Editor’s Note: As a follow-up to Fred Krock’s three-part series on San Francisco Bay Area radio in the early 1950s, he shares his remembrances from touring radio stations while a student at Stanford. He reflects on what he saw during those visits and provides short updates on some of the featured stations. Coincidentally, Jennifer Waits […]
Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of Fred Krock’s three-part series on San Francisco Bay Area radio in the early 1950s. In part one he gave an overview of what the radio dial sounded like. Fred attended Stanford University at that time, and began recounting how he got involved in the station in part […]
Editor’s Note: This is part two of Fred Krock’s three-part series on San Francisco Bay Area radio in the early 1950s. In part one he gave an overview of what the radio dial sounded like then. Fred got his start at Stanford University’s station in Palo Alto, which is where the story picks up. When […]
Editor’s Note: Fred Krock is a retired broadcaster who worked in commercial broadcasting in San Francisco and New York City. An electrical engineer, he got his start in radio at KZSU at Stanford University in 1950. Fred offered to share his memories of KZSU and radio in the Bay Area from that time, and we […]
