Gordon Greb
Gordon Greb was born in Fremont, sold newspapers door-to-door during the Depression, and had a brief career as a child actor on KTAB’s Rusty, The Boy Aviator. Greb earned his BA at the University of California, […]
Archives: Inductees
Mike Adams
Midwest native Mike Adams spent some time on the radio, but many more years shaping future broadcasters. Adams received his BA and MA from Ohio State University before arriving at San Jose State University in […]
Don Thompson
Don Thompson was born in Rangoon, where his mother was a medical missionary in charge of the American hospital. His father was a captain in the U.S. Navy. When Don was 3, the family returned […]
Bill Doubleday
John William “Bouncin’ Bill” Doubleday broke into radio at KSAN as a teenager and became one of the original star R&B disc jockeys, spinning the latest rhythm and blues records with some early Elvis mixed […]
Francis J. McCarty
Celebrated as San Francisco’s “Boy Inventor” in the San Francisco Call, Francis J. McCarty initially financed his inventions with various jobs including clerking at a dry goods house. By 1903 he reported success in developing […]
Sybil Herrold
A true pioneer of the broadcasting industry, Montana-born Sybil Paull was an accomplished telegrapher and radio operator. Often referred to as history’s first disc jockey, she played music from phonograph records on Charles Herrold’s historic […]