

THE RADIO HISTORIAN'S
SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO ARCHIVE
of
Radio Station
KPO / KNBC / KNBR
(Click on any image to enlarge)

KPO's first studio with 50 watt transmitter, 1922 |

KPO 500-watt transmitter and control desk, 1923 |

KPO's 1000-watt transmitter, 1925 |

Another view of KPO 1000-watt transmitter |

KPO speech amplifier equipment, 1925 |

KPO antenna on the roof of Hale Brothers' Department Store,
about 1925 |
KPO's new studio complex (floor plan), Hale Brothers', 1929 |
KPO's studio "A", Hale Brothers' Department Store, 1929 |

KPO's studio "B", Hale Brothers' Department Store, 1929 |
KPO's 5000-watt transmitter, Hale Brothers' Annex, 1929 |

New KPO master control equipment is installed, 1929 |

Hugh Barrett Dobbs, KPO's morning program host, 1920's |

KPO childrens' program host, "Big Brother", at the
microphone. |

"Marshall's Mavericks", featuring Charlie Marshal, 1934 |

Southern Harmony Four on KPO, 1934 |
Some KPO personalities from the late 1920s and early 1930s. |

KPO Faces Behind the Mike 1930
|
Edna Fischer, popular KPO pianist , 1934
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KPO covers the United Nations organizational meeting, 1945
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Ticket to 'Hale and Farewell' Broadcast, When KPO Became
KNBC, 1947
|
 KPO/KNBC announcer Bud Heyde |  Bud Heyde and KPO Sound Truck |  Bud Heyde broadcasting "This is Your Home" |  Bud Heyde and KNBC news teletype machines |

Staff of the Doug Pledger Show, KNBC, 1950's |
 KNBC news car at Coit Tower |  An NBC "Monitor" broadcast originates from KNBC |  KNBC waterfront remote broadcast |
B. Floyd Farr, KPO announcer and KEEN
owner
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