The Modesto Radio Museum Foundation was created in early 2005 comprised of former and current broadcast radio  people and other interested parties in Modesto, CA.  The purpose of the museum is to establish virtual repository of the people, apparatus and documents of the commercial radio and broadcasters of Modesto and the area.   The museum honors the people related to it's development connecting the past with the present to inform and preserve the heritage of those pioneers who brought commercial radio to the Modesto and the area beginning in 1933.
Chester Smith, Modesto radio and television personality and successful businessman dies at age 87.
William B. Ogden Radio Engineering School (ROES) was established in 1946 in Burbank, CA. offering a standard course of study lasting over a period of several months to obtain a FCC First or Second telephony license.  However, at the request of broadcasters,  and to meet the high demand for first class licensed operators, owner Bill Ogden  converted  his standard course  in 1949 to a  concentrated course  (cram course) of 6- 9 weeks,  12-16 hours a day, seven days a week.
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KTRB 1933-1969
Ogden's Radio School
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Chester Smith
The last FM broadcast radio channel license in Modesto was issued by the FCC in January 1995 and as a result  KEJC 93.9 MHz was born. The station came on the air on January 13, 1995.  The format was country classics.  
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