Photo Archive

Every NBC-San Francisco announcer had stories to tell about encounters with the “announcer’s delight” (at right in photo). Network announcers – not the engineers – were responsible for pushing the correct series of buttons to direct [...]

Here is another view of an NBC remote broadcast from the 1940s. The location and event are unknown. The engineer operating the mixer at left is Ernie Jefferson. The name of the engineer on the [...]

General Electric built a grand studio building for its station KGO in 1924. The station was located on the grounds of a G.E. transformer factory at 5441 East 14th Street (now International Blvd.) in Oakland. [...]

The popular program “One Man’s Family” is being broadcast from Studio C at 111 Sutter Street, San Francisco, 1934. Created by Carlton Morse, the program was heard on the NBC Pacific Coast Network. Shown are (left [...]

Radio City was the model studio complex that NBC built in 1942, at the corner of Taylor and O’Farrell Streets in San Francisco.

The “Happy Go Lucky Hour” was one of KFRC’s most popular programs between 1929 and 1933. The show later moved to NBC and became “Al Pearce and His Gang.” Shown here is the large and [...]

Studios “D,” “E” and “F” of Radio City were suitable for studio program production. Each studio measured 20 ft. x 30 ft. These studios did not have sponsors’ booths, and were not used for programs [...]

Studio “C” of Radio City was 24 feet x 44 feet, and seated an audience of 120 persons. It was identical to Studio “B.” Later in the decade, this room became the first studio of [...]