He received an Emmy award for producing the 1996 "Bay to Breakers Highlight Show" for
KPIX, San Francisco. He has also produced and directed "Silicon Summit: Will Technology
Affect The News?" (a three-hour roundtable edited to seventy-five minutes for the Radio-Television
News Directors Foundation); and coordinated the media pool coverage for the executions at San
Quentin Prison.
Previously, Darryl was the Director of Operations, CKS Pictures, Cupertino (1994-95);
Director of Special Events, Yonchenko Communications, South San Francisco (1993-94);
Associate News Director for Operations, KRON-TV, San Francisco (1981-92); and Master
Control Supervisor, Broadcast Communications Arts Department, San Francisco State University
(1963-81). Darryl was the Operations Manager for the KQED-TV Auction for many
years; he also worked at KRON-TV and KEAR-FM in the early 60's.
Darryl's specialty is logistics and planning, maintaining membership rolls, finance and budgets,
meeting planning, etc.
From the annual Emmy Awards or the NorCal RTNDA Convention and Awards to the history making events
while at KRON: Celebrate California, the evening newscasts on remote from a different
location each night, Mendocino, Napa, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Monterey, and San Jose. Democratic
and Republican convention coverage, the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, Olympics,
Super Bowl, or the visit of the Pope.
He is a past president and trustee of NATAS, receiving the distinguished service medallion, and
a member of the Silver Circle (over 25 years in NorCal TV).
Darryl lives in San Mateo; he is a widower with three married children and two granddaughters.
He is an Elder and Deacon of the Presbyterian Church, serves on the Board of Directors of Media
Bridges, Inc., and former board member of the Service League of San Mateo County.
Darryl Compton has spent over thirty-eight years in the Northern
California broadcasting community. He is currently the Executive Director of Norcal RTNDA, (Radio-Television News Directors Association of Northern California), NATAS
SF/Norcal (The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Francisco/Northern
California Chapter) and Broadcast Legends. In addition, he still has time for some
freelance producing and directing.