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A Photo of two people in KPO Radio Studio B

KPO Radio, San Francisco Studio B, 1925

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KPO’s Studio B at the Hale Brothers Department Store. RELATED EXHIBIT: KPO Radio’s Studio A, 1925

Max Dolin

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Max Dolin was the first Music Director at the NBC Pacific Coast Network in San Francisco. In addition to conducting the NBC Orchestra and Opera Company, his violin was heard on such programs as the […]

Bernice Berwin

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Bernice Berwin’s ambitions were always to be an actress. Her first experiences with drama were in student plays while attending the University of California at Berkeley. She first appeared on the radio during her college […]

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Paul Carson, The Musing Organist

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Paul Carson, The Musing Organist Paul Carson was the creator and performer of the popular NBC Pacific Coast Network program “The Bridge to Dreamland.” The program featured organ music and poetry, with Carson providing the music and […]

New Audio Control Room at KPO

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Anne Jetters, KPO’s telephone exchange operator, and Orrin Brown, station technician, try out the Hale-Chronicle station’s new audio control room. The equipment was installed at the same time as the new 5,000-watt Western Electric transmitter. It […]

The KNBC West Tower Is Toppled To Make Room For A New Tower 1949

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KNBC converted from a flat-top antenna to a Franklin antenna in 1949. The west tower of the flat-top antenna was toppled to make room for the new tower. The east tower was used as a […]