Don Sherwood (KSFO Photo)

Don Sherwood Awards 2017

8 February 2017 BARHOF 34

The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame is proud to announce the first recipients of the Don Sherwood Award, signifying the “people’s choice” for the favorite Bay Area radio personality from “back in the day,” and the most popular Bay Area radio personality currently on the air. In [Read more…]

“Sheila Rene Backstage” Archives

6 January 2016 BARHOF 7

SHEILA RENE – A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Sheila Rene was Born March 14, 1939 in Trinity, Texas. Moved to San Francisco in the 1960s  where she fell in love with the SF Music Scene and started interviewing musicians. Sheila had no problem getting back stage since she was a “big [Read more…]

KSAN Jive 95 Movie Poster (Image)

Help CHRS Fund “KSAN Jive 95: The Movie”

28 October 2015 BARHOF 0

Our CHRS Radio Dog Production, “KSAN Jive 95: The Movie,” continues in production. But making a feature length documentary is costly. We are seeking to raise $150,000. The KSAN Jive 95 story is important for CHRS to tell and immortalize in film. KSAN during the period from 1968-1980 [Read more…]

KSAN Poster Excerpt (Image)

KSAN Reunion Attendees Try To Remember

26 August 2014 BARHOF 2

By Ben Fong-Torres Ten years after the Summer of Love, in 1977, KSAN-FM, “Jive 95,” produced a documentary, entitled “Suddenly Lost Summer: What Was That?” On June 4th and 5th, three events celebrated that pioneer free-form station and its induction into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, [Read more…]

ET Project

25 August 2014 BARHOF 0

Our museum houses several hundred electrical transcriptions (also called “transcription discs”) of radio programs, now being encoded for our website for visitors to enjoy. The audio transcription disc collection of The California Historical Radio Society is being made available in encoded format. These 16″ discs represent audio history [Read more…]

Gary Gielow at KPEN (1957 Photo)

From KPEN to KOFY: James Gabbert’s Scrapbook

20 August 2014 BARHOF 0

James Gabbert, a member of the BARHOF Class of 2006 and a true Bay Area radio icon, has shared an extensive collection of newspaper articles, correspondence and advertising chronicling his extensive career in Bay Area Broadcasting. James Jeffrey Gabbert was born in Chico, Calif., in 1936. The son [Read more…]