
Archives: Inductees


Ralph Barbieri
Ralph Barbieri was born in San Francisco. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of San Francisco and proceeded to obtain an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of […]

Laurie Roberts
Laurie Roberts began her Bay Area career at San Jose’s iconic KOME after growing up in the East Bay and graduating from Chico State. She moved over to KSJO in 1985, and a decade later […]

Rosalie Howarth
Rosalie Howarth was born and raised in Northern California, starting her radio life in 1977 as a volunteer at Pacific Grove’s non-commercial community station KAZU. It wasn’t long before she was heard on the local […]

Don Curran
Don Curran was born in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma. After launching his broadcasting career in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Air Force, Curran spent more than 30 years in […]

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 […]