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HomeHistoryVoices Out of the Fog

Voices Out of the Fog

A History of Radio Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Schneider

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KPO Radio, San Francisco 500 Watt Transmitter 1923

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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 […]

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NBC Radio, San Francisco Microphone Storage Room (Undated)

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Taking Inventory in the Microphone Storage Room

KRE Radio Building (Photo, Circa 1950)
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KRE Radio (Berkeley) Studio-Transmitter Building – Circa 1950

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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 […]

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NBC Radio, San Francisco Remote Broadcast Circa 1940s

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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 […]

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NBC Radio, San Francisco Remote Broadcast Truck Circa 1930s

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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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KYA Radio, San Francisco “Cowboy Bob” Circa 1940s

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“Cowboy Bob” hosted a popular Western music program on KYA in the 1940s.

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