
Grant Napear's weekday afternoon show on Fox Sports Radio Sacramento has been canceled after just eight months. This marks his departure from Sacramento radio following a controversial past that led to his previous job losses in 2020.
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Former Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear
Grant Napearâs return to Sacramento radio has ended after just eight months.
The former Sacramento Kings broadcaster announced Monday on social media that his weekday afternoon show on Fox Sports Radio Sacramento has been canceled. The program had been airing from 3 to 6 p.m. on iHeartMediaâs Fox Sports Sacramento since launching in September 2025, marking his first return to the Sacramento airwaves since losing both his jobs in the span of 48 hours back in June 2020.
Napear had been the television voice of the Sacramento Kings since 1988, and a dominant presence in the Sacramento radio market on KHTK before a June 2020 Twitter exchange with former Kings player DeMarcus Cousins ended both careers almost simultaneously. Cousins had asked Napear for his thoughts on Black Lives Matter, and Napear responded by tweeting âALL LIVES MATTERâŠEVERY SINGLE ONE!!!â
In the ensuing backlash, former Kings players â including Chris Webber and Matt Barnes â publicly called him out, NBC Sports California distanced itself from his comments, the Kings announced his resignation, and KHTK announced on air that he had been fired. Napear of his tweet, and a against KHTK was dismissed.
Grant Napear's show was canceled after eight months, but specific reasons for the cancellation have not been disclosed.
In June 2020, Grant Napear lost both his jobs as the Sacramento Kings broadcaster and at KHTK following a controversial Twitter exchange regarding Black Lives Matter.
Grant Napear's show on Fox Sports Sacramento launched in September 2025.


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For years before 2020, Napearâs afternoon show on KHTK had dominated the Sacramento market, and his 32 years as the television voice of the Kings made him one of the most recognizable sports media personalities in the city. He came back to Fox Sports Sacramento, promising to win the afternoons again, and told the Sacramento Bee he was competitive and wanted to talk to Sacramento fans again. The station was a newer entry competing directly against KHTK, and as we noted when Napear launched the show, itâs tough for secondary sports stations in small markets to survive, especially without broadcast rights to major pro or college teams. The show did not survive long enough to mount the kind of challenge Napear had promised.
Since his 2020 firing, Napear had been hosting a Sacramento Kings podcast with longtime broadcast partner Jerry Reynolds. Based on his send-off message to listeners Monday, his YouTube and X show is where he will continue from here·
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