BARHOF Inductee Al Jazzbeaux Collins 2006

Al “Jazzbeaux” Collins

Al Collins was born in Rochester, NY. A talented swimmer, he was attending Miami University on an athletic scholarship when he stumbled into his calling, doing a fill-in shift on the campus radio station Collins’ […]

BARHOF Inductee Ira Blue 2006

Ira Blue

San Francisco-born Ira Blue was a Stanford University graduate whose flamboyant on-air persona once led him to boast, “a half-million people either adore me or can’t stand me.” Blue’s career led him to Hollywood, where […]

BARHOF Inductee Ken Ackerman 2006

Ken Ackerman

Ken Ackerman was raised in Sacramento and found his first on-air work at KROY, which aired a program produced at Grant Union High School. Upon graduation, Ackerman found part-time work at Sacramento’s KFBK. He recalls […]

BARHOF Inductee Mel Venter 2006

Mel Venter

Mel Venter, a Stanford University graduate, was a popular program host during radio’s early years. He would later serve as a newsman and sportscaster, as well as a station executive. Venter eventually made the transition […]

BARHOF Inductee Peter Scott 2015

Peter Scott

Peter Scott (born Peter Schwartz) came to KSFO after several years at KSJO in San Jose. Scott worked his way up from production coordinator to production director to assistant program director under Al Newman and […]

BARHOF Inductee Ken Nielsen 2015

Ken Nielsen

Ken Nielsen is a true radio and TV pioneer, known as “the father of KALW”. Nielsen came to the Bay Area from Denver in 1941 and convinced the San Francisco Unified School District to apply […]