Ben Fong-Torres
Born in Alameda and raised in Oakland, Ben Fong-Torres became internationally-known as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone magazine. But his Bay Area radio roots are deep. Fong-Torres spent time as a DJ on the […]
Archives: Inductees
Heber Smith
A native of Evanston, IL, Heber Smith moved to the Bay Area as a teenager, graduating from Berkeley High School before enrolling at the University of California. World War 2 would interrupt his education. He […]
Art Lebermann
Art Lebermann enjoyed a broadcasting career spanning over forty years. Lebermann served as chief engineer at Berkeley’s KRE and spent many years as transmitter engineer for KSFO and KGO. Lebermann was a co-founder of the […]
Gary Radnich
Gary Radnich was born Gary Radunich in San Jose, where he starred in basketball at Del Mar and Branham High Schools. He would play NCAA Division 1 basketball at Brigham Young University and the University […]
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez
Cuban-born Amaury Pi-Gonzalez is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Pi-Gonzalez emigrated to Florida in 1961 and served in the US Army between 1966 and 1968. He began his Bay Area […]