KNBR 680/1050

I’ve had a 90 minute commute to work for the past 10 years and I listen to KNBR on my way and in the afternoon as well. I love Tolbert but in the morning — Murph and Mac is getting very boring. Murph and Kate are strong but Mac is weak… does not add value to interviews nor does he have a strong opinion or insight about any issues.
Time for a change.

This station rocks! My gf and I came across a few of the station promoters at the Mountain View VTA station and they were handing out free roundtrip VTA passes to Levi stadium for the 49ers vs Chargers preseason game. Score: P

Murph and Mac need to be taken off the air. I have an hour commute to work each morning and if I listen to their show the entire ride, then I only get about 20 minutes of actual sports talk (of which isn’t very insightful). I tune into KNBR because I want to hear about my local sports teams, and whats going on in the sports world. Not a car ride full of listening to them talk about old movies, old music, and senseless discussion about topics that aren’t sports. Just put Ryan Seacrest on in the mornings if those are your standards.
Murph is a total homer, Mac only talks about music, and Paulie is a dork.

Please stop with the 20+ hours of Marty the Human Sleeping pill on the weekends. He stinks and lets callers go on way too long. I’m officially done with this Giants propaganda machine called KNBR.

Your late night program geo and Jones are horrible. They must be cheap. Bring back Eric casseroles. He has more knowledge then those two jackasses with there cliché humor they suck.

There’s really no reason to watch ESPN and their governor Christie overbloated love of all that is Sports… on the EAST Coast. God Damn! West Side Sports Rule now and these guys are on it. Sorry Guys and Girl he meant to say. Thank God Gary is still there but it does look like Larry is the evil genius waiting for Gary to die or get senile so that he can take over. Have you heard, Gary prepares for his shows by watching the crappy reality shows the night before? Fitz and Brooks are hilarious except when Lynch fills in and talks about other things besides the Niners and lastly Mr. T with Ratto is perfect yin and yang radio. Tom loves life and Ratto would rather spend his day sniffing scented toilet gaskets for an hour rather than talk about «Deflategate» or A-Rod’s apology letter to the fans. Wow I’m convinced Ratto got striped socks for Christmas as a kid. Who else would be in the endzone where «The Catch» happened and the Stick explodes all the while you see Ratto cross his arms with the ever so expressionless face with the sweet mullet and sweater on probably thinking to himself «Dear god, if I leave now I can make it out of the parking lot in less than an hour while these fools go crazy» I really think Ratto would rather watch the base coat of his fender paint dry in a sealed room than enjoy a moment in time that every person would cheer for. that’s why we love him

KNBR is a joke of a sports station. everbody that is on this station thinks they know everything about sports when they know absolutely nothing.

While listening to the Stanford– Washington football game driving home after attending Giants baseball game, throughout the final several minutes of an exciting game in which it was clear that Stanford was ahead with Washington on offense, the broadcasters NEVER announced the actual score. I could not tell if the Huskies needed a field goal or touchdown and if either would result in a lead or tie. To not provide the score FREQUENTLY is an unforgivable error in any sports radio broadcast. TERRIBLE!

This is a complaint I have had with KNBR for a long time. If it is called the «sports leader,» then why do we have to listen to boring «business and technology reports» every half hour in the morning? They just don’t fit on KNBR and they cut into time that could be used for actual sports discussion and more call-​ins. When I tune into a sports talk station, that is exactly what I want to hear… sports talk. If I wanted business and technology, that’s what KGO 810 and KCBS 740 are for. They could also do without the traffic updates. There are other stations for that as well.

Used to listen to Gary Radnich a lot. I personally love his sense of humor and lack of pretense. Very interesting to listen to in the morning.
Tom Tolbert is just fabulous when he talks about the NBA. His war stories are priceless. I’ve loved his take when he did some color for Warrior TV broadcasts.
I’m not a fan of SF Giants talk ²⁴⁄₇. I know they are the flagship station, but … come on!
This station could use more talk show hosts that are persons of color, and who are women. Might even help ratings.

Two stars for the Giants and Kruk and Kuip. Gary needs to retire. He hates sports and makes fun of people who have a passion for it. He doesn’t remember what it feels like to pay for a ticket with his own money. Murph and Mac are nice guys but I tire of 80s rock music references.

