Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame - The Class of 2023

Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame The Class of 2023 Saturday, October 14, 2023 Basque Cultural Center South San Francisco, California Presented by

Bob Butler, Sylvia Chacon, Les Crane, Jack Friday, Lloyd Lindsay Young

Kim Vestal, John Hardy, Chuck Tweedle, Stan Dunn, Ron Reynolds

Bob Foster, Monte Moore, Sonny Buxton, Larry Brownell, Mike Schweizer 2

The Broadcast Legends Quarterly Luncheon Presenting

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Peter Cleaveland BARHOF Class of 2017 – President, Broadcast Legends T

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Rosie Allen

John Evans

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BARHOF Class of 2019

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Leonard Shapiro

Steve Kushman

Executive Director, Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame

President, California Historical Radio Society

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Freska Griarte 102.9 KBLX and 96.5 KOIT Radio BARHOF 2023 L

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Don Bleu BARHOF Class of 2007

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Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2023 Inductees Program Hosts

Sylvia Chacon Sylvia emerged from Hayward’s Sunset High and Cal State Eastbay and jumped straight into radio – entertaining Bay Area listeners on KFRC, KSFO, KYA-FM, Star 101.3, and 98.1 The Breeze for four decades.

Jack Friday One of the fabled “610 Men” from KFRC’s greatest years as “The Big 610,” Jack also rode Bay Area airwaves at KBLX, KOIT, KIOI, KYUU and KFRC’s later Oldies iteration.

Kim Vestal Although Kim currently helps the Bay Area get home each afternoon with her traffic reports on KCBS, she spent four decades as one of the Southbay’s favorite voices at KARA and KBAY.

Newscaster

Bob Butler Not just one of the greatest news reporters in Bay Area radio history, Bob also served as president of the National Association of Black Journalists, a vice president of SAG-AFTRA, and as one of the foundational reporters with the Chauncey Bailey Project. He recently concluded his stellar forty-year career with KCBS. 4

Sportscaster

Monte Moore In 1968, the Kansas City A’s moved west to Oakland, taking up roots at the Coliseum and bringing with them their Oklahoma-born radio voice, Monte Moore. From having called the team at their worst in the Midwest, Monte helped bring the Swingin’ A’s to their Bay Area fans via a variety of stations during their greatest era, which included broadcasting three straight World Series victories in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

Specialty

Lloyd Lindsay Young Hellooooo, BARHOF! No matter where you lived, worked or played by the Bay, Lloyd Lindsay Young – the son of an equally legendary California weathercaster – let you know what to expect weather-wise on News/Talk KGO 810 during the station’s run as San Francisco’s top station. His distinctive style remains instantly recognizable to listeners from coast to coast.

Management

Chuck Tweedle Under Chuck’s guidance, KOIT became one of the most consistently popular stations in the Bay Area, helping it earn both Crystal and Marconi Awards from the National Association of Broadcasters in 2003, as well as designation as a Legendary Station by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame this year.

Engineer

Mike Schweizer To say that Mike Schweizer was an engineer is like saying the Pacific Ocean is water – Mike lived, worked and breathed radio until the very last of his days.

By some estimations, he was involved with nearly every radio station in the Bay Area in one capacity or another, at one time or another. His love of radio, and the many hundreds of hours of broadcasts that he recorded – as well as memorabilia (including station T-shirts, signage and equipment) he saved from departing stations – helped create the foundation on which the Bay Area Radio Museum was built. Mike Schweizer passed away in June 2011.

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Legends and Pioneers

Larry Brownell Larry came to San Francisco from Buffalo, New York, with three other members of our Hall of Fame – Gene Nelson, Tommy Saunders and Russ “The Moose” Syracuse – to serve as the grown-up in the room, anchoring the news at Top 40 powerhouse 1260 KYA beginning in the early 1960s and continuing into the 1990s at KSFO/KYA-FM. Larry Brownell, born Larry Buller, passed away in August 2004.

Sonny Buxton The Seattle-born Sonny, who took his first step into radio in the 1950s, was a reporter and talk show host at KGO, but was truly in his element playing jazz – in nightclubs and on the radio. A certified Hero of Jazz, an honor he earned from the Jazz Journalists Association in 2013 for his work behind the microphone at San Mateo’s KCSM, Sonny has also been an Oakland Raider, an entertainment industry empresario, and an ambassador for the music that has been part of his life for eight decades.

