“Carefree Carnival” was a popular program of western music and skits which was heard on the Pacific Coast Network beginning in 1934. The program was hosted by western singer Charlie Marshall, and originated from the […]
In addition to managing KFRC, Harrison Holliway was the announcer/emcee of the station’s popular variety show, “Blue Monday Jamboree,” which was performed each Monday evening in the station’s studio in the Don Lee Cadillac building. […]
Al Pearce had always been a performer, but his guitar and songs had been strictly a hobby until the mid 1920s, when his real estate business suddenly failed. A KFRC executive saw Al and his […]
Francis McCarty: Early San Francisco Radio Experimenter By John F. Schneider Experiments in radio voice transmission began in San Francisco as early as the discovery of the art itself. History tells us that Lee DeForest demonstrated […]
Doc Herrold’s San Jose Broadcasting Station Circa 1912 The “Arc Fone” radio station in the Garden City Bank Building of San Jose, about 1912. Charles D. “Doc” Herrold is standing in the doorway.
Bob Gordon in 101.7 KKIQ’s Pleasanton studio, 1992 Photo by Tom Richard Robert Neal “Bob” Gordon has worked at several stations around the Bay Area, including Pittsburg-Concord’s KKIS/KINQ-FM and Livermore-Pleasanton’s KKIQ. In addition, he has carved […]
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