KNEW Radio:
The
AM 910 Collection
Oakland, California

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1966

1968

Joe Dolan on KNEW/91 (Circa January 1968; 20 minutes) Exhibit includes audio

Joe D. interviews former FBI agent Bill Turner about his personal investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Van Amburg on KNEW/91 (January 2, 1968; 10 minutes) Exhibit includes audio

An interview on the air with noted attorney Melvin Belli regarding his thoughts on the assassination of President Kennedy and the possible whitewash of facts in the Warren Commission report.

1970

Lyons & Reynolds: The Sinatra Special on KNEW (May 1970; 50 minutes) Exhibit includes audioRR

Ron Lyons and Ron Reynolds wrap up KNEW's 24-hour salute to Old Blue Eyes.

1972

Tom Campbell on KNEW (December 1972; 6 minutes) Exhibit includes textExhibit includes audioMS

Ron Lyons on KNEW (December 1972; 6 minutes) Exhibit includes audioMS

1974

California Gold Ends on KNEW (June 30, 1974; 1 hour) Exhibit includes textExhibit includes audioMS

1975

Bill Collins on KNEW Country (c. 1975; 11 minutes) Exhibit includes audioEdited (scoped) aircheckJW

Including excerpts of a Knowles Robertson newscast.

1978

Bob Guerra on KNEW Country (September 11, 1978; 20 minutes) Exhibit includes audioDJ

1997

Tom Benner on KNEW Country (September 12, 1997; 47 minutes) Exhibit includes audioMS

Frank Terry on KNEW Country (September 12, 1997; 5 hours) Exhibit includes audioMS

Richard Ryan & Sully Roddy on KNEW Country (Sept. 12, 1997; 2+ hours) Exhibit includes audioMS

The final day of live, local Country Music programming on KNEW before the station switches to a satellite feed. The recordings heard here, in brilliant AM Stereo, represent more than seven consecutive, uninterrupted hours of the station's actual broadcast day. Notable during Frank Terry's last shift are phone calls from a variety of Bay Area broadcasting legends, including Bill Collins (about 2 hours and 55 minutes into the recording), Bob Gowa (at about 3:20), Ed Leslie (about 3:35), Craig Bowers (4 hours in), and John Catchings (about 4:44), plus an in-studio visit from Carter B. Smith and Mike Cleary from co-owned KABL (about 4:15).

1998

Sammy The Psychic on KNEW and K101 (August 25, 1998; 30 minutes) Exhibit includes audioMS

The first simulcast of KNEW and KIOI under the joint ownership of Clear Channel.

 

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MS — Courtesy of Mike Schweizer.
RR — Courtesy of Ron Reynolds.
JW — Courtesy of Jackson Weaver.
DJ — Courtesy of David Ferrell Jackson.

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