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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’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 [...]

Paul Carson, The Musing Organist Paul Carson was the creator and performer of the popular NBC Pacific Coast Network program “The Bridge to Dreamland.” The program featured organ music and poetry, with Carson providing the music and [...]

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 [...]

Images from Radio City San Francisco Circa 1942        

Night-time photo of the transmitter cooling pond in operation. In the foreground at left is the garage. The illuminated tower in the distance and the feed line supports belong to KGEI (General Electric’s adjoining shortwave [...]