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KPO Becomes KNBC “Hail and Farewell” Live Broadcast Ticket

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Sunday, November 23, 1947 This is a ticket to the live “Hail and Farewell” broadcast in 1947, during which KPO changed its call letters to KNBC. The hour-long extravaganza was hosted by Hal Wolfe from […]

NBC Radio City Master Control

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George Greaves and Lee Kolm San Francisco, December 1944 This is a view of the Master Control Room at NBC’s Radio City in San Francisco, December, 1944. Standing: George Greaves, engineer-in-charge of NBC San Francisco. […]

NBC Radio Networks 1935 and 1937

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National Broadcasting Co. NBC Radio Network 1935 and 1937 RED, BLUE AND ORANGE NETWORKS 1935 In 1935, all of NBC’s phone company West Coast broadcast lines originated and terminated in San Francisco. This made San […]

NBC Radio City (San Francisco)

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NBC Radio City, San Francisco Taylor & O’Farrell Streets May 1942 A million-dollar, modern, streamlined and air-conditioned building, literally the most perfect broadcasting plant devised by the hands of Radio Industry’s miracle engineers, making […]

NBC Radio City (San Francisco) – Recent Photos

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NBC Radio City Building San Francisco, California 1999 and 2006 The above view of the NBC Radio City Building in San Francisco was taken in November 1999. While it appeared nearly the same as the […]

Sound Effects Storage Room

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NBC Radio City, San Francisco Sound Effects Storage Room Undated Photo NBC kept a large stock of sound effects in this room at Radio City. In addition to the many disk recordings that were stored […]