From the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s, thousands of aspiring radio broadcasters studied for the challenging Federal Communications Commission’s First Class Radiotelephone Operator License (colloquially known as the “First Phone” or “First Ticket”) at the privately-run […]
A crowd of more than 200 filled the ballroom at the Alameda Elks Lodge on October 10 to help celebrate the induction of 19 new members of the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame (BARHOF). […]
The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame has launched a new way to experience the sounds of Bay Area radio history. Working with San Francisco State University’s Academic Technology office, we are now […]
In the words of Pleasant Hill High School graduate Marc Curtis, “As a teenager, I had a transistor radio glued to my ear. I passionately wanted to be an announcer on a radio station. It […]
Set the Wayback Machine for 1932: radio is a vibrant business in the Bay Area with a number of important stations on the air and NBC’s new network operations creating a hub of radio program […]
