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A Visit to the KNBC Belmont AM Transmitter in the 1950s

2 August 2015 BARHOF 0

A Visit to the KNBC Belmont AM Transmitter in the 1950s By Fred Krock What was it like to work at KNBC in the 1950s? All the people who could tell us are gone now. […]

The NBC Chimes Machine

1 August 2015 BARHOF 7

The NBC Chimes Machine By John Schneider Play the NBC Chimes: The sound of the NBC chimes is the sound of radio history itself. Probably no single sound better recalls the golden age of […]

The Staff of NBC Radio, San Francisco, 1941

13 August 2014 BARHOF 0

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 […]

NBC Radio, San Francisco A Broadcast of “One Man’s Family” Circa Mid-1930s

13 August 2014 BARHOF 0

Another view of a broadcast of “One Man’s Family.” The photo was taken in Studio A at 111 Sutter Street in San Francisco some time in the mid 1930s. Seated at left are J. Anthony […]

Max Dolin was the first Music Director at the NBC Pacific Coast Network in San Francisco. In addition to conducting the NBC Orchestra and Opera Company, his violin was heard on such programs as the […]

Bernice Berwin

13 August 2014 BARHOF 1

Bernice Berwin’s ambitions were always to be an actress. Her first experiences with drama were in student plays while attending the University of California at Berkeley. She first appeared on the radio during her college […]