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usonian

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4. I didn't care for the show, either.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 1, 2023, 10:23 AM

Dec 2023

I don't know what demographic they appealed to, but Bruce Springsteen seemed to come up daily, or so it seems.

They apparently got ratings, and the prime on-air interviews.

I just hate to see someone abruptly lose their job for the nickels. It can't be for performance, because I could never tell the two apart.

The best combo had to be The Razor (Ralph Barbieri) and Mr. T (Tom Tolbert) ... I kept visualizing the OTHER Mister T. ... and the worst, Rick and Rod (Rick Barry and Rod Brooks). Rick was right every time, of course, and poor Rod couldn't get a word in, it seems.

But the spectacular blunder was losing the Warriors games to that little FM station. Just when ....

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The axe swings at bay area sports station KNBR. [View all] usonian Nov 2023 OP

Reminds me of the ESPN bloodletting, but at a local level. NCIndie Nov 2023 #1

Ralph was the only sports talk I could ever listen to leftieNanner Nov 2023 #2

I did not care for the morning show, but I imagine other people liked it RockRaven Nov 2023 #3

I didn't care for the show, either. usonian Dec 2023 #4