Great for listening to Giants games and their pre– and post-​game shows, which are excellent. Otherwise, this station is nothing but extremely annoying. And the commercials they air are downright excruciating. I’ve tried to stomach most of the shows – Brooks and Dork, Tolbert, Ratto, Murph & Mac, Radich… Not much sports analysis, just a bunch of useless banter that gets old really fast. If it was just the Giants shows that I was basing my rating, I’d give them FIVE stars, but it’s the rest of the station that brought my score down. And the fact that they do air the Giants brings the score up to 2.

Give me a break Cumulus! The only thing KNBR is «the leader» in is «Ad play time.» I used to be a fan but just turn on FM to The Game! Way too much. The only reason to tune in for is for Giants games (Kruk, Kuip, Miller & Flem). The personalities are getting tired as well…
Murph & Mac: Easily the most annoying show on the radio. Murph at least can provide a few good pointers here and there, Paulie has an incredible knowledge of music, sports talk is rough at best. If you have to listen, tune in around 7:43 for Kruk & Kuip! But be careful to not catch any of their show or the 10 minutes of commercials before and after their segment! Not sure why Kate Scott is not involved in the talk anymore, these guys desperately need something else to help.
Gary & Larry: Gary is a tired act but is entertaining at least. Honestly, I wish this show was Gary & Kate Scott. Larry is obnoxious and i just straight up do not enjoy listening to him.
Fitz & Brooks: I used to hate this segment, but it has flipped on me because of my strong dissatisfaction with Murph and Mac. Typically, I enjoy tuning in to hear these guys talk basketball. Fitz is well connected and resourced and Brooks has some great perspective on the game as well.
Mr. T (and Ray Ratto): Holy crap has Cumulus POUNDED on the commercial play here. It’s no secret that Tolbert is their top dog, but the insane amount of advertising going on here has ruined that for me. I have to say I can no longer enjoy this segment, tune in to The Game on FM until this gets corrected. Ratto is rough but anything is better than a solo Tolbert. «The business of baseball» segment is pretty good is my only moderately positive note here.
KNBR has really taken a dive at the expense of their listeners to increase their advertising revenues (like any company should to a certain extent). I recommend tuning to The Game on FM, The Bleacher Report on XM, or iHeartRadio and find another source. If you get the MLB At Bat app you can just tune into Giants games without risk getting pounded with an absurd number of Ads because the game must continue to the next inning. Give me a break Cumulus! The only thing KNBR is «the leader» in is a“d play time.”

Haven’t much liked the buddy-​buddy style of sports radio at KNBR for years. Intelligent talk it’s not. The (pause) Sports Leader? Not really.

Sports talk radio is interesting because people get immersed in it, get all worked up about things that don’t actually affect them, like who should be the Forty Niner quarterback.
Radio is just more intimate than TV and people listen to it while doing other things, often for long periods of time and usually by themselves. Listeners have a relationship with the hosts, positive or not. It is like a partner who is either beloved or simply annoying.
My first recollection of listening to KNBR was back in the days of Pete Franklin, an old ex-​marine who yelled at stupid callers and reminded people of how he could kill people with his bare hands. There was one named Ferrel (sp) who was edgy and constantly had a beer pouring sound track going on. I certainly remember Ralph Barbieri, a guy who was called The Razor for his somewhat strident arguments, a smart guy and the closest to Howard Cosell in some ways. He was on the air forever and suddenly fired. He had a lot of fans and a lot of detractors.
Hosts come and go in this business. Some are missed and you wonder why they were fired, and others were just experiments. You never know who is going to really grab an audience and stay for a long time.
Currently, I tend to listen to Gary Radnich, who famously likes to talk about things other than sports. I find him entertaining and smart, but many others want just sports on a sports station.
Bob Fitzgerald is a very smart guy who really does know about sports on one hand, but is also supremely annoying because of his unnatural attachment to Notre Dame. I do not like the way he debates with listeners, just being a dick even with those with intelligent ideas. I do not begrudge him being a cheerleader for the Warriors. He is their announcer after all!
Rod Brooks, Fitz’s partner, has his moments when he hosts the show alone. He tends to repeat and go on and on when with Fitz, who then has to step in and turn him off. He is also smart, funny and knows about sports, but needs to redirect.
Tom Tolbert is now into middle age, but still has that rock «n roll mentality, laid back and with that sort of slacker approach. Normally, this would be weird, but he pulls it off and is again, like other hosts, a smart guy with a range of ideas. I really like his current partner Ray Ratto, one of my favorites in the sports media.
I normally just listen when I am working in my garage and so I can’t comment on the night or morning personalities.
You hear over and over that KNBR is simply better than the competition in other cities. Here there is a wider view and more rationality, less of a breathless life or death approach. The hosts aren’t yelling and screaming, the callers likewise aren’t the classic couch drunks who dominate the airwaves in other areas. Some people like that intense all-​sports approach, but here in the Bay Area the market supports a more sophisticated approach and I tend to like that most of the time myself.

