Bonnie Simmons Explained

Bonnie Simmons is a California based radio personality. Audio director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she is also a band manager, currently managing or having managed in the past Cake, Noe Venable and Etienne de Rocher.

Simmons started at KSAN[1] in 1968[2] as the record librarian,[3] became music librarian, music director, on-air DJ, and by 1975,[4] was the program director.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [3] [11] [12] [13]

Simmons is executive director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation.[5]

Simmons spent several years working as a sandwich-maker at Ozzie’s Soda Fountain in Berkeley.[14] [15]

Simmons runs the transport department for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.[16] [5]

Simmons volunteers for The Bonnie Simmons Show at 8:00 PM Pacific Time on Thursdays on KPFA.[17] [18]

Simmons was inducted into the Rock Radio Hall of Fame in the "Legends of Rock Radio-Programming" category for her work at KSAN in 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Running the Record Plant, Part 1: The Early Years. 21 November 2016. kqed.org. 27 October 2018.
  2. Web site: News -- St. Petersburg, FL. St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce - Saint Petersburg, FL. 27 October 2018. 27 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181027185858/http://web.stpete.com/news/newsarticledisplay.aspx?ArticleID=2413. dead.
  3. Web site: KSAN Photo Gallery. 23 September 2014. ksanjive95themovie.com. 27 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. 9 August 1975. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 27 October 2018. Google Books.
  5. Web site: For DJ Bonnie Simmons, the music never gets old. 11 March 2010. sfgate.com. 27 October 2018.
  6. Web site: KSAN FM – Bay Area Radio Museum. 6 August 2014. bayarearadio.org. 27 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Meet the Radio Hall of Fame's class of 2010. 19 September 2010. sfgate.com. 27 October 2018.
  8. Web site: KSAN Reunion Attendees Try To Remember – Bay Area Radio Museum. 26 August 2014. bayarearadio.org. 27 October 2018.
  9. Web site: KSAN LEGENDS LUNCHEON June 5 2014. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/gfIQjQAWdQw. 2021-12-12 . live. California Historical Radio Society, CHRS. 18 June 2014. 27 October 2018. YouTube.
  10. Web site: The BARD Interview: Terry McGovern (1990) – Bay Area Radio Museum. 8 August 2014. bayarearadio.org. 27 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Daily Independent Journal from San Rafael, California on December 27, 1975 · Page 31. 27 December 1975. newspapers.com. 27 October 2018.
  12. Book: Halper, Donna L.. Invisible Stars: A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting. 15 February 2014. M.E. Sharpe. 9780765636713. 27 October 2018. Google Books.
  13. Web site: Course detail — KSAN, a Rock & Roll History – Lehrhaus Judaica. catalog.lehrhaus.org. 27 October 2018.
  14. Web site: The Bonnie Simmons Show – KPFA. kpfa.org. 27 October 2018.
  15. Web site: Ozzie's Soda Fountain. berkeleyside.com. 27 October 2018.
  16. Web site: Transportation. Mercenary Productions. 27 October 2018.
  17. Web site: The Bonnie Simmons Show – KPFA. kpfa.org. 27 October 2018.
  18. Web site: Radio Survivor's top radio shows - Matthew's #1: Bonnie Simmons and Derk Richardson on KPFA - Radio Survivor. 29 January 2010. radiosurvivor.com. 27 October 2018.

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