CHRS Fund Raising Total – $689,290!
We are raising money to purchase a permanent home for CHRS. Our goal is $750,000…. Or more!
As of June 5th, 2013, 263 pledges, total: $689,290. See all the details of this campaign and Thank You!
ET Project
Our museum houses several hundred of electrical transcriptions (also called “transcription discs”) of radio programs, now being encoded for our website visitors to enjoy.
UPDATED 6/15/13: Another new show is available. Click here to see it.
Radio Day by the Bay
“RADIO DAY BY THE BAY 2013: Live! at KRE.” Our yearly “Big Event” and fund raiser will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Big Auction, Live Radio, Live Music, much to see and do, family fun for all! Don’t miss it! Here find the soon-to-be large Auction Catalogue
CHRS Authors
New books have just been published by two of our CHRS History Fellows. Lee de Forest, King of Radio, Television, and Film, 2012, Springer Science, written by Mike Adams, and Bay Area Radio, 2012, Arcadia, written by John Schneider, are available in the CHRS/KRE Museum Store, or from Amazon.
About CHRS
The California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1974 to promote the restoration and preservation of early radio and broadcasting. We are located in Berkeley at the historic KRE radio station building.
Latest Update
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KVTO-AM is Sold – How This Effects CHRS & The KRE Purchase
The Latest… The KRE PURCHASE – The following prepared statement by the CHRS Board of Directors was presented during the CHRS General meeting, June 1st at KRE: “We have been informed that KVTO has [...]
About BARM / BARHOF
The Bay Area Radio Museum (BARM) is an online collection of audio recordings, documents and photographic images pertaining to the history and development of radio broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area.