[FEATURED EXHIBIT]

Dave MoreyDave Morey (photo, right), Ed Baxter, Ralph Barbieri and Bouncin' Bill Doubleday are among the greats of the local airwaves appearing on this year's star-studded Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame ballot. Online voting runs through July 18, with the Class of 2009 announced in August. Be sure to join us for this year's BARHOF celebration on September 29 in Berkeley! [CLICK HERE]

[SOUND OF THE CITY]

Click here to hear "The Sound Of The City""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]

NBC Radio CityIn 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]

Get your copy of "The Hits Just Keep On Coming"!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]

[WELCOME!]

Archival broadcasts, historical documents, photographs, music surveys ...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 features for your enjoyment.

[DON PITTS]

Don PittsDon Pitts was one of the premier voices of KGO (810 AM) in the days before the station became the news/talk giant, then went on to manage the careers of some of the greatest voice artists, including Orson Welles, Casey Kasem and Gary Owens. The subject of Ben Fong-Torres' May 3 Radio Waves column, Don can be heard in a remarkable KGO aircheck from 1956. [CLICK HERE]

[1260 KYA RADIO]

1260 KYA RadioThe "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]

San Francisco Giants CollectionIt'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]

Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame

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THE BAY AREA RADIO MUSEUM IS A CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AND HONORING THE HISTORY OF
RADIO BROADCASTING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE BROADCAST & NEWSPAPER
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM,
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AND THE ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING HISTORICAL SOCIETIES