Bay Area
Radio Personality and Voiceover Actress Miranda Wilson to be Honored by Radio Museum
Radio personality Miranda Wilson will be among the honorees at the Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame gala luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. Wilson will be among what the organization refers to as the Class of 2024 who were selected by active members of the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) and previous inductees into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame (BARHOF).
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Radio personality Miranda Wilson will be among the honorees at the Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame gala luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco.
Wilson will be among what the organization refers to as the Class of 2024 who were selected by active members of the California Historical Radio Society (CHRS) and previous inductees into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame (BARHOF).
A Skyline High School graduate, Wilson attended San Francisco State University where she majored in the Theatre Arts and Broadcast Communication Arts before embracing a career in radio.
According to her biography, Wilson is a two-time winner of the Golden Gate Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television Award as Best Midday Host and recipient of numerous honors from organizations including the NAACP, 100 Black Women SF, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., San Francisco Alumnae Chapter’s Delta Image Awards.
Her radio career spanned more than 30 years, working in promotions/marketing at KSOL, as public affairs director at KDIA, 18 years as midday host at KKSF 103.7 in San Francisco, and former host of Sunday Morning Inspiration on 102.9 KBLX San Francisco.
A nationally known voiceover actress, Wilson can now be heard on the nationally syndicated Smooth Jazz Network, WJZA Smooth Jazz 101.1 Atlanta and on Florida’s 106.3 The Seabreeze. Every week, Wilson also shares the inspiring social media feature “Sunday Morning Coffee Moment” on Instagram and Facebook.
Wilson is one of three program hosts being honored. The categories of award and honorees include:
- Program host: Trish Bell, Marvelous Mark McKay, and Miranda Wilson
- News: Liz Saint John
- Sports: Tom Tolbert
- Engineering: Kent Hedberg
- Management: Richard Sands
- Specialty: Sandee Althouse
- Educator: Kevin Gorham
- CHRS Board Honoree: Larry Bensky
- Plus the 2024 BARHOF legends (recognized for lifetime achievement): Clarence Cassell, Bonnie Chastain, Frank Knight, Dick Leonard,
For details of options to attend, go to https://califomiahistoricalradio.com/barhof-luncheon-form/ and book to join! You do not have to be a member of CHRS to attend, but advance reservations are required.
Sources for this story include Rachel Lee, California Historical Radio Society executive director and Miranda Wilson.