Les Crane Listeners to 1260 KYA in the prehistoric days of rock’n’roll in the early 1960s knew him as Johnny Raven, but a few years later he helped usher in the era of news/talk radio dominance at KGO, where – as Les Crane – he interviewed celebrities in the City’s coolest nightclub, the hungry i. Les was also a network TV talk show host who went head-to-head with Johnny Carson; a creator of the popular “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” software program; a Grammy winner for his 1971 recording of the poem “Desiderata”; and husband of Tina Louise (“Ginger” from “Gilligan’s Island”). Les Crane, born Lesley Stein, passed away in July 2008.

Stan Dunn Stan Dunn arrived at Alameda’s fabled KJAZ in 1967 and carried the venerable station through to its end in 1994 as its morning man – after which he fought valiantly to keep the Spirit of KJAZ alive online for jazz fans around the world. Stan also worked at the early incarnation of easy listening KFOG, as well as KRON-FM, KIOI, KKSF, KNBR and KCSM. 6

Bob Foster In the days of yore, long before our internet age, there were newspaper columnists that covered radio and TV – what we nowadays call “media” – and there was none better than Bob Foster, whose daily column in the San Mateo Times included news, interviews, criticism and even gossip about what was happening on Bay Area airwaves for more than forty years.

John Hardy Mississippi-born John Hardy studied stage and radio acting at Columbia College in Chicago, the city in which he got his start in broadcasting. After a stop in New Orleans, John came to the Bay Area in 1955, working at San Francisco R&B pioneer KSAN and, later, at Oakland’s Boss Soul KDIA. He was also the first Black disc jockey at Top 40 KYA in the early 1970s, and was a popular personality at KSFO later in the decade. John Hardy passed away in July 2002.

Ron Reynolds Described quite perfectly as “a master broadcaster,” Ron Reynolds’ voice was his calling card at KEWB, KNEW, KNBR and, in later years, at KCBS where he anchored newscasts and could be heard throughout the day on the station’s imaging. Ron also held another rare distinction: he was among the small fraternity who could claim to have introduced The Beatles on stage, which he did at the Cow Palace during their penultimate 1965 tour. Ron Reynolds passed away in February 2022.

Legendary Station

96.5 FM KOIT For five decades one of the Bay Area’s most popular stations – one that even the boss agrees with! – KOIT receives recognition as our Legendary Station for 2023.

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B ay A r e a R a d i o H a l l o f Fa m e All-Time Inductees Ken Ackerman (2006) Mike Adams (2011) Preston D. Allen (2006) Rosie Allen (2008) Mike Amatori (2009) Annalisa (2022) Evangeline Baker (2010) Ralph Barbieri (2011) Ron Barr (2020) Ed Baxter (2009) Don Barksdale (2007) Scott Beach (2018) Alex Bennett (2008) Steve Bitker (2014) Jan Black (2011) Red Blanchard (2008) Don Bleu (2007) Ira Blue (2006) Warren Boggess (2020) Jon Bristow (2018) Renel Brooks-Moon (2008) Larry Brownell (2023) Ralph R. Brunton (2006) Stan Bunger (2010) Stan Burford (2012) Gene Burns (2018) Bob Butler (2023)

Sonny Buxton (2023) Hilario “Lalo” Caballero (2010) Tom Campbell (2021) Chet Casselman (2011) Ed Cavagnaro (2014) Sylvia Chacon (2023) Wilda Wilson Church (2016) Sarah Clark (2019) Mike Cleary (2007) Peter Cleaveland (2017) Mike Colgan (2015) Al “Jazzbeaux” Collins (2006) Peter B. Collins (2021) Frank Cope (2007) Russ Coughlan (2011) Les Crane (2023) Don Curran (2011) Bobby Dale (2009) Narsai David (2016) Belva Davis (2007) Norman Davis (2014) Jerry Dean (2007) Frank Dill (2006) Ken Dito (2020) Hugh Barrett Dobbs (2006) Tom Donahue (2006) Jane Dornacker (2019) 8

John W. “Bouncin’ Bill” Doubleday (2011) Wesley I. Dumm (2006) Jim Dunbar (2006) M. Dung (2018) Stan Dunn (2023) Jim Eason (2007) Dr. Dean Edell (2011) Aaron Edwards (2007) Chris Edwards (2018) Dennis Erectus (2013) Dan Ethen (2017) John Evans (2019) Floyd Farr (2018) Ron Fell (2017) Peter Finch (2014) Art Finley (2022) Edna Fischer (2006) John Mack Flanagan (2017) Ben Fong-Torres (2010) Bob Foster (2023) Wilson K. “Bud” Foster (2007) Bob Fouts (2008) Jack Friday (2023) Mel Fritze (2017) James Gabbert (2006) Bill Gavin (2008) Richard Gossett (2017) Gordon Greb (2011) Hank Greenwald (2009) Elma Greer (2015) Gil Haar (2015)

