Each year CHRS/BARM presents this prestigious award to people who exhibit "Outstanding Achievement in the Preservation and Documentation of Early Radio." Learn about Charles Herrold: For 2013, the CHRS Herrold Award goes to John Staples, PhD and W6BM, for his…
On this page you will find audio interviews with important people in Bay Area Radio. We will be posting video versions of these interviews in time. We are getting quite a few interviews, so check back as new ones are…
Gilles Vrignaud will be the CHRS Judge and contest liaison. Please contact Gilles for more information. Dear fellow CHRS members, We have been invited to participate in a worldwide restoration contest, sponsored by the Société Québécoise Collectioneurs de Radio Anciens (SQCRA) Based…
Our Landlord, Mr. Harvey Stone, KBLX GM, visited KRE as part of the KRE Staff and Family Reunion in September. He hadn’t seen the building in 6 years and was truly amazed and very impressed at the transformation from a…
Our valued Treasurer and Director, Jaime Arbona, stepped down in 2011 due to work commitments. We wish to thank Jaime for an outstanding job he has done in the Treasurer and Membership Chairman positions, with help from Elizabeth Kline-Wong. We…
Have photos of your collection, special radios or radio events you want to share in our Gallery? Just get them to Mike Adams and he will post them. Photos below are from the first Radio Cabinet Overview Class on April 11th…
by Mike Adams | Learn more about Mike's research and publication | Back by Popular Demand: The Emmy-Nominated 1985 PBS Series, "Radio Collector" | CHRS YouTubePage | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5J8AwkOgQM RADIO BROADCASTING HISTORY BY DECADES: The Technology, The Programming, The Business 1900-1910 - BIRTH 1. THE…
We are pleased to report that CHRS / BARM is the proud recipient of a $75,000 donation from CHRS Life member Norman Leal. Thank You Norm! Your generosity is deeply appreciated by every member of this organization. This donation means…
LIVE! at KRE continues to be a major source of our funding for the year. The 2011 event was dedicated to the memory of our good friend Carter B. Smith, who we lost in January 2011. With hundreds in attendance,…
We're excited to announce that we've merged with the Bay Area Radio Museum! We've always appreciated the work of the Bay Area Radio Museum (also known as BARM) and when we heard it was in trouble we got in touch…