Overview
- On Wednesday, Aug. 5, KNBR told staff it had let go of longtime host Greg Papa and co-host Greg Silver and installed John Lund to host a new 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. program called "Fair and Biased with John Lund."
- Greg Papa recently underwent a successful bone marrow transplant after a leukemia diagnosis, spent 78 days in the hospital with lung failure, is now home and cancer-free but uses supplemental oxygen and has an uncertain ability to return to play-by-play duty for the San Francisco 49ers.
- KNBR delivered the change internally and made no on-air announcement; program director Mike Hohler and the station did not provide public comment and several key figures did not respond to requests for comment.
- Greg Silver said he was surprised by the decision and has already lined up a new role hosting a 30-minute Cal postgame show on NBC Sports Bay Area.
- The shake-up comes as Cumulus Media pursues a bankruptcy reorganization that moved ownership toward its lenders while awaiting FCC approval and has cut staff across its network, a pressure that could drive more programming shifts and questions about where hosts will work.