Sounds like Tony Bruno will rejoin Gary Radnich on KNBR today (but only today)

Bay Area Sports Guy November 02, 2012

It’s Gary Radnich’s 20th anniversary on KNBR, and today’s show is already full of names from the past (Bowler Bob from Brisbane!). They have booked some guests to help celebrate the occasion, and while no one on KNBR has announced this, it would appear that Tony Bruno will join Radnich and Larry Krueger for one segment.

Bruno tweeted this earlier today: “Oh Bay Area fans……..better pay attention today around 11:20am PST!”

The Radnich/Bruno segment was a long-running pairing that signified perhaps the only 30+ minutes of commercial-free airtime on terrestrial radio. After over a decade of Bruno coming on with Radnich nearly every weekday to occasionally talk sports and, more frequently, go off on tangents about subjects pertaining to pop culture or music (hip hop and R&B, mostly), the segment was dropped when Radnich was paired with Damon Bruce.

Soon after, Bruno angrily called then-Giants reliever Ramon Ramirez an “illegal alien” on Twitter after he plunked one of his beloved Philadelphia Phillies. He was suspended for a week for that (deleted) comment, then soon moved from Los Angeles — where he hosted a show on Fox Sports Radio — to Philly, where he got a job hosting on 97.5 THE FANATIC.

I know that the segment will be up in about an hour so there isn’t much time to comment on this, but are people excited that Bruno is coming back for one last hurrah? I don’t think it’ll lead to anything long-term, mostly since it didn’t appear that Bruno parted on good terms with KNBR. Then again, neither did Larry Krueger in 2005.

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Hamptons

Holy cow these radio posts get more comments than the 49ers/Giants combined! I'd post one once a week if I was BASG.

Otis Byrd III

haha. Yeah, it is unbelievable..... We're all just passionate about Bay Area sports radio.

KeyboardCowboy

Stan's pretty riled up but he has a point, Garry and Larry never have any Latino players/guests on. Radnich is such a tool his "I played hoops w/ brothers and drove a caddy" act is played out. It all reeks of a white guy stealing from/trying to fit into black culture. Krueger is just a biggot, but that's why I choose not to listen to their show. That's the great thing about 'Mercia you can Change the channel if you don't like what's on. Loved Tony Bruno btw, unlike Radnich, he seemed genuine.

Stan

And I condenm Laurence Bayer. His Republican roots welcome back Kreuger..but should Kreuger have praised his German history in 2005 too?..Yeah,sure, Larry Bayer wouldn't have minded.

ReggieWrite

Larry Baer is a registered Democrat and Stan is a registered ignoramus. Stan routinely calls anyone who disagrees with him about anything (just about everyone BTW) a republican and a racist. It has nothing to do with politics or bigotry, it's about Stan's demented personality and the need to draw attention to himself. Sadly he trivializes the real problems of racism by raising nonsensical claims indiscriminately.

Stan

And Reg--wheres the link to prove Baer is a "registered democrat"?.

Stan

This is from the man who posted quote where I said-"THAT strikeout will get the Giants into the World Series" Reggie..who read then posted it...called it "Convoluted"!! LOL...HEE-hee -heee. How more exact could I have been? Laurence a Demo? you sure?..well,if true..that's one for you Reggie..yawn. Still doesn't change that he let Krueger back after a anti Latino rant does it?.. I doubt a anti semitic rant would have gotten Krueger back in the business. Its a fact..Latino's have little clout. Its why Leno does racist Mexicans- in- the- van jokes every night. No polish or Irish or Italian crooks jokes. Just beat those Messicans...

SixPat

If anyone's act is getting old I'd say it is Damon's. I'm finding myself listening less to his show during the afternoon. The day the Big Game he spent his entire show ripping on the game. "Nobody cares about Cal and Standford, the mid west is so much better blah blah blah" Not mention how he always "brags" about how the Giants got him kicked

ReggieWrite

Yes, Damon is always bragging about his beloved Indiana and the Big Ten conference while ridiculing the bay area college sports scene. If he misses Indiana so much, maybe, maybe he should consider moving back.

Otis Byrd III

haha, I don't think Damon wants to move back to Indiana. He's actually from upstate NY, but San Francisco is really home to him now, which is kind of cool. He's starting to identify with this city more, even though it's kind of weird at times to hear him say we when he's referring to San Francisco, and you know that he's not from here. LOL. Yeah, Damon's repping of his alma mater Indiana can be a little much at times, even though he does admit that no one here in the Bay Area cares about Indiana. In a way, you're happy for him though. He takes so much pride in Indiana, that you're happy for him when they win. They're going to be good this year in basketball. Don't know if they will be as good as he says they will be, but they should be pretty good. I'm surprised they're #1 in the preseason polls.

SixPat

Off of Sportsphone. I was glad he got to be on the KNBR truck during the parade, just so I dont have to listen to another two years of him whining about how he got left off in 2010. Gary is ten times better than Damon will ever be. I hope he leaves town soon.

