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)
1994-1998	KFRC (610 AM)
1999-2001	KABL (960 AM)
2002-2005	KFRC (610 AM)
2006	KYCY (1550 AM)
2007-2008	KFRC / KYCY

Bob Kozberg and Larry Baer were, at least for a few weeks, the play-by-play voices of the Oakland Athletics in 1978, on KALX in Berkeley.

* — 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	Bill King Oakland A’s
1989	Oakland A’s
2005	Oakland A’s – Angels
2006	Oakland A’s – SF Giants

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