A History of Radio Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Schneider
Wally King (center right, wearing glasses) was associated with KSFO for nearly three decades. Here he is seen doing a “Man on the Street” interview program, about 1945.
Wilda Wilson Church Wilda Wilson Church was a pioneer radio drama producer. Born in Ohio, she was an English teacher and dramatic instructor at the Cora L. Williams Institute, a private high school for […]
Wesley Innis Dumm was perhaps the most important single individual in the long history of KSFO. Born in Ohio, he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, practiced law in Wyoming, and was a banking executive in […]
Tommy Harris, a 14-year-old vocalist who took the West by a storm, was one of KFRC’s top attractions in the 1930s. He and Joaquin Garay were regulars on “Feminine Fancies.” In 1947, he opened the […]
Announcers, engineers and other staff of the NBC San Francisco operations, taken in Studio A on the 22nd Floor at 111 Sutter Street in 1941. The occasion was Bill Wood’s last day as an announcer […]
The Southern Harmony Four, featured in “Crosscuts” from the “Log O’ the Day,” heard every morning on KPO. Among the performers that appeared with the Southern Harmony Four was a young Saunders King, who went […]
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