The 49ers' flagship radio stations are

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's KSAN 107.7 FM ("The Bone") in San Jose, while

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/ FM 680 AM/104.5 FM, and

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1050 AM serve as the

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flagships. KSAN airs all 49ers games on FM. On AM, they are simulcasted on KTCT when the

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are playing, and on KNBR when the Giants are not playing.

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, best known as the voice of the

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and The Play, was previously the color commentator on the broadcasts next to legendary announcer

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in 1987 and 1988 and took over as lead commentator in 1989.

and

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did the broadcasts on

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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

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' and

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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.

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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. Tim Ryan replaced Davis in 2014. Greg Papa, the longtime voice of the then-Bay Area rival

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, replaced Robinson on play-by-play in 2019. Pre-season games not shown on national television are shown on

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owned-and-operated station

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(channel 5) and in surrounding areas via the “KPIX Sports Network”, along with select Sunday telecasts on CBS during the regular season. When playing in the regular season, those games can be televised on

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owned-and-operated station

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(channel 2).

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(channel 7) owned-and-operated station of

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airs select "

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" telecasts.

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owned-and-operated station

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(channel 11) airs '' Sunday Night Football'' broadcasts.

Radio announcers

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

Radio network

Source:

California

Hawaii

Nevada

Oregon

References

{{Lists of National Football League broadcasters San Francisco 49ers Broadcasters

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