And I love interviewing the older guys. 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. I was really wanting to come back home. Behind the scenes of The Murph & Mac Show | KNBR PODCAST. In 1979, KNBR was awarded the Billboard Magazine Adult Contemporary Station of The Year under GM Bill Dwyer. He was covering golf for the Chronicle in the Tiger Woods era and writing feature stories when KNBR came calling. "[8] However, with the network control having been moved to Los Angeles, the San Francisco NBC building was never fully utilized. 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? And travel without the teams infrastructure just feels too exposed. 133): Sal Castaneda on career, media and Bay Area sports. In 1925, the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper bought half-interest in the operation. Earlier this year, KCBS let go of longtime sports anchors/reporters Joe Salvatore and Bruce Macgowan. Hustle's a big part of the game", "AUDIO: Kate Scott's final 12 minutes on KNBR 680", https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-francisco-chronicle/20110220/299981992013067, "Where Do They Go From Here? When Ron Reynolds moved to NBC's San Francisco FM outlet (KYUU became the FM call letters then), Scott Burton came to KNBR as Program Director. Or, hey, just put me in glasses and a turtleneck. So hes been without them for a while. Its funny now, but it wasnt at the time. 4/14: Preparing for Dubs-Kings in Round 1, plus the Giants' early-season struggles. Its go big or go home. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. It was apparent, also, that during her run at KNBR, Laflin struggled to gain traction on the stations overcrowded morning show, which featured additional contributions from Adam Copeland. Before getting their first dose of coffee in the morning, KNBR listeners get their first dose of sports from the duo of Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey every weekday from 6 am to 10 am. I was a Hooters girl. [21] Marty Lurie continues to host the Giants pre-game show on weekends. Brian Murphy And Paul McCaffrey Get A New Deal From KNBR-A/San Francisco Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey get your day started each weekday morning, 5:00am to 9:00am (Pacific) on KNBR 680, THE Sports Leader, broadcasting from San Francisco, California. Welcome to AllAccess.com, the web's largest radio and music industry community. 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." Ask Amy: I put a security camera in my room, and what I saw was creepy, The dad whose wife and child were among 5 killed by a neighbor in Texas describes how the massacre unfolded, Ask Amy: My fiancee's family says I'm not invited, and she's going without me, 'Total dominance': Steph Curry breaks NBA Game 7 record, leads Warriors over Kings, Dear Abby: The reason her fiance hid his phone was something she never guessed, Mortgage fees to rise for buyers with high credit scores, fall for those with lower scores, Kurtenbach: Steph Curry built the Warriors dynasty. Last year, she launched a new podcast on Westwood One The Weekly Pass featuring interviews with sports superstars. [1], In June 2018, KNBR began broadcasting in HD Radio on KSAN's HD2 channel.[18]. The ratings tell us this; while listeners of all ages and genders are included in the figures Nielsen makes available to the general public, the numbers that stations like KNBR and 95.7 The Game care about (and this goes for sports talk stations in other markets as well) are among men ages 25-54. paul mccaffrey (@paulmccaffreys) / Twitter First, the June figures (again, men ages 25-54). What youre take on that? In the 2009 season, former Giants baseball and world-class tennis announcer Ted Robinson took over for Starkey as the play-by-play announcer. Try a week on us. And what radio station is interested in making a big-splash move now? Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group. 10 years in with an awesome partner like PAULIE MAC and it's the most fun job a guy could ask for. Thats a cultural question, he says. NBC had asked the FCC to restore the KPO call letters to the San Francisco radio station[14] but later withdrew that request[15] and 680 AM was renamed KNBR on November 11, 1962.[16]. more Murph & Mac Podcast Cumulus Media San Francisco Sports 4 FEB 2023 2-4 Fanfest Hour 2-Gabe Kapler, Michael Conforto & Mike Yastrzemski 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship, "Former radio intern gets a once-in-a-Bleu-moon break", "HD Radio station guide for San Francisco, CA", "Call Letters of KPO Are Changed to KNBC", "San Francisco Call 6 January 1912 California Digital Newspaper Collection", "National Register #86003492: Hale Brothers Department Store in San Francisco, California", "My memories of working for the Natiional Broadcasting Company, in San Francisco, 1942 - 1964", "Exclusive: Nextdoor leases new headquarters in San Francisco", "The Mystery of the Dixon Voice of America Relay Station", "Call letters of KPO are changed to KNBC", "KPO changeover to KNBC celebrated by Pacific and stateside NBC pickups", "NBC withdraws plea for new call letters", "FINALLY!! Weekend programs include Mortgage Makeover and various CBS Sports and NBC Sports Radio programming. 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. 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." Paul McCaffrey was associated with Knbr 68 in 2012. 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. [10], On November 23, 1947, NBC changed KPO's call sign to KNBC,[11][12][13] to strengthen its identity as an NBC station (and the only radio station NBC ever owned on the West Coast). 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. 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. Bronson and Tom Brown became part of the on-air personality staff during the mid 1970s. KNBR (@knbr) Instagram photos and videos Dear Abby: I have a great life, so why have I fallen into this shameful behavior? The show celebrates 10 years entertaining BAY AREA sports fans this year, and shifts from its current 5-9a slot to 6-10a. KNBR is a former primary station of the Bay Area's Emergency Broadcast System. Some Top Bay Area 2019 Media Salaries (Revised) - Blogger Her occupational medley even includes an impressive breakthrough: Laflin was the first female scout in the NBA, a position she held as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers organization. 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. Everyone should be so lucky. So we arent ruling that out.. The show celebrates 10 years entertaining BAY AREA sports fans this year, and shifts from its current. But not much changed including the shows name and KNBR let Laflin go last week. Paul McCaffrey - Knbr 68, San Francisco Ive known Gary for years and hes always been in my corner and a great supporter. Paulie brings it all together in a sensible fashion on a weekly basis. I was news editor of the Tam News my senior year, in 1985, under Dick Fregulia, renowned local jazz pianist my first journalism gig. From there, he wrote sports for the Mill Valley Record in the spring of 1985, his first sports bylines, typed up on his dads old 1949 typewriter and slid under the door of the Record office on Miller Avenue. Onward!". 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. . All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! 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. The partnership with KNBR lasted 40 years, including 32 consecutive years. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. When they went to visit, they agreed, This is it. I owe it all to that conversation.. We are allowed to travel, but on our own entirely. Scott Reiss is the voice of the Panthers.[23]. Enjoy a "jock-cast" full of sports and music. KNBR and KTCT are owned by Cumulus Media Partners, LLC,[19] a private partnership of Cumulus Media, Bain Capital, The Blackstone Group, and Thomas H. Lee Partners. It was during the height of the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry, so my dad wasnt too happy with me. KNBR began broadcasting on April17, 1922; 101 years ago(1922-04-17). The New Programming", Official Extreme Scene Sports Radio Website, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Tony Bennett song), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KNBR_(AM)&oldid=1151609561, Sports radio stations in the United States, Radio stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Radio stations licensed before 1923 and still broadcasting, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 April 2023, at 02:53. Your resume is packed with a wide range of experiences. This week we're just gonna give you Paulie & Creative Tony's topic tree: Lemme & MotorheadWBCPitch Clock compromise?Small BallPaul Stanley's TwitterBonds facing Gagne vs Ohtani facing TroutGiants expectationsKeep Kapler WeirdDeep FakesDubs down the stretchPotluck DinnersAnd Song DedicationsEnjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.