I don’t know who I dislike more… Rod Brooks or Chris Berman. Probably both are tied for last.
I love Tom Tolbert, Bob Fitzgerald, Murph & Mac etc. But Rod Brooks is awful! Please give him his walking papers. He knows nothing about sports!

Although I never liked Ralph, he was completely disrespected by Lee Hammer and management for being fired due to having Parkinson’s Disease. I hope Ralph wins his suit and then joins 95.7 The Game.

On Gary Radnich’s show with Tony Bruno the topic turned to…
Natural Bosoms.
Some celebrities that were mentioned…
Sophia Loren
Raquel Welch
Monica Bellucci
Pam Grier
Claudia Cardinale
No one liked Jayne Mansfield for whatever reason.

I have mixed feelings about this radio station. I love sports so I listen a lot and the talent is so damn bad it makes me scream and yell at the radio!
Murph and Mac are a couple of idiots and their show sucks!
Gary Radnich is a complete and total douchebag and he really needs to be replaced with, I don’t know, a young person who knows sports.
Rod Brooks makes my head hurt! The dude is a chronic studderer and it’s just annoying! I listen to him solely b/​c he is the only person of color employed by this pathetic radio station. Aside from that, it’s whitey central over there.
Ralph and Tom (Razor and Mr. Douche) are the two worst sports talk hosts in the history of the business. Ralph sounds like Squiggy from Lavern and Shirley and uses a vocabulary fit for an English professor when his audience is 40 something men who drink Budweiser out of a can, have a high school education and drive pick up trucks! Tom, please!
Damon Bruce is the one host who is awesome! Shocking right? He’s an ESPN guy and a professional, not a former athlete or a wanna be, he’s the real deal.
The best thing about the station is also one of the most annoying aspects of the station. They have plenty of air space for real sports talk (Dan Patrick used to be on during the day and now it’s on in the middle of the night) those kind of things don’t make a bit of sense to me.
Like I said, I love LOVE sports talk and it’s just a damn shame that Lee Hammer runs this operation like a hot dog stand and not a professional business. It could be great, with the right people running things, but for now, it sucks!

I’m a sports junkie and I like to keep my sports news (local and national) up to the minute and up to date.
Murph and Mac morning show is very entertaining and they keep my
commute to the BART (albeit a very short commute) a very lively one. They have a good chemistry and they give props to where it’s due. They’re funny, informative and tells it like it is.
They have regular guests segments such as Steve Young, Ronnie Lott, Brian Jennings and Samurai Mike during the Football season.
And who can top of Gary Radnich? You may not agree with everything he says, but he does keep you tuned in. Man, this guy is a Bay Area legend, and probably one of the hardest worker in the business. How can a man do his sports show late at night and his morning show right after? It’s very impressive, and he’s been doing it for 25 years. Oh yeah, I’ve met him in person several times and he’s a REAL nice guy.
Then you got Tom and Ralph during the afternoon. Who would’ve thought the Tom Tolbert would turn out to be quite a good pro in his profession? I know, he sucked as a Warrior but he’s found his calling as a sportscaster. Dude runs circles around that buffoon Charles Barkley and that ancient Sequoia of a tree named Bill Walton. And Ralph is Ralph… you either like him or hate him.
And Damon Bruce? I think he just likes listening to his own voice. Another wannabe Jim Rome.
Oh…and not to mention this: GO GIANTS!!!