Greg Papa’s voice has been well-known to Bay Area sports fans for more than three decades.
But he will reach a new audience this year as the 49ers’ radio play-by-play man after previously working broadcasts of the Raiders, Warriors, Giants and Athletics.
“What comes out of my lips is going to be unchanged. It’s just going to be how people take it in their ears that is going to be different,” Papa said on Wednesday, shortly after the 49ers announced he will replace Ted Robinson on the team’s radio broadcasts.
“I’m sure there are a lot of 49ers fans that did not hear me do any Raiders games that are going to hear me for the first time or hear me in a different way or have a judgment of me based on my time with the Raiders.