And even when a woman is doing a really great job, you still hear things like: Oh, shes really good for a female. YESTERDAY (2/11), NANTZ returned to KNBR to explain what happened that MONDAY (2/1), telling MURPH and MAC that he was about to leave his PEBBLE BEACH house at 7a to head for SAN FRANCISCO for media day, and had scheduled MURPH and MAC for 8a, when his wife COURTNEY told him her water had just broken and she needed to get to the hospital. In the 1950s when NBC scrapped its radio comedy, drama, variety shows, and serials, the Los Angeles facility was sold and demolished, and KNBC/KNBR once again became the West Coast NBC network control center and West Coast NBC Radio news operation. Not everything has stayed the same in Mill Valley, he admits. Families, people getting ready for the day, parents driving kids to school, commuters stuck in traffic on the Bay Bridge, truck drivers who are on the road all the time looking for something to take their minds off the drive. KNBRs program director wont give actual listener numbers for the popular show but says theyre astonishingly high. In 2017 Radio Ink magazine named it one of the countrys top 10 best sports radio shows. The audience might revert once the masses start commuting again. . Laflin was the first female scout in the NBA, a new podcast on Westwood One The Weekly Pass. The morning shows include Murph and Mac (Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey)[25] Papa and Lund (Greg Papa and John Lund). And since current listeners may not be the same audience stations target during normal times, theres a hesitation to make significant lineup changes. I was interviewing Jordan Poole and found out that hes a cat guy. Theyre fascinating. In 1933, KPO was sold to NBC's parent company, the Radio Corporation of America. In fact Eddie DeBartolo was the first team owner to give rings to the cheerleaders. AllBiz . Then there are the ethereal reasons that I share with everyone who has fallen in love with southern Marin. Due to its time slot, the program is the quintessential example of the Sunday morning public affairs ghetto. KTCT (1050kHz) is licensed to San Mateo, California, with a transmitter located near Hayward, California. Most of these people are friends of mine and I thought instead of just chatting with them in a bar, why not get it recorded? Ive actually had contracts on the table for certain jobs and then the offer was rescinded because the boss wife didnt like it when they saw photos of me in a bikini or something. July should be pretty slow, too, but perhaps well see some big jumps in the numbers for August and September if we get live sports back. Weve heard you have some championship bling. Onward! KNBR carried programs from ESPN Radio and KTCT aired shows from both ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio until 2013 when both stations switched to the Cumulus-distributed CBS Sports Radio. A former sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Murph, a North Bay native, covered every Bay Area sports team during a 15-year writing career and brings an almost encyclopedic memory of sports knowledge, trivia and Bay Area sports history to the show. And this time we have the figures for spring as well. Day Three At The All Access Audio Summit 2023: Radio's Future, Social Media, And A Lot Of Talk, All Access Audio Summit 2023's In-The-Moment Presentation Is Wrapped Up And On-Demand Streaming Of All 18 Sessions Begins Tomorrow, Recap: Late Friday, Troy Hanson Confirmed Hes Exiting Cumulus VP/Programming-Rock Formats, VP/Operations & PD WKQX (Q101)/Chicago, Longtime Morning Anchor Lee Harris Exiting WINS/New York, KYSR (Alt 98.7)/Los Angeles Ups Christen Limon To Music Coordinator. KNBR evolved into a Middle of the road music format mixing in Adult Standards with Soft Rock cuts by the early 1960s. Cumulus sold its 1.59 percent stake in the Giants for $13 million in 2014. 107.7 HD2 @KNBR @KRON4GRadnich @sportslarryknbr @byronjr23pic.twitter.com/qis8mvZATH", "SUSQUEHANNA PFALTZGRAFF PLANS TO EXPLORE SALE OF SUSQUEHANNA MEDIA, PFALTZGRAFF SUBSIDIARIES", "Warriors jump from KNBR to 95.7 FM the Game: Why they did it, what this means, what's next for Tom Tolbert? I start with ESPN radio 4:50 a.m. to 4:55, NPR 4:55 to the top of the hour, Adam Copeland on KNBR until I get to work. His parents moved from Oaklandto Reed Street in Mill Valley in 1961. Im able to take advantage of the contacts Ive made over the years to get some great guests, including Chris Mullin, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Lenny Wilkens and others. With every media company either voluntarily taking a look at their diversity practices or being forced to do so in recent weeks, well see if the local sports talk stations make an effort on that front in the coming months. 131): Curry for MVP and Warriors title hopes with Ethan Sherwood Strauss. PODCAST. I like watching footage of the classic games in black and white. Also known as Paul C Mccaffary, Paul C Mc Caffery, Mccaffery Paul. His parents moved from Oakland to Reed Street in Mill Valley in 1961. Though currently employed by KNBR (680-AM) and NBC Sports Bay Area, Laflin, 43, has had an incredibly wide variety of gigs in sports and entertainment. