PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION ARCHIVE
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KGO Studio Building, Oakland, CA, 1924
KGO Main Studio, 1924
KGO Audio Control Room, 1924
KGO Transmitter Building and Antenna, Oakland, 1924
KGO 7,500 watt Transmitter, 1924
Another view of KGO Transmitter Room, 1924
KGO Motor Generator Room, 1924
KGO transmitter engineers pose in front of transmitter building - 1934
KGO transmitter tower collapse (1989 earthquake)
KPO's first studio with 50 watt transmitter, 1922
KPO 500-watt transmitter and control desk, 1923
KPO's 1000-watt transmitter, 1925
Another view of KPO 1000-watt transmitter
KPO speech amplifier equipment, 1925
KPO antenna on the roof of Hale Brothers Department Store,
c. 1925
KPO's new studio complex (floor plan), Hale
Brothers, 1929
KPO's Studio "A," Hale Brothers Department Store, 1929
KPO's Studio "B," Hale Brothers Department Store, 1929
KPO's 5000-watt transmitter, Hale Brothers Annex, 1929
New KPO master control equipment is installed, 1929
Hugh Barrett Dobbs, KPO's morning program host, 1920s
KPO children's program host "Big Brother" at the microphone
"Marshall's Mavericks," featuring Charlie Marshall, 1934
Southern Harmony Four on KPO, 1934
Edna Fischer, popular KPO pianist, 1934
An Engineer Mixing Audio for a KPO Remote Program, 111 Sutter Street
Ticket to "Hail and Farewell" Broadcast, When KPO Became KNBC, 1947
Staff of the Doug Pledger Show, KNBR, 1950s
KPO transmitter building, under construction, 1933
Finished view and full description of KPO's transmitter building
One of two KPO towers under construction, 1933
Completed KPO/KNBC Antenna Site, 1948
Additional views of the KPO Antenna
KPO 50 KW G.E. Transmitter, 1933
Detail views of KPO 50 KW Transmitter
Inspecting Giant Air Capacitor in the Output Network of 50 KW Transmitter
Motor Generator Room for KPO 50 KW Transmitter
Cooling Pond for G.E. 50KW Transmitter
Inspecting One of the 50 KW Water-Cooled Tubes
KPO transmitter engineering staff mid 1930s
KPO's transmitter engineering staff, 1941
Joseph Baker, KNBC Chief Engineer, 1947
KNBC-FM antenna installation at Belmont, circa 1947
KNBC's west tower is toppled to make room for new tower, 1949
Building the new KNBC tower, 1949
New KNBC Franklin antenna, 1949
Engineer Joseph Baker stands atop the new KNBC tower, 1949
West Coast Network Program Circuits, 1929
The Hunter-Dulin Building, 111 Sutter Street - NBC home from 1927-42
Floor plan of NBC studios, 111 Sutter Street (drawn from memory by Bill Andrews)
View of NBC Master Control Room, 111 Sutter Street NBC Engineers Pose in the NBC Control Room, 111 Sutter Street, 1938
NBC Staff in Studio A, 111 Sutter Street, 1941
The "Announcer's Delight," NBC, San Francisco, about 1930
"Taking Inventory in the Microphone Storage Room"
Meredith Willson & Orchestra in 111 Sutter Street Studio, 1934
The Cast of "One Man's Family," broadcasting from Studio
"C," 111 Sutter Street
Another View of a "One Man's Family" broadcast
Author Carlton E. Morse, reviewing bound scripts of "One Man's
Family," 1930s
Bernice Berwin, radio actress and "Hazel
Barbour" of "One Man's Family"
Wilda Wilson Church, pioneer radio drama producer, on NBC in 1930s
Max Dolin, Music Director at NBC San Francisco 1926-32
Meredith Willson and Estelle Caen rehearse at NBC,
1936
Paul Carson, NBC organist, creator of the "Bridge to Dreamland"
Cecil and Sally, radio entertainers at NBC San Francisco
The Arion Trio
B. Floyd Farr, KPO and KEEN
Some early NBC announcers
Don E. Gilman, NBC's Western Division Manager
The First RCA 44A Ribbon Microphones are Installed at 111 Sutter Street
Max Dolin conducts NBC studio orchestra, Hales Department Store annex studio, 1927
