Lissa Kreisler
Raised in San Jose, Lissa Kreisler started her broadcasting career in the news department at KLOK after graduating from San Jose State University with a BA in Journalism. After ten years covering news and traffic […]
Archives: Inductees
Dusty Street
Dusty Street, born Dustine Frances Street in Palo Alto, got her start in Bay Area radio as one of the fabled “chick engineers” at KMPX in 1967. She went on the air for the first […]
Glenhall Taylor
Glenhall Taylor was among the first wave of Bay Area radio performers, heard for the first time on the short-lived Oakland station KZY in 1922. Taylor was born in Buffalo, NY and moved to the […]
Rev. George W. Phillips
The Reverend George W. Phillips was born in Jamaica, making his way to the United States at the age of 23. He worked his way through college and divinity school by working as a beekeeper. […]
Sherwood Patterson
Sherwood Patterson and his Golden Gate Broadcasting Company were an important force in Bay Area radio and TV for several decades. Patterson’s youth in Kansas included time herding cattle on horseback. He remained a fan […]