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…]
KPEN 97.7, Los Altos Print Advertisement Circa 1979 A print advertisement, dating from around 1979, in which Los Altos’ KPEN (97.7 FM) attempts to define the variety of music that it broadcasts — a triangulation of Adult Contemporary, Easy Rock and Jazz. No relation to James Gabbert’s original KPEN (which [Read more…]
KPEN 101.3 FM King’s Mountain Transmitter Site Atherton, California Circa August 1957 Via Elliott Pisor: This was taken about August 1957, prior to the first air date of October 27, 1957, on 101.3 FM. It shows co-founder Gary Gielow standing in front of the 1800s adobe hut used [Read more…]
KPEN 101.3 FM, San Francisco The Mighty Wurlitzer Concert San Francisco Paramount Theatre May 30, 1964 (1 a.m. to 2:15 a.m.) One of the more intriguing “lost treasures” of Bay Area radio is this stereo recording of a late night organ recital from the Paramount Theatre on Market Street [Read more…]
Excursions In Sound & Stereo KPEN Radio (101.3 FM) Recordings from 1959 through 1962 At noon on Sunday, October 27, 1957, from a 120-year-old adobe hut on Kings Mountain overlooking the San Francisco Peninsula, Stanford University students James Gabbert and Gary Gielow fired up their transmitter and placed KPEN on [Read more…]
KPEN 101.3 FM, San Francisco: The Complete KPEN Collection “Proud to be Northern California’s most-listened-to FM station, according to Western Union survey…” At noon on Sunday, October 27, 1957, from a 120-year-old adobe hut on Kings Mountain overlooking the San Francisco Peninsula, Stanford University students James Gabbert and Gary Gielow [Read more…]
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