Archives: Inductees

BARHOF Inductee Ken Nielsen 2015

Ken Nielsen

23 March 2025 Stan 0

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 […]

BARHOF Inductee Harvey Stone 2015

Harvey Stone

23 March 2025 Stan 0

Harvey Stone served 33 years as General Manager/President of KBLX. His tenure extended from the purchase of KRE by Inner Cities Broadcasters until the sale of the station to to Entercom in 2012.  Stone was […]

BARHOF Inductee Elma Greer 2015

Elma Greer

23 March 2025 Stan 0

Legendary KSFO music director Elma Greer started her long tenure with that station in 1960.  In 1957, Greer had returned from Los Angeles to her native Bay Area to work as a producer of the […]

BARHOF Inductee Gil Haar 2015

Gil Haar

23 March 2025 Stan 0

Gil Haar, born Eugene Gelhaar in Kansas City, MO began his career as a teenager doing radio theater in his hometown. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Northwestern University. Haar had stops in […]

BARHOF Inductee John Madden 2015

John Madden

23 March 2025 Stan 0

Born in Austin, MN and raised in Daly City, John Madden was familiar to millions of Americans as a Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders, a television ad pitchman, the leading NFL television analyst, […]

BARHOF Inductee Mike Colgan 2015

Mike Colgan

23 March 2025 Stan 0

News reporter Mike Colgan built a career out of shoe leather and hustle. He was a big part of the Bay Area radio scene for years, covering most of the top news stories in the […]