Larry Krueger
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9.5K31What 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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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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4.6K21KNBR 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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4.7K8Inside the LOL: 49ers season in review part three – random acts of lunacy
Welcome back for the exciting conclusion of our 49ers season review! In parts one and two of the series, we analyzed the abject failure which came to define the 2013 San Francisco 49ers from every possible angle. Niners fans kept up a long tradition of calling KNBR to rage against imperfection. “You guys are right […]
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3.9K7Radnich: Lacob “may have to think twice” about replacing Barnett
Jim Barnett is past the halfway point in his last season as a color analyst for the Golden State Warriors. Yesterday he made an appearance on the Gary Radnich Show (with Larry Krueger), and at the end of the interview Radnich brought up Barnett’s potential replacement. No names were mentioned besides Tom Tolbert, who Radnich […]
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4.1K349ers vs. Seahawks hype: the good, the bad and the totally fake
Not only could most of us have predicted that the 49ers and Seahawks would face at some point in the playoffs, but we all braced for a barrage of memes, parody songs and overused, unfunny jokes. After a season full of trash talk, Instagram comparisons, airplane banners and billboards, the only question was how low people […]
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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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A thank you to Gary Radnich, for taking shots at ‘Sports Guy’
Just my luck, Gary Radnich decides to move on from Rich Lieberman and provide his thoughts on me and this website while...
