KNBR Podcast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Typically really good, bay area focused, sports content. I enjoy the interviews and being able to get nice bite sized sports radio when I need it. It’s classic AM sports in a modern format.

Their biggest downfall is the amount of ads. I don’t mind some but they are obnoxious, often just cutting ads in the middle of a sentence. 3-4 ad breaks for an 8 min podcast is absurd. Just leave a short one at the beginning and end and I’ll listen. Now, half the battle is avoiding the avalanche of ad breaks every interview.

Great interviews and host. But the volume of the ads ruin the listening experience. They pop up mid-sentence at a high volume. Drop the volume of the ads and this is an easy 5-star rating

Been a long time listener, and love the content, staff, and insight. I’ve also had the pleasure of meeting many of the on-air personalities over the years.

My biggest complaint are the commercials. Not that they exist, I understand ad revenue, but the timing and volume. They come out of nowhere, and are seemingly on level 11/10. Some of the audio in the interviews is softer and quiet, requiring listeners to to turn the volume way up.

Then, out of nowhere, some extra loud voice starts talking about a sponsor. Not only is this frustrating to have the shock factor of someone yelling in my ears, it’s also dangerous for those driving. I have been startled multiple times while listening to this pod and driving due to the extra loud commercial interrupting an interview that was on higher-than-normal volume.

Been a long time listener, and love the content, staff, and insight. I've also had the pleasure of meeting many of the on-air personalities over the years.
My biggest complaint are the commercials. Not that they exist, I understand ad revenue, but the timing and volume. They come out of nowhere, and are seemingly on level 11/10. Some of the audio in the interviews is softer and quiet, requiring listeners to to turn the volume way up.
Then, out of nowhere, some extra loud voice starts talking about a sponsor.
Not only is this frustrating to have the shock factor of someone yelling in my ears, it's also dangerous for those driving. I have been startled multiple times while listening to this pod and driving due to the extra loud commercial interrupting an interview that was on higher-than-normal volume.
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MURPH & MARKUS
10-11 Greg Papa joined Murph

I’ve streamed KNBR from the website as I no longer live in the area, but the number of ads is ridiculous, so I’ve gone exclusively to podcast replay segments on the various shows. They will literally broadcast a full slate of commercials, updates and whatnot, then the hosts will talk about upcoming guests or something for a couple minutes, then another five minutes of ads. Also, if the feed drops, even if for only a couple seconds you get the same Tim Ryan (or whomever when it changes out after weeks) 60 seconds promo before the feed comes back on. It’s too much and an insult to our collective patience, so I don’t bother any more and advise every “ex-pat” I know to skip the station live altogether, as well.

I like the content but the timing of commercials is ridiculous. Suddenly an interview will be interrupted by a commercial and at a higher volume. KNBR continues to be tone deaf to its listeners. No wonder it’s losing fans.