KRE Transmitter Building
Berkeley Aquatic Park
1999

Here is how the KRE Building appeared in November 1999, as viewed from the Ashby Avenue freeway overpass. The building was unoccupied except for the AM transmitters that broadcast from the new tower. The grounds are enclosed by cyclone fence and heavy vegetation, but this did not stop graffiti artists from leaving their mark on this once proud building.

In 2003, an agreement was reached between Inner City Broadcasting, owners of the building, and the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS). The CHRS has occupied the building, and will restore and maintain it as a clubhouse and radio museum. The updated photo (below) was taken in 2006 and shows the finished paint job.

The KRE building is once more a proud icon of radio broadcasting in the Bay Area. For more information about CHRS and the KRE project, visit their web site at CaliforniaHistoricalRadio.com.