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Santangelo's making a play at KNBR. Its funny now, but it wasnt at the time. Follow Steve on Twitter @BASportsGuy, infamous sandbox rant on KNBR 1050 that got Damon Bruce suspended, Dave Flemming told me a couple of weeks ago, Cumulus sold its 1.59 percent stake in the Giants for $13 million. CUMULUS MEDIA Sports KNBR-A/SAN FRANCISCO has re-signed morning duo BRIAN MURPHY and PAUL MCCAFFREY, co-hosts of "THE MURPH AND MAC SHOW." And hes got an amazing photographic memory. Paulie brings it all together in a sensible fashion on a weekly basis. Perhaps most notable among them was Kate Scott, who for several years was KNBRs sports anchor for Murph & Mac and Gary Radnichs show with Larry Krueger. Are the Mill Valley schools different now? Was that by design? Other members of the management team included Isabel Lemon (Promotions) and Jane Morrison and Gimmy Park Li (Community Affairs). Her signature was her sign off: This is Gimmy Park Li, your host. All games are also heard on sister station KSAN; some AM broadcasts may be moved to KTCT due to conflicts with Giants games. First time I've ever performed at this venue and I'm very excited get your tickets here. Dont expect many more hirings or firings soon. I dont think hes done yet. Stumbled on this last Saturday and listened in awe as Paulie and Tony moved seamlessly from Jimmy Page to Adam Ant to A-Ha to the California fires to Gabby Reece to Cubs v Nats to instant replay - all under 10 minutes. ", MURPHY said, "We're super happy to keep doing what we love -- spending every morning talking BAY AREA sports and having a couple of laughs with our family in the studio and our family of listeners, hopefully starting everyone's day right, including our own. Paulie Mac, Creative Tony & Shannon Koehler of the Stone Foxes look ahead to the NorCal playoff showdown between the Warriors and Kings, and also search for the solution to the Giants' early-season woesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Your resume is packed with a wide range of experiences. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group. Plus Mill Valley is safe and secure. Murphy commutes to his 6-to-10-a.m. Murph & Mac radio show five days a week, so proximity to San Francisco is another plus. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. On his morning sports talk show on KNBR that he co-hosts, Murphy charms his audience with deep knowledge and sly wit. 4/7: Giants Home Opener, We Are The World, Milli Vanilli, James Brown & More! sports. She also just launched a new podcast on Westwood One The Weekly Pass featuring interviews with sports superstars. As much as I love being part of Murph & Mac, I dont really get involved in the interviews that much. So we arent ruling that out.. It feeds your soul. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. But you can say that about everywhere in the Bay Area. Yep, Ive got five rings, including one from the 49ers (1995). The show will. But it also can be a hindrance, cant it? Plus, Salt N Pepa, Steely Dan, The Who, STP, and more! During the 1990s, the program typically began and ended with the phrase This is Gimmy Park Li, your host. 4/14: Preparing for Dubs-Kings in Round 1, plus the Giants' early-season struggles. KTCT was available in the HD format on 1050kHz but has been broadcasting in analog. We were smaller [as a community], there were fewer kids. Now he finds a significant increase in parental involvement. Also, the biggest deal now is money. KNBR recently went through a major makeover (Gary Radnich and Bob Fitzgerald left and Greg Papa arrived). The Sports Leader is the on-air branding used by all three stations. Garys a legend, and so is Pop. 680 AM / 104.5 FM A Cumulus Media station. The show celebrates 10 years entertaining BAY AREA sports fans this year, and shifts from its current. From there, NBC operated its West Coast network, feeding dozens of stations and operating a news bureau to serve NBC. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Dear Abby: Am I overreacting to my European daughter-in-law's behavior? Enjoy a "jock-cast" full of sports and music. So hes been without them for a while. From when she started in September 2018 through her last day at the station, it seemed as if KNBR never knew what to do with Laflin. /SAN FRANCISCO has re-signed morning duo BRIAN MURPHY and PAUL, AND MAC SHOW." They have the power. KNBR Tonight. But not much changed including the shows name and KNBR let Laflin go last week. They own it. It was during the height of the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry, so my dad wasnt too happy with me. Try a week on us. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. Initially, the understanding was that local TV and radio broadcasters would call all games, home and away, from their home broadcast booths. First, the June figures (again, men ages 25-54). They may have been associated with this organization before or after this year as well. Its a players league. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c0bab3d9bc75af9 [1], In June 2018, KNBR began broadcasting in HD Radio on KSAN's HD2 channel.