Lee Kopp Radio Man Lee Kopp (1925-2010, born LeRoy M. Kopp, Jr.) was a radio man. He spent his entire life with a radio nearby. Radio was in his blood. Lee was born in Kansas in 1925, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was barely [Read more…]
KPO Antenna System Belmont, California Circa 1930s Another view of the KPO flat-top antenna, taken at dusk. At left is the antenna tuning house and the center feed wire for the antenna. To the right is a view of one of the two winches, located in the [Read more…]
KPO Radio Transmitter Cooling Pond Belmont, California Undated Photo Night-time photo of the transmitter cooling pond in operation. In the foreground at left is the garage. The illuminated tower in the distance and the feed line supports belong to KGEI (General Electric’s adjoining shortwave station), and came from [Read more…]
A Backstage Visit to NBC Radio City San Francisco in the 1950s Part 2 By Fred Krock RETURN TO PART 1 Master Control When visitors got off an elevator into the third-floor foyer, master control was visible straight ahead through plate glass windows. Studios H and J were [Read more…]
That Radio Network Sound By Fred Krock Back in the days before satellites, radio network broadcasts had a certain characteristic sound. Every beginning radio announcer’s dream was to work for a network some day. Most despaired of ever developing that network sound in their voice. What they didn’t [Read more…]
KSMO and Successor Stations on 1550 kHz in San Francisco By Fred Krock CALL LETTER HISTORY KSMO (1947-1952), KEAR (1952-1956), KOBY (1956-1960), KQBY (1960-1961), KKHI (1961-1994), KPIX (1994-1997), KYCY (1997-) FRED KROCK started listening to KSMO in 1950 when he moved to the Bay Area to attend college. His [Read more…]
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