Ralph Barbieri, Jan Black, Dr. Dean Edell, Bouncin' Bill Doubleday, Shingo Kamada, Laurie Roberts, Rosalie Howarth, Russ Coughlan (pictured) and Hal Ramey headlined the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame's Class of 2011, inducted on Saturday, October 15, in Berkeley at a gala celebration presented by Broadcast Legends and the California Historical Radio Society. [CLICK HERE]

"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]

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 his monumental account of Bay Area radio's colorful origins and development, Voices Out Of The Fog, filled with amazing stories and a treasure-trove of rare photographs. [CLICK HERE]

The CHRS 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 CHRS Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame in Berkeley (that's the BARHOF gallery in the inset photo), we hope you'll become a member of CHRS today to help us continue to grow! [CLICK HERE]

Archival broadcasts, historical documents, photographs, music surveys ...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 CHRS Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame presents a rotating series of features for your enjoyment.

The Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame is now a proud part of the California Historical Radio Society! Thanks to the efforts of CHRS, its members and executive team, BARM and BARHOF 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]

The one-and-only "Prince Trapped Inside The Body of a Disc Jockey," Carter B. Smith, passed away on January 24, 2011, following a lengthy battle with a brain tumor. A native San Franciscan, Carter began his radio career in the mid-1950s, and was a listener favorite on KRE, KSFO, KNBR, Magic 61 and KABL. Carter was an avid supporter of CHRS and the radio museum, and shared his personal aircheck collection with us. [CLICK HERE]

It's a Bye-Bye Baby Bonanza! The Bay Area Radio Museum celebrates the World Series champion San Francisco Giants with a retrospective on 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. And yes, we've even got some vintage Giants baseball on the radio from years past! [CLICK HERE]