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NBC Studio “A” (Undated)
Studio “A,” the largest studio in Radio City at 73 x 41 feet, seated an audience of 425. A program rehearsal is in progress in this view. The room behind glass on the lower level […]
Stations
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NBC Radio City, Hollywood 1944
When NBC opened its new Radio City building in Hollywood in 1938, it marked the end of San Francisco’s prominence as a network radio center. This view of Vine Street, looking north from Sunset Boulevard, […]
History
NBC Radio City (San Francisco) – Under Construction and Floor Plans
NBC Radio City San Francisco Digging the foundation for the new NBC Radio City studio building at 420 Taylor Street (corner of O’Farrell), circa 1940. RELATED EXHIBITS: NBC Radio City Building (Color Postcard […]
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NBC Radio City Architectural Drawings (undated)
Some of the architect’s renderings and a scale model of the new NBC Radio City studio building at 420 Taylor Street (corner of O’Farrell), circa 1940.
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Staff of the Doug Pledger Show Circa 1950s
The staff that produced the Doug Pledger Show on KNBC Radio (680 AM in San Francisco) in the 1950s. Seated, left to right: Clarence Leisure, announcer; Doug Pledger, program host; John Grover, announcer. Standing, left to […]
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KPO Becomes KNBC “Hail and Farewell” Live Broadcast Ticket
Sunday, November 23, 1947 This is a ticket to the live “Hail and Farewell” broadcast in 1947, during which KPO changed its call letters to KNBC. The hour-long extravaganza was hosted by Hal Wolfe from […]