KPO Air Personalities, 1920s

   Thompson and Moody     Jack Keough 

Left:  KPO Sports announcer Don Thompson interviews Tennis star Helen Wills Moody, 1930;   Right:  KPO's play-by-play announcer Jack Keough strikes a pose, 1927.

Mabel Volz and Curtis Peck    Mary Rogge

Left:  Mabel Volz and Curtis Peck (also KPO's chief engineer), 1929;   Right:  Mary Rogge, who gave sewing lessons on KPO under the name "Betsy Ross", 1926.

Marsh and Ahearn     Rembrandt Trio

Left:  Pianist Dixie Marsh and tenor Kevin Ahearn, appearing on the Shell Happy Time Hour, 1929.   Right:  The Rembrandt Trio, a popular musical group that was heard on KPO in the twenties, and on the NBC Pacific Coast Network during the early 30s.


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