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[FEATURED EXHIBIT]
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The
Bay Area Radio Museum is now a proud part of
the
California Historical Radio Society!
Thanks to the efforts of CHRS, its
members and executive team, BARM and the Hall of
Fame will continue to grow and thrive, and
continue to bring the rich history of Bay
Area radio to visitors from around the
world.
Read BARM/BARHOF executive director and founder
David Jackson's comments about the merger
between these two outstanding organizations.
[CLICK HERE] |
[SOUND OF
THE CITY]
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"The
sound of the city, the sounds that are
heard, in San Francisco..." These words begin
the most memorable radio station jingle of all
times — KSFO's signature "Sound Of The City"
theme song. Hear it — and the story behind its
creation — in a special extended presentation.
[CLICK HERE] |
[voices out
of the fog]
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In
the early 1970s, John Schneider began the
epic task of chronicling the history of radio in
the San Francisco Bay Area. The museum is proud
to announce that Mr. Schneider has allowed us to
present this monumental account of the Bay Area
radio's colorful origins and development.
[CLICK HERE] |
[MUSEUM
MEMBERSHIP]
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Get
your copy of Ben Fong-Torres' "The Hits Just
Keep On Coming" on CD and help the Bay Area
Radio Museum continue bringing you the best of
local radio! [CLICK HERE]
The Bay Area Radio Museum is a non-profit
corporation operated for the public's benefit.
Your membership assists us in allowing more
rare and memorable exhibits to be offered,
provides us with resources to help restore and
preserve archival recordings and photographs,
and helps to pay for the bandwidth, licensing
fees and operating expenses required to bring
these exhibits to you via the Internet.
If you enjoy
visiting the Bay Area Radio Museum, we hope
you'll become a museum member today to help us continue to grow!
[CLICK HERE] |
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[WELCOME!]
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Archival
broadcasts, historical documents, photographs,
music surveys ... trace the history of radio in
the San Francisco Bay Area from its origins in
the early Twentieth Century through its
development into a network powerhouse in the
1930s and 1940s and a thriving source of
entertainment, news and sports today. The Bay
Area Radio Museum presents a rotating series of
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[HALL OF FAME]
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Lee
Rodgers (photo, right), Hank Greenwald, Bobby
Dale and
Ted Wygant led the stellar cast of twelve
legends selected to the Bay Area Radio Hall
of Fame's Class of 2009. Read about the
newest honorees and this year's
sold-out BARHOF celebration
held
on September 29 in Berkeley!
[CLICK HERE] |
[1260 KYA RADIO]
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The
"Boss Of The Bay" is back!
If you grew up in the Bay Area as a fan of the
legendary
1260 KYA Radio, it's back and sounding
greater than ever in high fidelity MP3pro
Stereo, along with those classic KYA jingles
and your favorite Top 40 hits of the '50s, '60s
and '70s — presented by the Bay Area Radio
Museum and hosted by Gary Mora, an
original voice of KYA Radio. Tune in to Golden
Gate Great Radio now!
[CLICK HERE] |
[SPORTS Feature]
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It's
a bye-baby bonanza! The Bay Area Radio
Museum welcomes the baseball season in with a
retrospective on the San Francisco Giants
and their great radio voices, from Russ
Hodges and Lon Simmons to Al
Michaels, Hank Greenwald and
Lindsey Nelson, through today with Jon
Miller and Dave Flemming. [CLICK HERE] |
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