Archives: Inductees

Knowles Robertson’s 35-year Bay Area radio news career included 20 years as News and Public Affairs Director  at country music station KNEW and later its sister station KSAN.  Knowles was born in Colorado, though he […]

Bonnie Chastain ended her Bay Area radio career as News Director and morning anchor at KOIT. Prior to that, she worked in the news department at KSFO and at KCBS,  which is where she met […]

Sportscaster Sam Skinner was born in Mississippi. After his family moved to San Francisco, he graduated from Sacred Heart High School and the University of San Francisco. He was heard on KFOG and “Lucky 13” […]

Dick Leonard’s radio news career began in his native Denver. In 1952, he arrived in San Francisco to take a newscasting job at KNBC (later KNBR). In 1954, he joined the staff at KCBS and […]

Frank Knight’s career at KCBS began before the station’s 1968 shift to the all-news format. The Southern California native had worked at Southland stations including the legendary Tijuana-licensed XETRA before joining KCBS. For many years, […]

Clarence “Clancy” Cassell worked for nearly 40 years at KCBS, joining the station when the call letters were KQW and the city of license was San Jose.  Cassell graduated from San Jose State College with […]