John Lund will return to KNBR on August 10th, taking over the midday slot that Greg Papa and Greg Silver had been sharing. The change gives KNBR a solo host again after a stretch of repeated reshuffling, and it comes while Papa, the station’s longtime midday voice, has been out amid leukemia treatment.
KNBR has used three different midday lineups in roughly 20 months, a run that makes this more than a routine programming tweak. Lund and Papa worked together for most of Lund’s Bay Area tenure from 2011 to 2024, which makes the move feel less like a fresh experiment and more like KNBR reaching back for a familiar setup.
KNBR in August 10th
August 10th is the date listeners should circle if they want the new midday setup. Lund is expected to host the show solo from Arizona, after leaving KNBR in November 2024 when the station laid him off and shifted Greg Silver into his place.
That sequence matters for the audience because it shows how quickly the midday chair has turned over. Lund relocated to Arizona after losing his KNBR job, then picked up part-time work for Westwood One and Arizona Sports while waiting for another opening that brought him back here.
Greg Papa for one year
One year of leukemia treatment has kept Papa away from the air for months, even after he returned in September of last year and hoped to get back to his daily KNBR program. Doctors later gave him clearance to host shows from his home studio starting in late-July, a practical step that still did not keep him in the midday chair.
Greg Silver, who joined KNBR in 2023 and has also hosted postgame coverage for Cal football, is part of the change too. For listeners, the cleanest read is simple: KNBR has decided to move on with a new midday host rather than wait for Papa’s daily return, even as sources said the station would have interest in a reunion if his health improves.
Greg Papa and Greg Silver
The sharper question now is not whether the slot changes again — it already has — but whether Papa’s next KNBR role is on air, from home, or somewhere else entirely. His future as voice of the San Francisco 49ers remains unclear, and the station’s move on August 10th turns that uncertainty into the main storyline around the midday show.
