By Ben Fong-Torres Ten years after the Summer of Love, in 1977, KSAN-FM, “Jive 95,” produced a documentary, entitled “Suddenly Lost Summer: What Was That?” On June 4th and 5th, three events celebrated that pioneer free-form station and its induction into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, [Read more…]
Our museum houses several hundred electrical transcriptions (also called “transcription discs”) of radio programs, now being encoded for our website for visitors to enjoy. The audio transcription disc collection of The California Historical Radio Society is being made available in encoded format. These 16″ discs represent audio history [Read more…]
James Gabbert, a member of the BARHOF Class of 2006 and a true Bay Area radio icon, has shared an extensive collection of newspaper articles, correspondence and advertising chronicling his extensive career in Bay Area Broadcasting. James Jeffrey Gabbert was born in Chico, Calif., in 1936. The son [Read more…]
KQW Radio, San Jose “The Story Of KQW” Saturday, November 10, 1945 Featuring Ken Ackerman, Clarence “Clancy” Cassell and Jack Webb The widely-acknowledged inventor of radio broadcasting, Charles David (Doc) Herrold, often referred to as “Prof Herrold” by his students, is heard in this program commemorating the thirty-sixth anniversary [Read more…]
Bob Gordon in 101.7 KKIQ’s Pleasanton studio, 1992 Photo by Tom Richard Robert Neal “Bob” Gordon has worked at several stations around the Bay Area, including Pittsburg-Concord’s KKIS/KINQ-FM and Livermore-Pleasanton’s KKIQ. In addition, he has carved out a niche as a musician under his stage name as Miles Landry [Read more…]
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