Chet Casselman
Chet Casselman was born in Fresno and spent his childhood in the San Joaquin Valley and San Diego. His daughter would later recall that young Chet was smitten by radio at the age of 8 […]
Archives: Inductees
“Jumpin’ George” Oxford
He called himself “Ol’ Jumpin’”, and George Oxford was as unique as his moniker. First heard on Bay Area radio reading poetry in 1945, the Southern-born Oxford became a white broadcaster who delivered what was […]
Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson is a graduate of Syracuse University whose San Francisco radio career cemented him as one of the Bay Area’s broadcast legends. Nelson was one of a number of radio voices who arrived in […]
Bobby Ocean
Born Ernest Raymond Lenhart, Bobby Ocean was first heard on Bay Area radio on Pittsburg’s KKIS as “Captain Turntable” Ocean’s voice became synonymous with Top 40 radio, whether you know him as Radio Ray Farrell, […]