Photo Archive

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 [...]

On the left is Don E. Gilman, who was Western Division Manager of NBC in the 1930s. He is seen here with O. D. Fisher, owner of KOMO, the NBC affiliate in Seattle.

KYA went on the air on December 18, 1926, from this studio on the fifth floor of the Clift Hotel. It was operated by the Pacific Broadcasting Company, owned by Vincent Kraft, the operator KJR [...]

Charles D. “Doc” Herrold (right) and his student Ray Newby (left) are shown operating a small spark transmitter at the Herrold College of Engineering and Wireless in San Jose, 1909. The voice radio station they [...]

As a boy, before he started station KFRC, Harrison Holliway displayed an early interest in radio. Here he is shown operating his amateur radio station, 6BN. At a time when most amateurs operated spark transmitters [...]

The motor generator room was located on the first floor of the KPO transmitter building. The generators in this room provided all filament and bias power for the 50 KW transmitter. All generators were duplicated [...]

Left to Right, Seated: Dorothy Gillespie, Hostess; Merle Matthews, Production Manager; Mary Pasmore, violin; Thelma Brown, vocalist; Eleanor Allen, organ; Edna O’Keefe, vocalist and “O-woe-is-me” girl; Edna Fischer, piano; Ruth Clarke and Lila Clarke of the [...]

KPO’s Studio B at the Hale Brothers Department Store. RELATED EXHIBIT: KPO Radio’s Studio A, 1925