What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Jon Miller? 2010 Ford C. Frick award winner, enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Longtime beloved voice of the San Francisco Giants? National broadcaster for 20 years with ESPN? Author of some of the most memorable radio and TV calls in the […]
KNBR 680’s teams make a hell of a trio. As the flagship station of the San Francisco Giants, “The Sports Leader” has aired three World Series-clinching games in the last five years. The San Francisco 49ers went to three consecutive NFC Championship Games, and even in their current state of disarray they’re discussed on every show more than any […]
The San Francisco Examiner has been around for over 150 years. Throughout my childhood it was an afternoon paper that had an odd relationship with the San Francisco Chronicle. I assumed the two newspapers were fierce competitors, which wasn’t necessarily the case, probably because my father could never stick with one newspaper subscription for very long. For […]
Today’s lineup: @billbarnwell 3:30, @SteinmetzNBA 4:30, @realmickfoley 5:00. Plus my own 40-for-40. 40 things in sports that made me. — Damon Bruce (@DamonBruce) March 25, 2015 As you can see in the tweet above, Damon Bruce expected to chat with wrestling legend Mick Foley at 5 pm. So how was KNBR able to post this photo […]
It was inevitable after San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker Chris Borland announced his retirement late yesterday that not everyone would be on the same page. The NFL is a multi-billion dollar business, and those whose income depends on the league’s continued success are not going to back down and let their sport go the way of […]
I’m over a week late with the ratings, which upset a lot of you. Some of the nasty emails and tweets I received … do you kiss your mothers with those mouths? My word. Just kidding, no one mentioned it. A few days ago I checked out the website where the ratings numbers are available and noticed […]
Going to go ahead and borrow this from Ethan Sherwood Strauss for a minute … Agree with this poster pic.twitter.com/Dou6gfeiap — Ethan Strauss (@SherwoodStrauss) January 5, 2015 Thanks Ethan, I owe you a fountain soda in the Oracle Arena media room tonight. Oh, they’re free? How about a hot dog? Oh, they’re free too? Let […]
Whether it was due to the 49ers’ collapse or the Giants’ lukewarm offseason stove, KNBR’s ratings fell to their lowest marks in quite some time this month (according to the Nielsen numbers for San Francisco and San Jose). San Francisco October November December Station AQH% Reach AQH% Reach AQH% Reach Owner KNBR-AM 6.6 992,400 8.9 1,449,500 3.7 745,800 Cumulus […]
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 […]
The Nielsen numbers for San Francisco were made public last week, and clearly a World Series championship, parade and the resulting afterglow helped KNBR 680. San Francisco September October November Station AQH% Reach AQH% Reach AQH% Reach Owner KNBR-AM 5.7 823,100 6.6 992,400 8.9 1,449,500 Cumulus KGMZ-FM 1.5 360,400 1.3 409,600 1.4 471,200 Entercom KTCT-AM 0.4 134,900 0.6 […]
Here we go again, Giants fans. It’s October. It’s an even year. We’re back. Yay. Its been an odd season, to say the least. Odd start. Odd middle. Odd finish. It’s well documented. No need to go into it here. Odd. Tonight’s NL Wild Card game feels odd as well. For one thing, the Giants […]