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3.3K3Steve Elkington posts more stupid tweets, this time about Michael Sam
Australian professional golfer Steve Elkington has made a combined $16 million in his career on the PGA and Champions Tours. If you type in “Steve Elkington r,” the second result on Google is “Steve Elkington racist.” That’s due to two tweets referencing “Pakkis” and a “Pakistani robber guy” back in July. It appears Elkington hasn’t […]
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4.0K4Inside the LOL: 49ers season in review Part One – A season on the brink
The 2013 NFL season is finally over. The 49ers failed to win the Super Bowl (AGAIN). Some other jerks won it and they got totally lucky. It was a stupid season. Let us never speak of it again. Wait. Okay, maaaaybe we can speak of it again, just for a few more days. Now that […]
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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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KNBR’s Brian Murphy falls for 49ersWebZone’s April Fool’s post
Thanks to the folks at 49ersWebZone.com and Twitter over-exuberance, Brian Murphy was April-Fooled a day later. This morning, someone on Twitter with...
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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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Vernon Davis on the 49ers’ QB chase: “I was just worried that we wouldn’t have anyone.”
Remember all the way back to Monday? Back when Peyton Manning announced he was going to Denver and several wondered whether the...
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San Francisco Giants staying on KNBR through 2018
KNBR will continue covering the San Francisco Giants on the radio for at least the next seven seasons, with Cumulus CEO Lew...
