A History of Radio Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Schneider
The radio transmitter room of KPO in Hale’s Department Store is shown. In the foreground at right is the station’s Western Electric 1,000-watt transmitter. In the background are the marble-faced electrical control panels, which were […]
This equipment includes the amplifier and controls for connecting the station to outside points for remote broadcasting.
This view shows a remote broadcast of a wrestling match on Berkeley’s KRE, taken from a 1938 station promotional folder. None of the people in the photo are identified. The highly polished remote broadcast amplifier […]
This view of KRE’s Studio “B” at 2337 Shattuck Avenue was taken in 1938.
Radio Station KRE, Berkeley Transmitter & Control Room 1935 After Art Westlund leased KRE from the First Congregational Church in Berkeley in 1930, he constructed new studios in Oakland. However, evening broadcasts continued to be […]
The KTAB transmitter was located in the steeple tower (fourth floor) of the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church. Chief Engineer R. M. Bitzer is seated at the audio control panel, while his assistant Erroll Peck monitors a […]
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