that rocked the Bay Area sports radio was Ralph “The Razor” Barbieri getting axed from KNBR. Unfortunately, because of the lag in the reporting of the ratings, it won’t be until next month that we can see what effect that news has on the sports radio landscape. Even then it might be […]
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Love him or hate him, Ralph Barbieri will be missed
Throughout the strange evolution of Bay Area Sports Guy into a site that covers and even breaks news relating to KNBR and...
