[Noisebridge-discuss] July 20 - California Historical Radio Society Radio Day KRE Berkeley - Fwd: [W6BB] Historic Berkeley radio station building sold

[giovanni_re]

Meantime, the group California Historical Radio Society
 will celebrate what perhaps will be its final 
Radio Day by the Bay at KRE, 
at the foot of Ashby Avenue, on July 20. The annual
fundraiser celebrates radio in myriad ways from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is
$5, and proceeds go to CHRS, the Hall of Fame and 
The Society of Wireless Pioneers.

Stan Bunger of KCBS is scheduled to emcee the event. Peter Finch, Cheryl
Jennings, Ben Fong-Torres and Terry McGovern also will be part of the
program.

An auction of vintage radios, test equipment and amateur gear will be
held.
Also on tap: a performance of a 1948 Lone Ranger radio play.

In addition, a celebration of the movie "American Graffiti," including
classic cars from the film, will be part of the event. (The KRE building
was used for scenes in the classic 1973 George Lucas film.) And the 2013
inductees for the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame will be announced.

"The important thing now for our organization is to have a really good
event on July 20," Kushman said. "It's our biggest event of the year,
and
we just invite everybody to come and enjoy a whole day of fun devoted to
radio."

For more information, call the CHRS hotline at 415-821-9800, email
info at californiahistoricalradio.com or go to:

www.californiahistoricalradio.com




----- Original message -----
From: Mathison Ott <mathisono at gmail.com>
To: w6bb <w6bb at w6bb.org>
Subject: [W6BB] Historic Berkeley radio station building sold
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 21:06:04 -0700

http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_23554606/historic-berkeley-radio-station-building-sold

*Historic Berkeley radio station building sold*

By Damin Esper
Correspondent

Posted:   06/27/2013 02:50:26 PM PDT
Updated:   06/28/2013 06:44:22 AM PDT



BERKELEY -- A proposed sale of two radio stations most likely will leave
the California Historical Radio Society looking for a new home for
itself
and for the Bay Area Radio Museum and Radio Hall of Fame.

Stations KVTO-AM in Berkeley and KVVN-AM in Santa Clara are to be sold
by
YMF Media Inc. to Pham Radio Communication LLC pending Federal
Communications Commission approval of the deal. An application to
transfer
the licenses was filed June 6.

Included in the deal are the historic KRE studios near Aquatic Park in
Berkeley, which the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) uses as
the
Bay Area Radio Museum. KVTO is the successor to KRE, which was the first
24-hour station in Northern California.

CHRS President Steve Kushman said that his organization had its first
meeting with representatives of Pham Radio Communication last week.

"After a cordial meeting between CHRS and PRC, indications still remain
that CHRS is secure at KRE for the near future," Kushman said. "Another
meeting will be held between July 10-20."

Earlier, Kushman said, "Nobody's kicking us out of there. We're not
going
to have to suddenly move thousands of books and thousands of radios."

CHRS had been using the studios on a rent-free license granted by the
station's previous owners in exchange for restoring the building. The
property was dilapidated and covered with graffiti when the society took
it
over.

However, Inner City Broadcasting Corp.
went bankrupt and its assets, including the building, were sold off.
CHRS
had been attempting to raise donations and pledges to purchase the
building
itself but came up short.

Kushman said his group's current license to the property expires in
September.

On the group's website, a statement from the group's board said, "Early
indications are that the successful bidder is not inclined to sell the
building to CHRS at this time."

The new owner is a corporation recently created in California by San
Francisco resident Phuong Pham. The two stations along with the property
and other assets are to be purchased for $6 million.

Kushman said that although the proposed sale appears to end the group's
hopes to permanently occupy the KRE studios, it doesn't change the
overall
goal, which is to find a permanent home somewhere.

"A museum has to have a permanent place," he said. "We're looking for a
building of 8,000 square feet or more. I'm sure there are properties out
there."

Kushman said CHRS has raised $700,000 in pledges and donations.

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