KRE Radio Studio A Glenn-Connolly Building Berkeley, California Circa 1933 Owner Art Westlund moved KRE’s studios to the Glenn-Connolly Building at 2337 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley in 1933. This is a view of Studio “A”, looking towards the combination control room/announce booth. The condenser microphone in the photo [Read more…]
KRE Radio, Berkeley First Broadcast Studio, 1922 This studio was installed by the Maxwell Electric Company in the Claremont Hotel in 1922. The piano was loaned to KRE by Benjamin’s Music Store, and the wicker phonograph by White’s. [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home [Read more…]
KRE Radio Studio Berkeley, Late 1920s A view of the KRE studio in the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, as it appeared in the late 1920s. [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home Page] www.adams.net/~jfs All articles copyright © 1997-2006 by John F. Schneider. All rights [Read more…]
KRE Transmitter Site Ashby Avenue, Berkeley 1937 KRE Built its new transmitter building at 601 Ashby Avenue in Berkeley in 1937. The lighted call letters on the 178 ft. self-supporting tower could be seen for miles on a clear night. The land was a tide flat, and flooded [Read more…]
KRE Radio, Berkeley Transmitter Room Circa 1922 This 50 watt transmitter, nicknamed “Big Mike”, was built by the Maxwell Electric Company and installed at the Claremont Hotel for KRE in 1922. [Go to Index of Articles] [Return to Photo Archive] [Return to Home Page] www.adams.net/~jfs All articles copyright © 1997-2006 [Read more…]
KRE 1400, Berkeley Carter B. Smith 1962 San Francisco-born Carter Blakemore Smith, educated at San Francisco State College, got his start in local radio as an intern at KSAN (1450 kc.) in the mid-1950s. He advanced to Berkeley’s KRE a few years later, then parlayed his experience into [Read more…]
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