Archives: Inductees

Ron was described as a “master broadcaster” by longtime KCBS news director Ed Cavagnaro (BARHOF 2014).  Reynolds’ voice was his calling card at KEWB, KNEW, KNBR, and in later years at KCBS, where he anchored […]

Mississippi-born John Hardy studied stage and radio acting at Columbia College in Chicago, where he got his start in broadcasting. After a stop in New Orleans, John came to the Bay Area in 1955, first […]

One of the first television columnists in the San Francisco Bay Area, Bob Foster of the San Mateo Times covered the birth of San Francisco’s first television station, KPIX, in December 1948. Foster remained on […]

Stan arrived at Alameda’s KJAZ in 1967 and carried the venerable station through to its end in 1994, serving as its morning man. After the station’s run ended, Stan kept the KJAZ spirit alive online […]

In the 1960’s, Les Crane became known to KYA listeners as Johnny Raven. A few years later, he helped usher in the era of news/talk radio on KGO, using Les Crane as his radio moniker. […]

For many years the host of “Saturday Midday Jazz” on KCSM-FM, Sonny Buxton’s was a fascinating and unusual career. He played football for the early Oakland Raiders; worked in radio and television news, did concert […]