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) |
|
1993 |
KNEW (910 AM) |
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1994-1998 |
KFRC (610 AM) |
|
1999-2001 |
KABL (960 AM) |
|
2002-2005 |
KFRC (610 AM) |
|
2006 |
KYCY (1550 AM) |
|
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).
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