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Bummer: Tony Bruno Off KNBR/1050

BossRadioDJ

BossRadioDJ

Sporting News Radio has parted ways with Tony Bruno, which means that Bay Area radio has lost one of its better morning shows -- albeit one that was heard locally via syndication on a second-tier sports station.

Bruno's show was heard on KNBR/1050 (and Sirius Sports 123) and was simply a fun, entertaining, smart show, whether you're into sports or not. I'm one of many who believe that Bruno's daily 10 AM segment with Gary Radnich on mothership KNBR/680 was the best half-hour on radio, day in and day out, bar none.

Sporting News Radio and Bruno had been involved in negotiations for a contract extension, but could not reach an agreement. Bruno will remain with the company -- "working with management on other initiatives," according to AllAccess.com -- while remaining under contract for two more months.

Quick aside to Tony Salvadore and Lee Hammer: how tough would it be to set Bruno up with an ISDN line in his home studio in Venice Beach, and pay him (and ace sidekick Mark Willard, a Bay Area product) to do the KNBR/680 morning show by wire? Heck, you can even handle his national syndication, and it would pay for the investment. Not to mention that it would be a significant upgrade over the seat warmers you're currently paying.

Bruno was always smart enough to include enough Bay Area references to keep his show's feeling "local," and he has a sizeable, dedicated and loyal audience here.

Lee Hammer should say yes.
 
Lee Hammer will probably say no sadly. But I agree with everything you say. Bruno on 680 would be great. Murph and Mac are just brutal to be honest.

What is 1050 going to put on now? Last time Bruno was off air, they simulcasted Murph and Mac...
 
BUMMER...Radnich is still on the air. He is an embarrassment to major market radio (yeh! No! No!...Do you know what I mean?! No..Yeh...No) Tony Bruno would be a suitable replacement. If not, Murph & Mac could leave. It's a shame when a morning show on a medium market station, outshines AM drive in Top 5 market S.F. Murph @ Mac are fakes and struggle to sound hip and contemporary. O.K. guys, we get it...you dig "The Godfather". Enough already! The Rise Guys on KHTK Sacramento are the real deal (even though F.P. takes himself a little too seriously and has lost a lot of credibility of late). They are all the things Murph and Mac try to be. Listen to them on 1140 sometime and see if you agree. (They can go overboard on the Kings however). Never the less, RADNICH STINKS! He needs to stay with his 4 minute sports segment @ night.
 
Gary Radnich just announced (at 10:40 a.m. on Monday morning) that Tony Bruno will return on Tuesday morning for the Bruno-Radnich segment at 10 a.m.

It may be only a one-off thing, but he'll be there.
 
10:03 a.m., I check in and no mention of Bruno. What happened?
 
Word Life said:
10:03 a.m., I check in and no mention of Bruno. What happened?
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After building it up all morning long, Bruno was a no-show at the appointed hour on Monday.

Gary Radnich made a quick statement along the lines of "no false advertising, but it fell through."

And they moved on and never mentioned it again. Today (Tuesday): not a single word.

DJ
 
Re: Bruno In Surprise Visit To Radnich Show

UPDATE (Feb. 27) -- I was planning to stop by KNBR World Headquarters this morning with the great LenHockey to visit Gary Radnich, and got the added bonus of a surprise visit by Tony Bruno during the ten o'clock hour.

Len and I were invited into the studio with Gary and Tony (on the personal invitation of Lee Hammer, who amazingly said "yes") and even got to say a few words on the air.

The place was buzzing -- from Special K at the front desk, Thin Tim, Patrick Connor, the great Dan Dibley, Mike Hohler, the really great Ray Woodson, Lee Hammer and KNBR major domo Tony Salvadore, everybody had a little extra bounce during the surprise Bruno segment.

If you missed it, download it at:

http://www.knbr.com/garyRadnich/

The upshot is that Bruno is in town for a few days, and could be a special guest during the ten o'clock hour on Thursday and Friday as well.

DJ
 
stations should not flip on air people that much...they think they are going to change staff and get bigger ratings and don't realize people look at broadcasters as reliable "friends."
 
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