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KPO Radio, Belmont Transmitter Building Under Construction, 1933
KPO Radio, Belmont Transmitter Building Under Construction, 1933
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KGO Radio, Oakland Motor Generator Room 1924
The generator room of the General Electric station contained nine motor-generator sets. These supplied current for heating the filaments of the tubes, plate potential for the power amplifiers and the 600 meter commercial transmitter, bias […]
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KGO Radio, Oakland Main Transmitter 1924
This view of the main transmitter of the General Electric Station appears to have been taken earlier than the previous photo, and from the opposite corner of the room. Notice the open construction of all […]
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KRE Radio, Berkeley Transmitter Building Interior 1937
An interior view of the new KRE transmitter building on Ashby Avenue, taken in 1937, shows that all new equipment had been purchased. According to former employee Bob Morrison, the station’s equipment was a source […]
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KPO Radio, Belmont Transmitter Engineers Circa 1930s
These are the engineers who maintained and operated KPO’s 50,000-watt transmitter in Belmont, mid-1930s. Left to Right: R. W. Clark, Assistant Station Engineer; F. L. Barron; Curtis D. Peck, KPO Station Engineer; W. D. Kellogg; […]
Harrison Holliway
KFRC Radio, San Francisco Harrison Holliway 1927
In addition to managing KFRC, Harrison Holliway was the announcer/emcee of the station’s popular variety show, “Blue Monday Jamboree,” which was performed each Monday evening in the station’s studio in the Don Lee Cadillac building. […]