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:
|
YEAR(S) |
FLAGSHIP STATION |
ANNOUNCERS |
|
1968-1969 |
KNBR (680 AM) |
Monte Moore, Al Helfer |
|
1970 |
KNBR (680 AM) |
Monte Moore, Harry Caray |
|
1971 |
KEEN (1370 AM) |
Monte Moore, Bob Elson, Red Rush |
|
1972 |
KEEN (1370 AM) |
Monte Moore, Jim Woods, Jim Piersall |
|
1973 |
KEEN (1370 AM) |
Monte Moore, Jim Woods |
|
1974 |
KEEN (1370 AM) |
Monte Moore, Jon Miller, Bill Rigney |
|
1975 |
KEEN (1370 AM) |
Monte Moore, Bob Waller |
|
1976-1977 |
KNBR (680 AM) |
Monte Moore, Bob Waller |
|
1978 |
KALX (90.7 FM)* KNEW (910 AM) |
Larry Baer, Bob Kozberg (KALX); Bud Foster, Jim Peterson, Curt Flood (KNEW) |
|
1979 |
KKIS (990 AM) |
Red Rush, Hal Ramey |
|
1980 |
KDIA (1310 AM) |
Red Rush, Dom Valentino, Ted Robinson |
|
1981-1985 |
KSFO (560 AM) |
Bill King, Lon Simmons, Wayne Hagin |
|
1985-1992 |
KSFO (560 AM) |
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1993 |
KNEW (910 AM) |
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1994-1998 |
KFRC (610 AM) |
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1999-2001 |
KABL (960 AM) |
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2002-2005 |
KFRC (610 AM) |
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2006 |
KYCY (1550 AM) |
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2007-2008 |
KFRC / KYCY |
* — 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
| 1974 | Bill King Oakland A’s |
| 1975 | Monte Moore Oakland A’s |
| 1988 | |
| 1989 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2006 |
— Exhibit includes text and audio.
— Audio presentation only.
— Fair to poor audio quality.
— Edited or partial broadcast.
DA — Courtesy of Danny Angotti (Atomic Productions).
Related Exhibits:
I have an original KNBR recording (reel-to-reel tape), by Hal Ashby, of Vida Blue’s no hitter on September 21, 1970, called by Monte Moore and Harry Caray. Would be interested in your assessment of it’s approximate value.
Thanks,
Ron Wyatt