SF Radio: Tim Ryan Joins 49ers Radio Team

Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan, an NFL color-analyst for Fox Sports the past 12 seasons, will leave network television to join 49ers radio play-by-play announcer Ted Robinson in the booth next season, according to sacbee.com.

The 49ers want their radio duo around the team’s headquarters, and for Eric Davis, who held the position of analyst the past three seasons, it was more than he could handle along with his job working for NFL Network in Los Angeles.

“That job really is going to require more than just calling 20 games,” said Bob Sargent, the 49ers’ director of broadcast partnerships.

Sargent said the team will continue to bulk-up its in-house media this season, which will require Robinson and Ryan to be at the practice facility, located next to Levi’s Stadium, during the week. Ryan, who lives in San Jose, is more capable of fulfilling those obligations.

Both Sargent and Davis, a former 49ers cornerback who appears on “NFL AM” starting at 3 a.m. during the week, described the parting as mutual and amiable.