Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame

05/28/2026

We've captured the audio from this 1964 on-air stunt by Don Sherwood at KSFO. It's a piece of Bay Area radio history from our collection.

05/27/2026

Set the Wayback Machine for 1937! We've pulled together the remarkable life story of a Bay Area native. She became known for much more than a failed nationally-broadcast on-air stunt in San Francisco. Read it here: https://bayarearadio.org/featured/unsinkable-janet-baird

05/22/2026

Stunning! The Golden Star Radio sign in San Francisco's Chinatown is alive again, thanks to a fundraising effort by our parent Historical Radio Society. Scaffolding will be down soon. For now, it'll be lit up day and night for testing.

05/21/2026

Caption contest. Found in our archives (not yet auditioned).

05/20/2026

Voting for the Bay Area Audiocaster of the Year 2026 is still open! ✅

https://bayarearadio.org/featured/audiocaster-vote-2026

Presented by the Bay Area Radio Museum & Hall of Fame, we’ve shortlisted 16 finalists for our favorite “Made in the Bay” audio performer.

The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame wants your vote! Choose your favorite "Based In The Bay"

05/19/2026

A quick update regarding our new "Bay Area Audiocaster of the Year Award". We've identified and deleted a substantial number of obvious "bot" votes. This is supposed to be fun and fair, right? We'll now offer a daily vote update in the late afternoon, Bay Area time. Voting continues (humans only, please!) until July 1 here: https://bayarearadio.org/featured/audiocaster-vote-2026

05/15/2026

Bring on the neon! The remarkable restoration of the Golden Star Radio sign in San Francisco's Chinatown is almost complete. Proud of our parent organization, California Historical Radio Society , for leading this effort after our research into May and Tommy Tong: https://bayarearadio.org/news/golden-star-radio

05/12/2026

15,000 votes already. Is radio dead? We think not…it’s AM, FM, streaming, podcast and more. Jump in and vote in the Bay Area Audiocaster of the Year competition here: https://bayarearadio.org/featured/audiocaster-vote-2026

The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame wants your vote! Choose your favorite "Based In The Bay"

05/11/2026

Three photos that tell a story: the history of the legendary KSFO transmitter site in San Francisco. https://bayarearadio.org/featured/90-years-at-islais-creek