Dan Dibley
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10.6K3595.7 The Game tidbits: Bruce gets big raise, they also wanted Krueger
95.7 The Game has been mired in ratings mediocrity since scrapping their previous format to go all-sports and compete with KNBR, a West Coast juggernaut that has several built-in advantages including the region’s most popular teams and a strong signal. They’ve broken through with one successful show, “The Wheelhouse,” primarily because Greg Papa carries the […]
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Huge shakeup at 95.7 The Game – Damon Bruce in, Rise Guys out
I was on my way to a Spring Training game in Goodyear, when I realized I forgot my money and ID. Then I checked my phone on the way back home and got an email I didn’t believe at first. However, it comes from Tony Cafarelli, a promotions director at Entercom, so it looks legit. […]
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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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95.7 The Game signs Dan Dibley to 1-year extension
Dan Dibley, whose departure from KNBR 680 signaled a symbolic start to the “Radio Wars” between the established AM sports talk station and it’s relatively young FM competition, will remain with 95.7 FM The Game for at least another year. Here’s The Game’s announcement, which I received via email. San Francisco, CA – 95.7 The GAME […]
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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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Bay Area sports radio war rages on: February ratings edition
The winter months have been hard on the ratings for our local sports radio stations, and this February’s ratings show that the...
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KNBR and The Game’s Dan Dibley lobbing Twitter grenades at each other again
The battle for Bay Area radio listeners’ ears had another flareup. 95.7 “The Game” has been promoting that their morning show has...
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Think you can be a sports talk host? The Game’s giving you a chance to prove it
We’ve written a post or twenty about the Bay Area’s sports talk stations and the hosts they pay to talk all day....
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How important is local talent on sports talk radio?
It’s difficult — no, impossible — to come up with a formula for the perfect sports talk radio host in the Bay...
