Charles D. “Doc” Herrold
Charles Herrold was born in Fulton, IL but grew up in San Jose. He is known for broadcasting the first regularly scheduled radio programming from his station in San Jose, known originally as FN and […]
Archives: Inductees
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 […]
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 […]