Ted Robinson announced on Twitter today that he will not be a part of San Francisco 49ers radio broadcasts next season.
Robinson, who also broadcasts events on the Pac-12 Network, NBC Olympics Channel, and the Tennis Channel, will remain with the 49ers in a new role.
Taking Robinson’s place in the booth on Sunday’s will be the former radio voice of the Oakland Raiders, Greg Papa. Papa was unexpectedly replaced by Brent Musberger, before the 2018 season. He’ll now work with Tim Ryan calling games for the Raiders’ cross town rival and soon to be the Bay Area’s lone NFL franchise. By accepting the 49ers radio job, Papa becomes the first broadcaster to regularly call games for five of the Bay Area’s major sports teams.
“For the last 10 years, the 49ers Faithful have listened to one of the most accomplished and respected professionals in the broadcasting community deliver the game day action of their favorite team,” said 49ers President Al Guido. “Ted has always been much more to our team than just a play-by-play voice, he’s a member of our family and a valuable ambassador for our organization. That is why we are thrilled he will continue on with the team and help us to continue to deliver the 49ers to our fans in a number of ways.”
“The addition of Greg Papa to our broadcast team as the Voice of the 49ers adds to the great legacy of 49ers broadcasters who have previously held that moniker – Bob Fouts, Lon Simmons, Joe Starkey, Don Klein and Ted” added Guido. “Bay Area sports fans have been treated to his legendary calls of their teams for more than three decades. We are elated to welcome Greg to the 49ers family and have him deliver the action in his own unique style directly to The Faithful for the very first time. With Papa partnering with Tim Ryan in the broadcast booth on game days, and Robinson active in the community and at 49ers events, we believe our fans have the best in the business bringing them their favorite team every day of the year.”
Papa addressed the situation today on his radio program on 95.7 The Game in San Francisco. He said, “One of the things that I am proud of, and (Director of Broadcasting Partnerships) Bob (Sargent) and I talked about the concept of this weeks ago, was that I would be the first guy to broadcast the power five teams — the Warriors, the A’s, the Giants, the Raiders and now the 49ers.”
He continued “It is going to be a little bit of an adjustment. I’m sure it’s jarring to a lot of people but it is something that I hope I can honestly last — I did the Raiders games for 21 years and I’m hoping that I have the same length of time with the San Francisco 49ers.”
To hear the audio of Greg addressing the situation click here.
