BARHOF Inductee Frank Cope 2007

Frank Cope

Frank Cope broke into broadcasting in Ogden, UT and arrived in San Francisco to take a management position at KPO. From 1930 to 1959, he held forth on KJBS, where his “Alarm Klok Klub” morning […]

BARHOF Inductee Mike Cleary 2007

Mike Cleary

Chicago native Mike Cleary is best-known to Bay Area radio listeners for the fifteen years he spent paired with Frank Dill, hosting the morning show on KNBR. “Frank and Mike” were teamed up in 1979 […]

BARHOF Inductee Don Bleu 2007

Don Bleu

Born Rick Kelleher in East Grand Forks, MN, Don Bleu got into radio while a student at the University of North Dakota.  His first paying gig was back home in Grand Forks at KILO. After […]

BARHOF Inductee Don Barksdale 2007

Don Barksdale

Oakland-born Don Barksdale was a pioneer–more than once. He was cut from the Berkeley High School basketball team for three straight years, a victim of the era’s widespread racism: reportedly, the coach didn’t want more […]

BARHOF Inductee Dave Sholin 2008

Dave Sholin

San Francisco native and San Francisco State University graduate Dave Sholin is a music industry legend and charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was first heard on SF State’s KSFS, […]

BARHOF Inductee Doug Pledger 2008

Doug Pledger

Born in Wisconsin and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin school of law, Doug Pledger started his radio career in Los Angeles. He arrived in the Bay Area in 1948, announcing Stanford University football […]