A History of Radio Broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area by John Schneider
Anne Jetters, KPO’s telephone exchange operator, and Orrin Brown, station technician, try out the Hale-Chronicle station’s new audio control room. The equipment was installed at the same time as the new 5,000-watt Western Electric transmitter. It […]
KNBC converted from a flat-top antenna to a Franklin antenna in 1949. The west tower of the flat-top antenna was toppled to make room for the new tower. The east tower was used as a […]
This Bell System diagram shows the layout of the permanent and recurring broadcast line connections on the West Coast, as of January 15, 1929. This clearly indicates why NBC first placed its West Coast network […]
NBC Radio Network San Francisco Announcers Some of the popular announcers heard on the NBC Pacific Coast Network during the 1920s and ’30s: Bill Andrews Bill Andrews and Cecil […]
Images from Radio City San Francisco Circa 1942
KPO Radio Transmitter Site Belmont, California Circa 1930s [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home Page] All articles copyright © 1997-2006 by John F. Schneider. All rights reserved. Reprinted with the generous […]
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