Oakland Athletics
Baseball On The Radio

The Original Oakland A’s Broadcast Team (1968-1969):
Al Helfer, Monte Moore and NBC Sports Producer Hal Ashby

A listing of Oakland A’s flagship stations and broadcasters follows:

* — Cal students Baer and Kozberg volunteered their school’s 10-watt campus station to serve as the A’s flagship when team owner Charles O. Finley was unable to secure a contract with a commercial outlet. By May, Finley reached an agreement with Oakland’s KNEW, ending KALX’s improbable run as the most unusual flagship station in modern baseball history. Baer later played a significant role in the operation of another Major League Baseball team located in San Francisco.

SOURCES: Len Shapiro, Bay Area Radio Museum archives.

Oakland Athletics Baseball on the Radio

— Exhibit includes text and audio.
 — Audio presentation only.
 — Fair to poor audio quality.
 — Edited or partial broadcast.
DA — Courtesy of Danny Angotti (Atomic Productions).

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