List of San Francisco 49ers broadcasters

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The 49ers' flagship radio stations are Cumulus Media's KSAN 107.7 FM ("The Bone") in San Jose, while KNBR/FM 680 AM/104.5 FM, and KTCT 1050 AM serve as the San Francisco/Oakland flagships. KSAN airs all 49ers games on FM. On AM, they are simulcasted on KTCT when the San Francisco Giants are playing, and on KNBR when the Giants are not playing. Joe Starkey, best known as the voice of the University of California and The Play, was previously the color commentator on the broadcasts next to legendary announcer Lon Simmons in 1987 and 1988 and took over as lead commentator in 1989. Lon Simmons and Gordy Soltau did the broadcasts on KSFO in the 1949s and 1960s. For a brief period in the late 1970s and early 1980s Don Klein, "the voice of Stanford", did the 49ers' games. Starkey first teamed with former Detroit Lions' and KPIX Sports Director, Wayne Walker and then former 49ers' linebacker Gary Plummer formed the broadcast team from 1998 to 2008, with Starkey retiring after the 2008 season. Ted Robinson replaced Starkey and teamed up with Plummer for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Plummer was relieved of his color commentating duties for the 2011 season and replaced by former teammate Eric Davis. [1] Tim Ryan replaced Davis in 2014. [2] Greg Papa, the longtime voice of the then-Bay Area rival Oakland Raiders, replaced Robinson on play-by-play in 2019. [3]

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Pre-season games not shown on national television are shown on CBS owned-and-operated station KPIX-TV (channel 5) and in surrounding areas via the “KPIX Sports Network”, along with some Sunday Afternoon games and Netflix’s Christmas Game or NFL Network exclusives if the 49ers play. during the regular season. Most regular season games on Sunday afternoons and Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football games featuring the 49ers are televised on Fox owned-and-operated station KTVU (channel 2). KGO-TV (channel 7) owned-and-operated station of ABC airs "Monday Night Football" telecasts (including games only on ESPN or ESPN+.) NBC owned-and-operated station KNTV (channel 11) airs Sunday Night Football broadcasts and games featuring the 49ers streaming exclusively on Peacock or YouTube.

Radio announcers

Source: San Francisco 49ers Football on the Radio (1946–2008) – Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame.

YearFlagship stationPlay-by-playColor commentator
2020 KNBR, KSAN, KGO [4] Greg Papa Tim Ryan
2019 Greg Papa [3] Tim Ryan
2018 Ted Robinson [3] Tim Ryan
2017 Ted RobinsonTim Ryan
2016 Ted RobinsonTim Ryan
2015 Ted RobinsonTim Ryan, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2014 Ted RobinsonTim Ryan, [2] Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2013 Ted Robinson Eric Davis, [2] Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2012 Ted RobinsonEric Davis, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2011 KNBR, KSAN [5] Ted RobinsonEric Davis, [1] Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2010 Ted Robinson Gary Plummer, [1] Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2009 Ted Robinson [6] Gary Plummer, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2008 Joe Starkey [7] Gary Plummer, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2007 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2006 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rod Brooks (sideline reporter)
2005 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, John Shrader (sideline reporter)
2004 KGOJoe StarkeyGary Plummer
2003 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer
2002 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer
2001 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter) [8]
2000 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1999 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1998 Joe StarkeyGary Plummer, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1997 Joe Starkey Wayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1996 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1995 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1994 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1993 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1992 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker, Rich Walcoff (home sideline reporter)
1991 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker
1990 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker
1989 Joe StarkeyWayne Walker
1988 Lon Simmons (games 1–5, 8–16), Joe Starkey (games 6–7)Wayne Walker, Joe Starkey (sideline reporter, games 1–5, 8–16)
1987 Lon SimmonsWayne Walker, Joe Starkey (sideline reporter)
1986 KCBS Don Klein Don Heinrich
1985 Don KleinDon Heinrich
1984 Don KleinDon Heinrich, Ted Robinson (sideline reporter)
1983 Don KleinDon Heinrich, Ted Robinson (sideline reporter)
1982 Don KleinDon Heinrich
1981 Don KleinWayne Walker
1980 KSFO Lon SimmonsWayne Walker
1979 Lon SimmonsWayne Walker
1978 Lon Simmons Gene Nelson
1977 Lon Simmons
1976 Lon Simmons Gordy Soltau
1975 Lon SimmonsGordy Soltau
1974 Lon SimmonsGordy Soltau
1973 Lon SimmonsGordy Soltau
1972 Lon Simmons Hugh McElhenny
1971 Lon SimmonsHugh McElhenny
1970 Lon SimmonsHugh McElhenny
1969 Lon Simmons Russ Hodges, Hugh McElhenny
1968 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges, Hugh McElhenny
1967 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges, Hugh McElhenny
1966 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges, Hugh McElhenny
1965 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges, Jim Lange
1964 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges
1963 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges
1962 Lon SimmonsRuss Hodges
1961 Lon SimmonsGordy Soltau
1960 Lon Simmons, Bob Fouts
1959 Bob FoutsLon Simmons
1958 Bob FoutsLon Simmons
1957 Bob FoutsLon Simmons
1956 KFRC Roy Storey
1955 Roy Storey, Bob Fouts
1954 Fred Hessler Frankie Albert
1953 KYA Bud Foster Roy Storey (studio host)
1952 Bud FosterBob Fouts
1951 Bud FosterBob Fouts
1950 KSAN Rod Hughes Tommy Greenough, Jack Drees
1949 KSAN, KSBR Bud Foster Gerry Conlee
1948 KYABud FosterGerry Conlee, Bob Fouts (studio host)
1947 Bud FosterBob Fouts
1946 Bud FosterBob Fouts

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Source: [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sports digest: Eric Davis replacing former teammate Gary Plummer as 49ers radio analyst". The Mercury News. Associated Press. April 4, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tim Ryan Named 49ers Color Analyst". 49ers.com. January 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Inman, Cam (January 2, 2019). "49ers call audible, change play-by-play voice to local legend". The Mercury News.
  4. ↑ "49ers Sign 12-Year Extension with Cumulus," San Francisco 49ers, Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2020
  5. ↑ Farooq, Sajid. "49ers Catch a Radio Extension," NBC Bay Area, Monday, July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2020
  6. ↑ Brown, Daniel. "Ted Robinson named new voice of 49ers," Monterey (CA) Herald, Tuesday, January 6, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2020
  7. ↑ "Starkey to Retire from 49ers," San Francisco 49ers, Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2020
  8. ↑ Kroner, Steve. "KGO relegates Walcoff to postgame show," SFGate.com, Friday, December 14, 2001. Retrieved September 24, 2020
  9. ↑ "Television & Radio Partners". 49ers.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  10. ↑ "49ers Announce Multi-Year Broadcast Partnership with Sactown Sports 1140AM". www.49ers.com. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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