A quick update: the big Spring Cleaning Sale at Radio Central, scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed until Saturday, March 31, at Radio Central, the home of CHRS and the Bay Area Radio Museum […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ernie Smith, Sports Announcer Earnest Maynard “Ernie” Smith was one of San Francisco’s early sports announcers. His education at the University of California at Berkeley brought him fame as an athlete, despite the interruption of World […]
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock KFRC Radio San Francisco Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock hosted a daily children’s program on KFRC called “Mac and his Gang.” Mac’s homespun manners and cowboy ballads quickly became popular among the […]
B. Floyd Farr (1909-1984) KPO/NBC and KEEN Radio B. Floyd Farr Class of 2018 By Keith B. Farr Floyd Farr was a school teacher at Weber High School in Ogden, Utah. In his spare time, […]
