
10 - Rod Brooks
Rod Brooks joins KNBR Off Air for a trip through nearly 30 years of Bay Area sports history. From arriving in the Bay Area as a 25-year-old radio host with a U-Haul and a dream, to becoming one of the most recognizable v

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Hosted by KNBR | CMLS San Francisco · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 9 episodes
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Go behind the mic with KNBR’s digital team—Michael Connell, Austin Scott, and Jack Loder—as they reveal insider perspectives from the Bay Area sports media world. Each episode delivers candid conversations with the personalities, producers, and storytellers shaping the region’s sports culture, offering fans a rare look at how Bay Area sports stories truly get made.
KNBR | CMLS San Francisco hosts KNBR Off Air, a news show with 9 episodes published.

Rod Brooks joins KNBR Off Air for a trip through nearly 30 years of Bay Area sports history. From arriving in the Bay Area as a 25-year-old radio host with a U-Haul and a dream, to becoming one of the most recognizable v

Episode 9 features Dieter Kurtenbach, The Archduke of Takes (San Jose Mercury News columnist, KNBR fill-in host, and co-host of the Dieter & Hutch Podcast) for an unfiltered conversation on Bay Area sports, sports media,

KNBR Program Director Mike Hohler joins the show! He brings a trio of fine brews for Austin to try and auditions Loder for an on-air job. We also cover some of Hohler's classic calls doing San Jose Giants play-by-play an

The legendary Larry Krueger joins the show and takes us through his career, covering the Niners as a successful independent podcaster, what makes good radio, & what's that look like today, remembering the Coors Party Bal


Dirty Work's Derek Papa joins the show to reveal why he stopped being a "homer" after the 2016 NBA Finals. We debate the Warriors' "Two Timelines" failure, the 2022 ring vindication, and why 49ers fans need to stop hatin

One half of Murph & Markus, Markus Boucher joins the boys to talk about watching Giants games from the press box vs. the bleachers, his high‑school matchups on the diamond and the gridiron against Bay Area stars like Joc

KNBR host, 49ers play-by-play announcer and Bay Area legend Greg Papa opens up about his ongoing battle with leukemia, his time away from the booth, and of course plenty of stories from his incredible football life. The

KNBR host Adam Copeland talks breaking into radio, building shows with Murph & Mac, co‑hosting with Tom Tolbert, and crafting Dirty Work with Derek Papa. He reflects on the emotional Tolbert farewell show, his whirlwind

KNBR legend Brian Murphy joins Off Air to talk KNBR history, iconic PDs, Murph & Mac origins, the 2010–14 Giants dynasty, and how sports radio adapts in the modern era. Packed with stories about Paulie Mac, Radnich, Ralp
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KNBR Off Air is hosted by KNBR | CMLS San Francisco. The show is categorised under news (sports) and has published 9 episodes.
KNBR Off Air has published 9 episodes.
KNBR Off Air regularly covers news, sports. It sits in the news category, with a sports focus.
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