Photo Archive

Transmitter room for the General Electric type RT-152-G 50KW transmitter, built under contract to NBC. The photo is dated March 28, 1933. On the left side of the room is the 5 KW transmitter which [...]

This photo shows the KGO transmitter building and antenna which operated from 1924 to 1947 at 5441 East 14th Street (now International Blvd.) in Oakland, on the grounds of a General Electric transformer factory. The [...]

KPO Radio, Belmont Transmitter Building Under Construction, 1933  

The generator room of the General Electric station contained nine motor-generator sets. These supplied current for heating the filaments of the tubes, plate potential for the power amplifiers and the 600 meter commercial transmitter, bias [...]

This view of the main transmitter of the General Electric Station appears to have been taken earlier than the previous photo, and from the opposite corner of the room. Notice the open construction of all [...]

An interior view of the new KRE transmitter building on Ashby Avenue, taken in 1937, shows that all new equipment had been purchased. According to former employee Bob Morrison, the station’s equipment was a source [...]

These are the engineers who maintained and operated KPO’s 50,000-watt transmitter in Belmont, mid-1930s. Left to Right: R. W. Clark, Assistant Station Engineer; F. L. Barron; Curtis D. Peck, KPO Station Engineer; W. D. Kellogg; [...]

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. [...]