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BARHOF Inductee Bill King 2006

Bill King

24 March 2025 Stan 0

Wilbur “Bill” King was born in Bloomington, IL and first went on the air with  Armed Forces Radio while stationed on Guam. A star high school baseball star before military service, King decided against trying […]

BARHOF Inductee Al Hart 2006

Al Hart

24 March 2025 Stan 0

Al Hart was born in Minneapolis, MN and attended the University of Minnesota, launching his radio career in Rhinelander, WI. At a later gig in Shreveport, LA he became known as “Your pal Al, the […]

BARHOF Inductee Glenhall Taylor 2006

Glenhall Taylor

23 March 2025 Stan 0

Glenhall Taylor was among the first wave of Bay Area radio performers, heard for the first time on the short-lived Oakland station KZY in 1922. Taylor was born in Buffalo, NY and moved to the […]

BARHOF Inductee Dave McKinsey 2016

Dave McKinsey

18 March 2025 Stan 0

Dave McKinsey worked for KABL for 30 years in three tours of duty, rising from copy writer to program director. Fellow BARHOF inductee Al Hart, who worked with McKinsey at KABL, described him as “one […]

BARHOF Inductee Carter B. Smith 2007

Carter B. Smith

15 March 2025 Stan 0

Carter Blakemore Smith was a San Francisco native who graduated from Lowell High School, City College of San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. He was first heard on Bay Area radio while still studying […]

BARHOF Inductee Bob Kieve 2007

Bob Kieve

15 March 2025 Stan 0

Robert S. Kieve was born in New Jersey and worked at the campus radio station while attending Harvard University. After graduation in 1943, he worked in the State Department’s Office of War Information in Madrid, […]