Tom Tolbert was a solo act in afternoon drive on Friday. The San Francisco Chronicle reports his regular co-hosts, Larry Krueger and Rod Brooks, were let go by KNBR. John Shea, who reported the news, says that a source tells him Adam Copeland will be Tolbert’s new co-host starting this week.
The trio had been together since 2019. Brooks moved to afternoons from the station’s mid-day show. Krueger came in from mornings.
“Rod and Larry are no longer part of the show. It’s part of the business. It’s brutal. It stinks,” Tolbert said on-air Friday. “I’m going to miss those guys. I love both of them. They were both consummate professionals, both fun to be around, both with a great sense of humor, totally different with the way they did the show, but both were dedicated.”
Krueger took to Twitter on Friday to confirm that he is indeed out. He expressed no ill will towards KNBR and says he has future announcements coming.
“You just don’t know what’s going to work and what’s not going to work,” Tolbert said of the show. “You work with a couple of really talented guys, and for whatever reason, it just didn’t. … Some things click, and some things don’t.”
