OK, we've gone down this road before, but the incessant wail of the so-called "sports leader" begs us to remind the masses that that self-anointed "50K-watt 'flamethrower", KNBR, continues to ignore the Oakland/Eastbay market.
How shocking. Of course this has been going on for years, but bears repeating.
KNBR, however irrelevant its become, pays little attention to the A's and the Raiders. Common sense dictates that if you're going to bill yourself as the "sports leader", that you'd assign a reporter to both beats or at the very least, make time to offer up a few weekly hours on each team.
WFAN in NY is the Mets flagship station, but it covers the Yankees and ditto WABC, for the Yanks, who don't ignore the Mets legions.
KNBR suits and their alleged on-air tonsils will argue that the Giants and 49ers are the only teams in the universe, Warriors too.
Every now and then Billy Beane will get twenty minutes with Barbieri and Tolbert, but the rest of the schedule is all-Giants/Niners and Warriors, to a lesser extent.
Bad News? Its the same-old tired formula from the Cumulus crumbs.
Good News? KNBR is devoid of any real cred and the only reason why it has any relevance left is to fill air time with inane morning shows, mid-day schlock fests with hired Rudy and the angry LSU alum, and real-estate seminars on the weekends.
Have a nice day.
