Broadcast Legends Celebrates
Latest Radio Hall Of Famers

Freshly minted Bay Area Radio Hall of Famers in attendance on December 12 included
(top row, l-r) Carter B. Smith, Don Mozley, Don Bleu, (bottom row, l-r) Ronn Owens,
Mike Cleary, Franklin Mieuli and Aaron Edwards. (Robert Mohr photo)

Four notable members of Broadcast Legends highlighted the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame's latest group of inductees, which was celebrated in front of a capacity audience during the Legends' holiday luncheon on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at the Doubletree Inn on the Berkeley Marina.

The Class of 2007's inductees into the Hall of Fame included:

Don Barksdale (KROW, KWBR/KDIA)
Don Bleu (KYUU, KIOI)
Mike Cleary (KYA, KCBS, KNBR, KABL)
Frank Cope (KJBS)
Belva Davis (KSAN, KWBR, KDIA)
Jerry Dean (KECC, KGYW, KJAZ, KJZY)
Jim Eason (KNEW, KSFR, KCBS, KGO, KSFO)
Aaron Edwards (KSFO)
Bud Foster (KLX, Oakland Oaks, Raiders, A's, San Francisco 49ers)
Bob Kieve (owner of KLIV, KARA, KRTY)
Ron Lyons (KEWB, KNEW, KNBR, KCBS)
Franklin Mieuli (KPUP/KHIP, Warriors, Giants and 49ers)
Don Mozley (KCBS)
Ronn Owens (KGO)
Carter B. Smith (KRE, KSFO, KNBR, Magic 61, KABL)
Ernie Smith (pioneer sportscaster, KPO, KYA, KFRC)

Broadcast Legends represented in the Class of 2007 included Aaron Edwards, Franklin Mieuli, Don Mozley, Mike Cleary and Ronn Owens. Don Barksdale, Frank Cope, Jerry Dean, Bud Foster, Ron Lyons and Ernie Smith were inducted posthumously.

Legendary KNBR teammates (l-r) Carter B. Smith, Jim Jones,
Frank Dill, Mike Cleary and Ron Fell at the Legends/BARHOF event.
(Photograph courtesy of Robert Mohr)

The Class of 2007 features three longtime favorites who are still on the air: Don Bleu (Star 101.3), Ronn Owens (KGO Newstalk 810) and Mike Cleary (Magic 630 KIDD, Monterey). In addition, Belva Davis — who began her broadcast journalism career at the original KSAN (1450 AM) in 1956 and is currently with KQED-TV — is the longest-serving media personality currently active in the Bay Area, with more than fifty years of continuous service.

This year's group of sixteen honorees join the 36 radio personalities, executives and pioneers that made up the first Hall of Fame class in 2006. Among those inducted as part of the original cluster of stars were Don Sherwood, Al Hart, Ken Ackerman, Bill Moen, Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins, Frank Dill, James Gabbert and Jim Lange. (For more information, please visit BARHOF.com)

UPDATE: View Robert Mohr's photos from the event!