Fred J. Hart
Fred J. Hart was born in Tacoma, WA and educated at Oregon’s McMinnville College (now Linfield University). He moved to California in 1912, becoming involved in a variety of agricultural ventures. Hart helped establish several […]
Archives: Inductees
Edna Fischer
San Jose-born Edna Fischer became one of the best-known stars of early Bay Area radio, in a career that carried her through to television’s early years. She became known as “San Francisco’s First Lady of […]
Wesley I. Dumm
Wesley Dumm was born in Ohio and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, practiced law in Wyoming, and was a banking executive in Colorado before moving to California in 1924. He was recuperating from a serious […]
Hugh Barrett Dobbs
Known far and wide as “Captain Dobbsie”, Hugh Barrett Dobbs was an immensely popular on-air talent in the early days of Bay Area radio. The Kentucky-born Dobbs, whose father would become a Congressman, grew […]
Ralph R. Brunton
Ralph Brunton was an innovative radio executive whose start in radio was a family matter: his father Julius launched one of San Francisco’s pioneering stations, KJBS. “KJBS” stood for “Julius Brunton’s Sons”: Ralph and his […]
Preston D. Allen
Oakland native Preston D. Allen played a significant role in the early years of the Bay Area radio industry. As a high school student, he’d already obtained one of the first amateur radio licenses issued […]