[18]. And I dont appreciate that Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis sit games out while they wait to get to another team. [27], On KTCT, weekday programming consists of the following blocks when not preempted by sports events. A correction to an item from last month, when I wrote that KNBR still maintained a small ownership percentage of the Giants. Originating as part of the station's statutory requirement of public affairs programming, the station now airs an hour-long interview show Saturday mornings at 5 am. Who listens now? #KNBR on FM. 3/30: "The Rodfather" Rod Brooks joins the Jockcast! Total dominance: Steph Curry breaks NBA Game 7 record, leads Warriors over Kings, Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week, Vote now: Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week. But theyve never had a woman host full time. And, most endearing to local folks, he talks about growing up in Marin. But Dave Flemming told me a couple of weeks ago that MLB had notified broadcasters of a change in plans by saying that radio broadcasters would likely travel during the upcoming season. Nice work, guys. Second, this allows more Murph & Mac airtime for Adam Copeland, who already hosts The Leadoff Spot on weekday mornings from 5 to 6 a.m. [22], The station has long been a home for arena and indoor football. Bill Dwyer became GM in the mid 1970s and brought Allan Hotlen as Program Director in the mid 1970s and was followed in that job by Ron Reynolds. The stations' studios are located at 750 Battery Street in San Francisco's Financial District.[1]. Murph & Mac; Papa & Lund; Tolbert & Copes; KNBR Tonight with F.P. It was interesting that the first local sports talk radio personnel move since the pandemic took place on KNBRs morning show, because Murph & Mac held a decisive advantage over 95.7s morning offering (Joe, Lo & Dibs) for months. Last year, she launched a new podcast on Westwood One The Weekly Pass featuring interviews with sports superstars. I dont know why. Now, hes coming to a new city and a new team and needs some company I found two cats that weve already paired him up with, He was so excited. The station continued to be a news-intensive format with personalities in the foreground and music in the background. (The) Giants allowed us input in that decision and didnt force us either way, which was nice. Related To Theresa Mccaffery, Meghan Mccaffery, Ashley Mccaffery, Sean Mccaffery, Terry Mccaffery. Also, big changes cost money. The partnership with KNBR lasted 40 years, including 32 consecutive years. Its not just the overwhelming natural beauty, but how that beauty is incorporated into your life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This change lasted until fifteen years later, when the network decided to move the KNBC identity to its television station in Los Angeles. By the mid-1970s, KNBR evolved musically into a straight-ahead adult contemporary music format and continued as such into the 1980s. On his morning sports talk show on KNBR that he co-hosts, Murphy charms his audience with deep knowledge and sly wit. KNBR, owned by Cumulus Media, Inc., is the broadcast home of the World. 4/28: Dubs Championship DNA & Red Devil Records' Barry Lazarus! For example, if a female mispronounces a players last name on the radio or TV, people will crucify her when guys do it all the time. Before getting their first dose of coffee in the morning, KNBR listeners get their first dose of sports from Brian Murphy, Paul McCaffrey, Bonnie-Jill Laflin and Adam Copeland every weekday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.. "Murph and Mac" have been entertaining sports fans in the Bay area since 2006. But even that we decided each would have to drive separately, get to ballpark separately, we couldnt help Darren with equipment just not very practical. Practically, its a no-brainer. By Paul McCaffrey Verified | RealClear Markets. Thank you for spending your time with us. CUMULUS MEDIA Sports KNBR-A /SAN FRANCISCO has re-signed morning duo BRIAN MURPHY and PAUL MCCAFFREY, co-hosts of "THE MURPH AND MAC SHOW." The show celebrates 10 years entertaining BAY AREA sports fans this year, and shifts from its current 5-9a slot to 6-10a.. OM LEE HAMMER said, "I'm thrilled to be able to announce that MURPH AND MAC will continue their morning show on KNBR 680. The most she spoke near the end of her tenure was when shed list a few of the days sports headlines or do an ad read after Murphy threw it to traffic before a commercial break. This made the primary EBS station move to KCBS. Paulie Mac & Creative Tony welcome back one of their favorite peeps in the industry, NBC Sports Bay Area's 49ers & Giants Studio host (and former KNBR host), Rod Brooks. Thats not a good look for the NBA. And I love interviewing the older guys. During the rise of Hollywood, NBC's West Coast operation was moved to Los Angeles. KNBR (680 kHz) is a San Francisco, California AM radio station, broadcasting on a clear channel from transmitting facilities in Redwood City, California. Born in San Francisco and raised in Concord and Clayton, Laflin joined KNBR in September of 2018, adding a female voice to the all-male cast of KNBRs Murph & Mac show (Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey). Hey Pauly- I happen to be cycling through KNBR podcasts and found yours. Shout out to the other two guys, too. And travel without the teams infrastructure just feels too exposed. Locked On 49ers - Daily Podcast On The San Francisco 49ers, Protect Your Assets / Cumulus Media San Francisco. First, her contract was up in just two months. He's still in mourning over the cancellation of "Freaks and Geeks. KNBR and morning-show personality Bonnie-Jill Laflin have parted ways, ending what turned out to be short stay at the sports-talk station. There are practical and ethereal reasons, he says. 3/24: Motorhead, The WBC, Keep Kapler Weird, Dubs Home Stretch. People laugh and think, well thats nothing youd want to talk about.