Otis Byrd III

Yeah SixPat, you do have a point. Even though I'm a fan of Damon, his bashing of people not liking college sports here in the Bay Area, can get a little tired at times. He keeps beating a dead horse when he makes these rants about this. The Bay Area is a pro sports area. We like our college teams here, but it's not going to be like Indiana, or the small college towns in the South and the Midwest. As they say, we have more to do out here, even though Cal and San Jose State football games are fun to go to. I haven't been to a Stanford football game yet, but those games look fun as well. Part of it might be though to motivate us all to go to college sports games, which is ok, but if he bashes us, that might drive people here to continue not going to college sports games here in the Bay Area. Yeah, him talking about not being invited to the Giants 2010 parade can be tired as well, and it was messed up but, the Giants FO was against Damon at that time, and did he really think the Giants would invite him to the parade with the way he criticized them that season, and the seasons leading up to that?.... I'm happy he got invited to this year's parade. Like I said, it was messed up he didn't get invited to the 2010 Giants parade, but at least he was able to go to this one, and he seemed like he had a fun time. But yes, even though I'm a fan of Damon, I do agree with you on these two issues. With that being said, I don't want Damon to leave. Even though he can beat a dead horse at times and not let things go sometimes, he still is the best host on KNBR, and I don't think KNBR would be the same, if he ever leaves or was let go by KNBR.

3rdNking

All the teams dis suck when damon got here Hes a big reason for te change Maybe the biggest Hes the only one with balls calling teams out Thanks damon

B.A. Rich

Sarcasm is so hard to play out in print.

Don

Taking Tony off KNBR was the worst decision ever. That was a "Must Listen 30minutes". Listened today and it was AWESOME! And Stan.....you sound like a bitter jaded jealous man.

Stan

I'm a MAN who hates bigotry ,racism. And you can't change that Bruno and Kreuger were fired for bigoted words. Something here Bruno and Krueger lovers wont admit.

Stan

There was a very good reason that KNBR couldn't get together an all star lineup for a 20 year tribute-nobody cared about him. I truly thought it was pathetic that the stations teams were the only people to praise Raddy. About what you would get with a Fitz and Brooks tribute.

Stan

THREE HOURS!..and only KNBR's hacks to call in-and very few of those. Sad.

The Sports Leader

Was Gary Radnich doing the gangster lean while hosting his 20th anniversary show?

The Sports Leader

Bring back Tony Bruno. For his own show. Drop Tom Tolbert and insert Bruno instead. End of story.

Poop

Sadly old podcasts of Gary and Tony are still better than most of what's on KNBR now. Disney World week 2011, classic radio.

Beaver

I dont really read into personal animosity etc. when it comes to Gary and Damon. I just think it was two different styles that didnt mesh and Gary and/or KNBR was smart enough to move on. Gary sounds better with a straight man like Larry Krueger who plays it down the middle. With Damon it was like two distinct headliners trying to do their acts at the same time - disjointed and awkward. If anyone might not understand its Damon because he seems a little desperate and immature.

Otis Byrd III

I'll say this, congratulations to Gary on being at KNBR for 20 yrs.! I didn't even know that his anniversary was today, but there's something to be said about working at the same place for 20 yrs. Even though I'm not really a fan of Gary Radnich, you have to respect what he does, and how long he's been doing this. I was a kid when he was in his hey day in the 90's, and I remember him back then. I'm 26 now, and Gary is still on the air, even though though yeah, he's not as good as he was, and I even admitted that he should retire. But yes, congratulations again to Gary!.... It was nice that people like Larry Baer, Tony Bruno, Mark Ibanez, Ray Woodson called in, and I heard that Kate Scott called in as well. It would've been a perfect opportunity for Damon to nip his rivalry/beef with Gary in the bud, if he would've made an appearance to congratulate Gary, but no dice. He congratulated Gary at the beginning of his show and that was it. Gary kind of took a shot at Damon towards the end of his show though, when he said something to the effect of, when he was talking about a host who thought all the teams sucked before he got here, and then he said something about going back to his wasteland, or something to that effect. Gary looked pissed too when he talked about it. Did anyone else catch that? I knew he was talking about Damon because Damon does sometime make it seem like all the Bay Area teams weren't good before he got here, and I wouldn't say 1050 is a wasteland, but it's not 680 as we all know. But yeah, Gary and Damon probably aren't going to be friends, and it's sad, but not everyone gets along with everyone that they work with. I agree that it was nice hearing Tony Bruno on Gary's show again. It was good that he gave more clarity and explained his break up with KNBR last year, the best way he could. It was weird he was on Gary's show on that Friday before Gary's show with Damon started, and then all of a sudden, that next Monday, Damon was on with Gary and they said the Bruno segment was gone. It was weird how the Bruno segment just abruptly ended like that.... I agree that it would be nice if Bruno could call in to Gary's show, like once a week or something. Gary was really happy that Bruno called in, even though Gary and Krueger have a good thing going on their show right now.

