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KYA 5-C Transmitter

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KYA’s New RCA 5-C Transmitter, 1937 This is the new 5 KW RCA transmitter that KYA installed on Candlestick Hill in 1937. RELATED EXHIBITS: KYA Transmitter Building (Interior), 1937 KYA Transmitter Building (Exterior), 1937 […]

KTAB Radio Antenna Oakland

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KTAB Radio Antenna, Oakland Roof of Tenth Avenue Baptist Church 1926 The KTAB antenna was a flat-top “T” type, hung between two 155-foot towers installed at the Tenth Avenue Baptist Church, 1410 Tenth Avenue in […]

ksfotoday

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KSFO/560 Transmitter Site 2006 Above are two present-day views (Thumbnails 1 and 2) of the art deco KSFO transmitter building and its rooftop tower in San Francisco. The room which once housed the KWID and […]

Studio Eleven 1945

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KSFO Radio, San Francisco Studio Eleven 1945 Studio Eleven was the main air studio at KSFO, located at Number 1 Nob Hill Circle, in the basement of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. The glass windows […]

KSFO Radio, San Francisco, Fairmont Hotel

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KSFO Radio, San Francisco Fairmont Hotel Circa 1960 KSFO moved into this annex on the east side of the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill in 1955. It was the home of the station for […]

KSFO Radio Rod Kurry 1942

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KSFO Radio, San Francisco Announcer Rod Kurry 1942 Rod Kurry joined the KSFO announcing staff in 1942. He is shown reading an advertisement from the announcer’s booth in the station’s studios in the Mark […]