Sue Hall (2019) Lee Hammer (2020) John Hardy (2023) Hap Harper (2008) Al Hart (2006) Fred J. Hart (2006) Doug Harvill (2019) Buddy Hatton (2020) Jude Heller (2018) Pat Henry (2006) Mikel Hunter Herrington (2008) Charles David “Doc” Herrold (2006) Sybil Herrold True (2011) Budd Heyde (2010) Lewis Hill (2010) Russ Hodges (2008) Johnny Holliday (2022) Harrison Holliway (2006) Rosalie Howarth (2011) Sherdon “Lu” Hurley (2009) Dr. Stuart Hyde (2011) Walt Jamond (2010) Dana Jang (2021) Greg Jarrett (2020) Clifton “Cactus Jack” Johnsen (2009) Lee Jones (2017) Shingo Kamada (2011) Colin B. Kennedy (2006) Robert S. Kieve (2007) Greg Kihn (2012) 9

Bill King (2006) Don Klein (2008) Ken Korach (2019) Ed Krampf (2022) Michael Krasny (2017) Lissa Kreisler (2015) Fred Krock (2018) Jack Kulp (2021) Lamont and Tonelli (2021) Jim Lange (2006) Bob Lazich (2014) Art Lebermann (2010) Henry Leff (2013) Isabelle Lemon (2010) Phil Lerza (2009) Veldon Leverich (2019) Joe Levitt (2019) Michael Luckoff (2008) Bill Lueth (2021) Marty Lurie (2021) Ron Lyons (2007) Bruce MacGowan (2022) John Madden (2015) Dean Maddox (2016) Les Malloy (2006) Dude Martin (2008) Francis J. McCarty (2011) Dave McElhatton (2006) Dave McKinsey (2016) John McLeod (2010) Terry McGovern (2008) Dave McQueen (2010)

Bob Melrose (2012) Franklin Mieuli (2007) Jon Miller (2010) Bill Moen (2006) Monte Moore (2023) Dave Morey (2010) Johnny Morris (2020) Jane Morrison (2013) Carlton E. Morse (2006) Don Mozley (2007) Gene Nelson (2006) “Dennis Erectus” Netto (2013) Al Newman (2010) Dianne Nicolini (2016) Ken Nielsen (2015) Wes “Scoop” Nisker (2016) Bobby Ocean (2013) Dan Odum (2011) Ronn Owens (2007) Jumpin’ George Oxford (2006) Dave Padilla (2022) Greg Papa (2018) Johnny Patrick (2006) Sherwood Patterson (2006) Al Pearce (2006) Mike Pechner (2013) Robert Edward “Doc” Pelzel (2020) Celeste Perry (2014) Rev. George W. Phillips (2006) Amaury Pi-Gonzalez (2010) Doug Pledger (2008) 10

Alice Potter (2012) Holly Quan (2021) Kevin Radich (2016) Gary Radnich (2010) Hal Ramey (2011) Bob Ray (2019) Ron Reynolds (2023) Dusti Rhodes (2020) Laurie Roberts (2011) Ted Robinson (2012) Lee Rodgers (2009) Dr. Don Rose (2006) Hilly Rose (2016) Bill Ruck (2014) Dan Rusanowsky (2013) Don Sainte-Johnn (2010) Tony Salvadore (2012) Tom Saunders (2010) Mike Schweizer (2023) Steven Seaweed (2012) Peter Scott (2015) Bill Shaw (2009) Don Sherwood (2006) Dave Sholin (2008) Bonnie Simmons (2010) Lon Simmons (2006) Carter B. Smith (2007) Ernie Smith (2007) Heber Smith (2010) Hoyt Smith (2016) Ira C. Smith (2022) Dan Sorkin (2017)

Doug Sovern (2017) Owen Spann (2006) Joe Starkey (2009) Harvey Stone (2015) Roy Storey (2008) Dusty Street (2015) Mike Sugerman (2013) Russ Syracuse (2008) Ray Taliaferro (2019) Glenhall Taylor (2006) Susan Leigh Taylor (2012) Dennis Terry (2021) Don Thompson (2011) Tony Tremayne (2017) Helen Troy (2006) Roy Trumbull (2013) Chuck Tweedle (2023) Sam Van Zandt (2014) Mel Venter (2006) Kim Vestal (2023) Rich Walcoff (2017) Jo Anne Wallace (2014) Chuck Waltman (2012) Kenny Wardell Sr. (2022) Willard “Bill” Wattenburg (2020) William H. “Bill” Weaver (2013) Paul “Lobster” Wells (2021) Kim Wonderley (2011) Ted Wygant (2009) Lloyd Lindsay Young (2023) George Zema (2022) Gordon Zlot (2018) 11

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