Russ Coughlan
A San Francisco native, Russ Coughlan got his start in radio at the age of 21 in Watsonville. His Bay Area career started at Oakland’s KROW in 1945, after he served as one of the […]
Archives: Inductees
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 […]
“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 […]
