Rosalie Howarth
Rosalie Howarth was born and raised in Northern California, starting her radio life in 1977 as a volunteer at Pacific Grove’s non-commercial community station KAZU. It wasn’t long before she was heard on the local […]
Archives: Inductees
Don Curran
Don Curran was born in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma. After launching his broadcasting career in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Air Force, Curran spent more than 30 years in […]
Russ Coughlan
A San Francisco native, Russ Coughlan got his start in radio at the age of 21 in Watsonville. His Bay Area career started at Oakland’s KROW in 1945, after he served as one of the […]
Chet Casselman
Chet Casselman was born in Fresno and spent his childhood in the San Joaquin Valley and San Diego. His daughter would later recall that young Chet was smitten by radio at the age of 8 […]
“Jumpin’ George” Oxford
He called himself “Ol’ Jumpin’”, and George Oxford was as unique as his moniker. First heard on Bay Area radio reading poetry in 1945, the Southern-born Oxford became a white broadcaster who delivered what was […]