SSSJmike

Gary with Bruno and Dibs and the drops from Mike was by far the best half hour of radio. Add the "stone cold lead pipe locks" on Friday's and you had radio euphoria. Never stopped laughing the entire segment. Did Dan Dibbley happen to call in for the 20th anniversary?

Stan

Dan said working with Radnich was like working for a tyrant. And you do remember when Dibbs would host on Christmas...and took Radnich to task? No surprise to me that his 20th was just a time killer. He made his bed..

Stan

No Vern or Pam or Bill Russell? or..nah. Not Gary's real crowd. He's part of the club. And that's a quote of what he said once.

Lou

Mark Ibanez is a Latino, I'm a Mexican American and I think the Gary and Larry show is the best show on radio, I wish they would bring the Bruno segment back, at least once a week.

Stan

And Krugers anti Latino slants along with Bruno's make you feel good? Liar.

Brandon

your stance is about as ridiculous as me questioning your heritage because your name is Stan. you spew your hatred on something you have minimal knowledge of. Anyone who makes comments about supression or racism needs to realize that 1. It's a tired gimmick and 2. accept and realize that it does exist, it's always existed, and it always will exist, especially when people refuse to move past it. Either "pay it or pay it no nevermind..........." I dont see how calling someone a caribbean racist, it would be like calling someone that was russian white, or vice versa........ Get over it Stan..... Oh and for someone with a 3.67 GPA, learn how to type complete sentences.

Stan

Uh,learn to read Brandon. I didn't ever say a thing about 3.67! And for all those who say Bruno and Kreuger racist remarks "are true"..go to hell. Bigots. Your what I write about..the problem.

Juan

Stan, just STFU already!! Quit calling people liars! Quit calling people Repubs! Just QUIT!!

Stan

Juan(the fake latino),,uh..If you notice-I respond to attacks..don't initiate them. Another spin of the repubs here...they are hostile..and cant take it. Poor babys.

Juan

Why do you feel like you have to attack everyone that disagrees with you? Is this your way of getting back at all those mean kids that didn't want to play with you? It's time to move out of your Mom's converted garage and grow a pair. Buenas noches compadre!

Stan

Uhuh,I caught him in his lie. Juan isn't a latino.

Stan

People who lie are liars.

Stan

Juan is your middle name-right? and your not latin-right? I say the truth..like the MAJORITY of the bay area ,I'm lib and Dem..your type are the outcasts.

3rdKing

don't count bruno out... way too much talent to be held down, too many connectioins too

Marco

And I am first generation and all for the Human Progress, Grad student at U of A International Relations. 3.67 gpa. you comment on my non spell checking you’re a loser. what Larry Krueger said moreover about the latin players swinging at everything, It is true, we grow up playing backyard baseball not sunny delight, minivan organized sports, and with baseball it just natural to not wait until you freind throws you a good pitch. So you just swing at balls over your head, wverything. It is an athletic thing, that is perfected by the best. Just like patience at the plate is only perfected by the best players.

Stan

Your an idiot.

Brandon

Hey Stan, its about 11:55 give it a few minutes and you will hear Rod Brooks congradulate Gary. Will that be black enough for you? Will that have enough Culture for you? You are a left wing apologist who refuses to move past things. How long do you crucify someone for a mistake? You sir are a pathetic person who clearly leads a miserable existence.

Stan

Maybe..but I'm right..your attack the messenger of truth doesn't change the truth. Rod?..that's a laugh..ONE!...like KNBR's hiring practice.

Marco

I am kicking myself for responding to you, but you failed to miss the most important thing in tony Bruno’s life, and is something bigger than sports like radnich and bruno constantly positted, family. His mother is very old and needs to be taken care of. this is coming from some from the DMV, then Frisco, San Diego, Tucson, NYC, and Broward County. Yes I have lived a little!! p.s. By the way if my cousin you is illigal gets gets caught with drugs/deported. proathlete/steroids not

Brandon

while i agree with you on your take about Tony's mother i have a beef with your statement about illegals. If your cousin wasnt illegal he wouldnt get deported. its really that simple.

I never liked the Tony Bruno segment on Gary's show. I found it tiresome to hear both of them try to top one another on lame pop culture references.

Stan

30 mins to go...Did I miss Vern and Pam's calls? Must have...

formerKNBRemployee

One time when Bruno was up in SF... He was using one of the back studios of KNBR 1050... His computer in that studio had limited internet access- I brought Bruno and Miss Robin- some breaking sports news, and he gave me a shout out on his national radio show... it was pretty cool. Bruno was always really nice to me, he learned my name, didn't treat me like I was below him- things that were always really important to me.

formerKNBRemployee

The Bruno/Radnich segment was the reason I wanted a career in Radio...

Stan

Let me remind..who led the anti Cabrera campaign?..who had to go over Ozzie Guillen for hours..like the bay area cared?..not our issue. Felipe Alou is demonized by Raddy..when Kreuger admits it was his own fault-and only once!..lol.. Nothing gets those two riled up like go after the latino.