TANGENT SUNSET

San Francisco Radio Legends
by Alex Cosper
San Francisco was an early testing ground for experimental AM radio in the early 1900s. It also became the place where progressive radio was popularized in the 1960s with the rise of FM radio. One of the most legendary stations in Bay Area history was KFRC, which was the home of Dr. Don Rose in the seventies and eighties. Many big names came through the Bay Area over the years. The list of radio legends who became television personalities is very extensive. Read the entire report San Francisco Bay Area Radio History, at Playlist Research. Learn about the history in other major markets by reading the report on American Radio History.