Knowles Robertson’s 35-year Bay Area radio news career included 20 years as News and Public Affairs Director at country music station KNEW and later its sister station KSAN. He was active in the Radio-Television News Directors Association and was one of the founding members of the social group [Read more…]
Bonnie Chastain ended her Bay Area radio career as News Director and morning anchor at KOIT. Prior to that, she worked in the news department at KSFO and at KCBS, which is where she met the man who would become her husband, morning host Dave McElhatton (before his [Read more…]
Sportscaster Sam Skinner was heard on KFOG and “Lucky 13” KDIA for many years. He was heard as a color commentator on Oakland Raiders radio broadcasts in the early to mid ‘60s. The affable Skinner was known in press boxes as “Big Sam”. Along with his Bay Area [Read more…]
Dick Leonard’s radio news career began in his native Denver. In 1952, he arrived in San Francisco to take a newscasting job at KNBC (later KNBR). In 1954, he joined the staff at KCBS and would become well-known for carrying a 22-pound tape recorder into the field, marking [Read more…]
Frank Knight’s career at KCBS began before the station’s 1968 shift to the all-news format. The Southern California native had worked at Southland stations including the legendary Tijuana-licensed XETRA before joining KCBS. For many years, he anchored the station’s overnight hours and produced a weekly compendium of KCBS [Read more…]
Clarence “Clancy” Cassell worked for nearly 40 years at KCBS, joining the station when the call letters were KQW and the city of license was San Jose. Cassell graduated from San Jose State College with a degree in drama. Aside from his many years as a KCBS news [Read more…]
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