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Sound Effects Storage Room
NBC Radio City, San Francisco Sound Effects Storage Room Undated Photo NBC kept a large stock of sound effects in this room at Radio City. In addition to the many disk recordings that were stored […]
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Main Control Room of Studio A Radio City San Francisco
Main Control Room of Studio “A” Radio City, San Francisco Undated Photo [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home Page] www.adams.net/~jfs All articles copyright © 1997-2006 by John F. Schneider. All […]
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Meredith Willson
Meredith Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1902. He studied piano and flute at the Damrosch Institute of Musical Art, and by age 19 had become a solo flutist with the New York […]
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Meredith Willson & His Orchestra 1934
Popular radio bandleader Meredith Willson (far left) conducts orchestra and vocalists from the NBC Studios at 111 Sutter Street in San Francisco, 1934. (Photo from a KPO promotional booklet, courtesy of Rich Kolm, from the […]
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Mosaic Mural over Main Entrance NBC Radio City
This ceramic mural, measuring 16 feet by 40 feet, towers over the entrance to the NBC Radio City Building above the main entrance marquee. It was designed by artist C. J. Fitzgerald to represent […]
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Merv Griffin – KFRC Radio, San Francisco
Merv Griffin KFRC Radio 61 Circa 1945 A young Merv Griffin (1925-2007) started his career at KFRC in 1945 as a singer and staff announcer, having won his place in an open audition. He remained […]