Lee Hammer
Santa Clara Valley native Lee Hammer received his degree in Radio-Television-Film from San Jose State University and first earned a broadcasting paycheck during the news/talk era at KXRX in San Jose. Lee worked as a […]
Archives: Inductees
2008
Russ Syracuse
One of KYA’s famed Buffalo, NY imports in the early 1960’s (along with Gene Nelson, Tommy Saunders, Peter Tripp, Johnny Holliday and Larry Brownell), Russ “The Moose” served as captain of the “All-Night Flight” on […]
2010
Stan Bunger
Stan Bunger was born in San Francisco and raised in San Jose, when “The Valley” meant the Santa Clara Valley, not the Silicon Valley. He’s a graduate of West Valley College and San Francisco State […]
2021
Tom Campbell
Say “Tom Campbell” and a certain generation of Bay Area radio listeners immediately responds, “Top of the Hill, Daly City”. He voiced innumerable commercials for Matthews TV and Stereo City, a powerhouse retailer and advertiser […]
2021
Denny Terry
Denny Terry is a DJ and former “phone phreak”. Born Dennis Teresi, he is identified in the documentary film The Secret History of Hacking as an expert in social engineering. “Phone phreaks”, it is said, […]
2021
Bill Lueth
Bill Lueth began his Bay Area radio career in 1989 as an announcer at KKHI. He became a news anchor on KPIX-FM, and then moved to KDFC in 1997 as the station’s morning host. He […]