A History of Radio Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Schneider
The KPO antenna was a “T” type, four wires spread six feet apart, and 114 feet in length. It was supported by two 125-foot tall towers which had been erected by the Pacific Coast Steel […]
The transmitter room of KPO was located on the sixth floor of the Hale Brothers Department Store. On the operator’s desk is a radio receiver which was used to listen for distress calls from sea […]
Taking Inventory in the Microphone Storage Room
KRE Radio, Berkeley Studio/Transmitter Building 601 Ashby Avenue Circa 1950 This is a view of the completed art deco KRE studio building at 601 Ashby Avenue. A large studio with a spring-suspended floor was added […]
An NBC broadcast crew originates a program. The location and identities of the people shown are unknown. The box on left is a shortwave transmitter, a microphone mixer is in the center, and the other […]
This view of the NBC remote broadcast truck was taken outside the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, early 1930’s.
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