The cuts at Cumulus Media have arrived in the Bay Area as the company has cut ties with a pair of longtime hosts at Sports 680 KNBR/104.5 KNBR-FM San Francisco.
Former NBA forward Tom Tolbert exits afternoons at KNBR after 28 years with the station. Tolbert joined KNBR in 1996 following a seven year professional basketball career with the Charlotte Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls and Canarias in Spain. He was originally teamed with Ralph Barbieri for “The Razor and Mr. T” until 2012. After hosting solo for a couple years, Tolbert then teamed at various times with Ray Ratto, John Lund, Larry Kreuger and Rod Brooks and most recently Adam Copeland. He also served as an analyst for Warrior’s games on KNBR and Audacy’s “95.7 The Game” KGMZ and earlier in his career broadcast NBA games for NBC and ABC/ESPN.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Tolbert will host a final show on Thursday, November 14.
Barrett Sports also reports that midday co-host John Lund has exited. Lund joined KNBR in 2016 from crosstown KGMZ to co-host afternoons with Tolbert then moved to middays in 2019 to reunite with Greg Papa, who he previously co-hosted afternoons with at KGMZ. Lund has also hosted shows at KXTG Portland, KESN Dallas, WXYT Detroit, WEAE Pittsburgh and KZNS Salt Lake City while hosting pre- and post-game shows on networks for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, Utah Jazz and Portland Trailblazers.
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