{"id":253865,"date":"2025-08-01T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/253865\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:49:09","slug":"greg-papa-49ers-radio-voice-announces-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/253865\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Papa, 49ers radio voice, announces cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Papa, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2022\/07\/07\/49ers-ink-extension-with-greg-papa-to-call-games-on-radio-through-2028\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">radio voice of the 49ers<\/a> and a longtime on-air host at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2019\/07\/16\/greg-papa-in-radnich-out-its-like-replacing-johnny-carson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KNBR<\/a> (680 AM), is stepping away from his broadcasting duties while undergoing treatment for cancer, he announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Papa did not specify the type of cancer he is battling in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM0fUumvaek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">statement released by the radio station<\/a> but said he is fully focused on his treatment and looking forward to a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to everyone for your prayers and good wishes as I begin this fight,\u201d Papa said.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Holer, KNBR\u2019s program director, read Papa\u2019s statement on the air at 10 a.m. at the beginning of Papa\u2019s regularly scheduled show with his co-host, Greg Silver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone here at The Sports Leader is sending positive thoughts and wishes your way, Greg, for a full and speedy recovery,\u201d Holer added. \u201cWe look forward to having you back behind the mic as soon as your ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Papa has covered sports across the Bay Area for nearly four decades, beginning as the Warriors\u2019 radio play-by-play voice in the 1980s and \u201990s. He called A\u2019s games on TV in the 1990s and early 2000s, then crossed the bay to call Giants games on TV and radio in the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n<p>He has been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2021\/08\/27\/49ers-announcer-greg-papa-on-his-split-with-the-raiders-joining-the-other-side-and-thoughts-on-both-organizations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49ers\u2019 radio voice<\/a> since replacing Ted Robinson in 2019. Papa had previously spent 21 years as the radio voice of the Raiders before being dismissed in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 49ers family extends our unwavering love and support to Greg Papa and his family following his recent cancer diagnosis,\u201d the 49ers said in a statement. \u201cWe wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back to the radio booth as the \u2018voice of the 49ers\u2019 whenever he is ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Papa remains a figure on pre- and post-game shows for NBC Sports Bay Area across Warriors, Giants and 49ers coverage as a substitute host.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: August 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM PDT<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg Papa, the radio voice of the 49ers and a longtime on-air host at KNBR (680 AM), is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,1926,1443,11091,4485,50310,7,3647,1921,929,4247,2446,6060,155,6,34376,50312,1958,1161,252,50313,16517,2624,2623,9,7510,50311],"class_list":{"0":"post-253865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-bay-area","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-cancer","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-coffee-break","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-golden-state-warriors","16":"tag-inside-sports","17":"tag-latest-headlines","18":"tag-local-news","19":"tag-media","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-oakland-athletics","24":"tag-peninsula","25":"tag-radio","26":"tag-san-francisco","27":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","28":"tag-san-francisco-county","29":"tag-san-francisco-giants","30":"tag-sanfrancisco","31":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-things-to-do","34":"tag-tv-streaming"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114954775238894991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}