Tarea Hall Pittman
A renowned leader in the Black community, Tarea Hall Pittman began a regular radio broadcast called “Negroes in the News” in 1935 on Oakland station KLS (later known as KWBR and KDIA). These weekly roundups […]
Archives: Inductees
Leslie Stoval
Illinois-born and Ohio-raised Leslie Stoval’s Bay Area radio career began in the 1970s at KZSU, the student station at her alma mater, Stanford University. Over a nearly fifty-year career, she would be heard in key […]
Ron Walters
Ron Walters was known as “The Voice of Petaluma”, a fixture on KTOB for 30 years. The Iowa native graduated from Healdsburg High School and went on to star in basketball at Gonzaga University. Returning to […]
Merle Ross
Merle Rossman was born in Lodi, grew up in Oakland, and graduated from San Jose State College. His radio career began in Watsonville, after which he moved to San Rosa’s KSRO in 1959. Under the […]
Abel de Luna
Mexican-born Abel de Luna became the first Mexican-American city council member in Healdsburg history at age 29 and then mayor at 31. He would become an influential local businessman, establishing La Luna Markets and the […]