Ralph Barbieri

Ralph Barbieri is a sports radio personality in San Francisco, California. Along with Tom Tolbert, Barbieri hosts the afternoon sports radio show "The Razor and Mr. T" on KNBR. [ [http://www.knbr.com/programGuide.html KNBR program guide] ] The show has been the highest rated show in the Bay Area in the 25-54 male demographic since 2000. [cite news |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2003-06-13 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/13/SP274255.DTL |title=KNBR makes moves]

Career

Barbieri was a former writer for Sport magazine before he joined KNBR in 1984 to host his own sports talk show. In 1996, he was teamed with Tolbert, a former NBA player. Barbieri's nickname is "The Razor" because of his raspy voice [cite news |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=2000-06-22 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7151E0FCEC4E2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |title=Son born to Bay Area's Barbieri] , thought by some listeners to resemble a barber's electric razor, and his "no-nonsense" approach to interviews. The nickname, which may have also been inspired by his surname's resemblance to "barber", was given to him by longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. In 2007, Barbieri renewed his four-year contract with KNBR which now runs through November 2011. [cite news |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2007-11-18 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/16/PKMOT822V.DTL |title=Radio Waves]

Education

Barbieri holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of San Francisco and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Personal life

Barbieri is reportedly a vegetarian and a believer in animal rights.cite news |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=2001-06-15 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/15/NB114625.DTL&hw=barbieri&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=Barbieri came to fatherhood in a newfangled way] In 1995, Barbieri avoided jail time by pleading no contest to a third-offense drunk driving charge; He spent 120 days in a residential treatment program, instead. [cite news |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=1995-06-16 |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/06/16/SP34438.DTL&hw=barbieri&sn=001&sc=1000 |title=Barbieri Avoids Jail Term] Following the incident, Barbieri settled down, giving up what he called "25 years of sex, drugs and Rock and Roll." In 2000, Barbieri fathered a son, Tayte, who was the product of in-vitro fertilization, using an egg donor and a surrogate mother. In 2004, the American Diabetes Association named Ralph Barbieri one of five "Bay Area Father of the Year" Award winners. [cite news |work=Business Wire |date=1995-06-16 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_May_11/ai_n6021385 |title=2004 Father of the Year Winners Announced; Five Bay Area Fathers Share Honors; Gala Event Benefiting the American Diabetes Association Planned]

References

External links

* [http://www.knbr.com/razorMrT/index.html Razor & Mr. T homepage]