Another view of Max Dolin and the NBC studio orchestra, 111 Sutter Street
Broadcast of "Carefree Carnival," Marines Memorial Theatre, 1936
Meredith Willson, Music Director of "Carefree Carnival"
NBC Remote Broadcast Truck, outside California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1930s
Max Dolin Broadcasting from the NBC Remote Truck, early 1930s
NBC Remote Broadcast Truck, 1940s
Another NBC Remote Broadcast - 1940s
Schematic Diagram of the NBC Chime Machine
Architects Renderings of the Radio City Building
Views of Radio City under construction
Radio City, the Home of NBC/KGO/KPO, Taylor and O'Farrell Streets, 1942
Color View of Radio City, from a 1942 post card
NBC Radio City as it appeared in 1999
Mosaic mural above the main entrance to Radio City
Studio "A" of Radio City, program rehearsal in progress
Another View of Studio "A"
Main control room of Studio "A," Radio City
Studio "C" of Radio City
Studio "D" of Radio City
Master Control Room of Radio City, 1944
Another View of Radio City Master Control
Recording Room of Radio City
Another View of Recording Room
The Making of a Recording
Sound Effects Storage Room, Radio City
Engineer Checks the Final Wiring of Radio City
Another Photo of Final Installation Checks
Additional Views of Radio City
Floor Plan, 1st floor, Radio City
Floor Plan, 2nd floor, Radio City
Floor Plan, 3rd floor, Radio City
Floor Plan, 4th floor, Radio City
Floor Plan, 5th floor, Radio City
NBC Radio City, Sunset and Vine, Hollywood
Young Harrison Holliway operating his ham radio station, 6BN
KFRC's first studio, in the City of Paris Department Store, 1925
Harrison Holliway, founder and manager of KFRC
Harrison Holliway announcing on KFRC's "Blue Monday Jamboree," 1927
The Cast of KFRC's "Blue Monday Jamboree," 1927
The Don Lee Cadillac Building, exterior view
The Don Lee Cadillac Building, showroom view
Meredith Willson, KFRC's Music Director, 1929
Al Pearce of KFRC's "Happy Go Lucky Hour"
Cast Photo of KFRC's "Happy Go Lucky Hour"
"Haywire Mac" McClintock of KFRC's "Mac and His Gang," 1920s
Merv Griffin, KFRC Singer and Staff Announcer
Tommy Harris, KFRC's 14-year-old star vocalist, late 1930s
Invitation to the inaugural ceremonies of KTAB, Oakland, 1925
The main studio of KTAB, 1926
The KTAB operating room, 1926
The KTAB antenna on the roof of the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church, 1926
The staff of KTAB, 1926
Broadcasting the 9 AM "Hour of Prayer" over KTAB, 1926
KSFO and KWID Staff at Islais Creek Transmitter Site, Circa 1940
Wesley I. Dumm, President of the Associated Broadcasters, 1942
Announcer Rod Kurry on the air at KSFO, 1942
KSFO master control, 1942
KSFO transmitter building and tower, 1942
KSFO 5 KW Western Electric transmitter, 1942
KSFO newsmen, 1945
KSFO's Wally King, 1945
KSFO Studio Eleven, No. 1 Nob Hill Circle, 1945
KSFO and KPIX-TV building, 2655 Van Ness Avenue, 1952
KSFO, Fairmont Hotel, mid 1950s
KSFO Transmitter Site, 2006
KRE studio in the Claremont Hotel, 1922
KRE transmitter room in the Claremont Hotel, 1922
KRE studios in the Claremont Hotel, late 1920s
KRE control room in the First Congregational Church
KRE studio "A" on Shattuck Ave., 1934
KRE studio "B" on Shattuck Ave., 1938
Broadcast of a Wrestling Match on KRE, 1938
KRE transmitter building, Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 1937
Control Room in KRE's new transmitter building, 601 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 1937
KRE studio building and tower, Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 1950s
KRE transmitter building, as it appeared in 1999
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