Cal IMG Radio Network

Football

Network Affiliates

The Cal IMG Radio Network blankets most of the state of California with affiliates from San Diego to Sacramento and beyond, leaving very few areas of the state out of range of network. The lineup of networks includes ...

Network Lineup
*KFPT 790 AM Fresno
KGO 810 AM San Francisco
KESP 970 AM Modesto
KPRZ 1210 AM San Diego
KMZT 1260 AM Los Angeles
KTKZ 1380 AM Sacramento
^KFIG 1430 AM Fresno
^Primary; *Secondary

The Flagship Station
KGO Newstalk AM 810 is entering its 38th season as the flagship station of University of California Golden Bears football. KGO Radio's 50,000 watts has been carrying Cal football since 1974. Led by play-by-play announcer Joe Starkey, KGO's signal, along with the other affiliates within the Cal IMG Radio Network, provides statewide coverage of Cal football. Each KGO broadcast begins 60 minutes before kickoff (live from Willie Mays Plaza at AT&T Park for home games). Then after all the action, the 60-minute postgame show hosted by Lee Grosscup and Kate Scott from The Decks at Mission Rock (home games) and Paragon inside the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley (away games) includes reaction from the Bears' locker room followed by a breakdown of the game live.

In The Booth
Joe Starkey, the legendary voice of the Bears, is in his 37th season with the Cal football broadcast team in 2011.

Cal's play-by-play man is perhaps best known for his legendary call of "The Play." The famous five-lateral kickoff return for a touchdown against Stanford in 1982 is part of college football lore with Starkey's emotional "the band is on the field" part of gridiron vernacular.

Starkey has had an array of NFL and NHL positions during his career, including a 20-year stint with the San Francisco 49ers he fulfilled in conjunction with his Cal duties from 1979-2008.

He is joined in the booth by former Cal quarterback Troy Taylor, in his seventh season as the Golden Bears' color analyst in 2011. Taylor, who played at Cal from 1986-89, still holds school records for career passing yards (8,126) and total offense (8,236), completing 58 percent of his passes with 51 career touchdown tosses. He was a member of the Cal coaching staff from 1996-99, working with the Bears' receivers, tight ends and quarterbacks.

Also in his seventh season on the broadcast team in 2011 is sideline reporter Todd McKim, who in addition serves as host of the weekly Cal Sports Report television program and Cal Coaches' Corner radio show. Before joining Cal, McKim was a long-time media member as a television anchor and sports director in Eugene, and was the 2000 Oregon broadcaster of the year.

XM Satellite Radio
Fans can tune in to Cal football games on XM Satellite Radio, a corporate partner of the Pac-12 Conference. Check the football game notes posted at for detailed broadcast information.

Men's Basketball

Network Affiliates

The IMG College/Cal Basketball Radio Network serves much of Northern California. The lineup of networks include:

Network Lineup
KNEW 910 AM San Francisco
KTKZ 1380 AM Sacramento
KRXA 540 AM Monterey
KESP 970 AM Modesto

Calling the Action
Roxy Bernstein is in his 14th season as the voice of the Bears. A Cal graduate, Bernstein began broadcasting Cal games during the 1996-97 season and took over the position on a fulltime basis the following year. A former radio play-by-play announcer for the Florida Marlins baseball team, Bernstein has also been the sideline reporter for Golden Bear football contests and called play-byplay for the NHL's San Jose Sharks, NHL Radio, baseball's San Francisco Giants and the NFL on the Sports USA Network.

Todd McKim joins Bernstein on the air as an analyst for the fifth straight season. He has spent the past six years as the radio sideline reporter for Bear football games and also hosts Cal's weekly television highlight show, the Cal Sports Report, as well as the Cal Coaches Corner on KNEW Radio. A long-time member of the Oregon media and a television anchor and sports director in Eugene before moving to the Bay Area, McKim serves as the director of broadcast services for IMG College at Cal.

Before And After
Radio coverage of the Bears begins 30 minutes before tipoff, and after each game, head coach Mike Montgomery will give a recap on the postgame report. Following each home game is "March to March," a 30-minute show hosted by Eddy Kleinhans, Matt Foley and Jon Wheeler that includes interviews with Cal players and assistant coaches, as well as other guests.

XM/Sirius Satellite Radio
California fans can also track the Bears through XM/Sirius satellite radio. Look for Pac-10 games on XM channels 193-195 or Sirius channels 211-220 each week. Go to
xmradio.com or sirius.com for exact locations.

Women's Basketball

All Cal women's basketball games are broadcast on KKGN Radio (960 AM) with Dave Lewis calling all the action.

Lewis, the sports director at Metro Networks in San Francisco, has served as an evening sports anchor on KCBS Radio (740 AM) in San Francisco since 1995. Lewis also spent 12 years working as the voice of Santa Clara Broncos men's basketball. In addition, he has done play-by-play and halftime feature work for FSN television broadcasts as well as calling the action for the 2005 West Coast Conference Tournament semifinals and finals on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Cal Coaches' Corner

The Cal Coaches' Corner will take to the air every Monday from the last week of August through March. The one-hour live program will be hosted by Todd McKim and broadcast from Paragon inside the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa Mondays from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. on KNEW (910 AM), beginning August 29 and continuing through the Monday following the end of men's basketball season. Head coach Jeff Tedford will be interviewed regularly throughout the football season, while men's basketball head coach Mike Montgomery and women's hoops head coach Lindsay Gottlieb will be interviewed during their respective seasons. Additional guests will include other Cal coaches and student-athletes, as well as regular appearances by Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour.

Fans can email questions to any of the guests by visiting CalBears.com/fanquestion.

LAST UPDATED: September 23, 2011

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