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Robert M. "Bob" Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. "Gospel Memories," a radio program of classic gospel, spiritual, and jubilee music. In 2016, Bob became host of Conversations with the Gospel Legends, a 30-minute video series featuring discussions with prominent Chicago gospel legends, for the PCC Broadcast Network. He appears in the award-winning documentary How We Got Over (One State Films) and has been interviewed for several other radio and film documentaries, including for the BBC and for WXPN's Peabody Award-nominated Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul, which aired on more than 200 public radio stations in February 2019. Bob was interviewed and an advisor for the Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. documentary on gospel music, which will air in February 2024.

Alanna Jane Goldsmith is a radio host, producer, and storyteller dedicated to exploring ideas that shape the future. She is the host and producer of Radio 2050, a program on Radio Paradise that blends music and conversation to inspire action and new perspectives on global challenges.

I have been programming jazz music on the radio since 1975 in both the Monterey Bay and the San Francisco Bay Areas. I am currently with KCSM – ‘The Bay Area’s Jazz Station’ where I am one of several ‘Jazz Oasis’ programmers.

Joe Romagna was inspired to get into broadcasting by his late uncle, Paul Romagna. Paul had been an aspiring broadcaster who studied at the College of San Mateo under Dan Odom and worked at several Bay Area radio stations, including KCSM back in the 1960s. Sadly, his life was cut short after a fire at a local radio station.

My first exposure to jazz came at an early age hearing big band classics emanating from my father’s little clock radio. He would listen to a nostalgia / big band station and it was THE station that was on constantly in the house. I believe this is where I acquired a taste for melody, harmony and rhythm. It wasn't until later in high school that I began to appreciate the modern stylings of jazz...Miles, Coltrane, Stan Getz, etc. At SFSU's KSFS-FM, I produced and hosted an award-winning program called the "Underground Cafe" which aired for two years focusing on the outer fringes of jazz. Most of my experience in jazz radio (all 8 years of it) was acquired here at KCSM and I feel so fortunate to have learned under some of the best jazz legends of all time...engineering for Al Jazzbeaux Collins was my first real gig. Pat Henry, Tee Carson, Clifford Brown Jr, Dick Conte, Alisa Clancy, Melanie Berzon, George Hughes and KJAZ's (now KCSM's) Greg Bridges and Bob Parlocha were and still remain constant sources of inspiration.

For Jazz 91's Clifford Brown, Jr., music has always been the essential thing. Raised in an atmosphere of legendary jazz heroes, innovators and musical geniuses, he has longed been imbued with the music and principles that reflect his life's work. A look back on his childhood confirms the definitive influences: his father was hugely influential trumpeter Clifford Brown and regular houseguests included trumpeter Donald Byrd and the innovative Herbie Hancock. These formidable years would be the impetus for his prolific career in jazz and radio broadcasting.

Clint Baker was born in 1971 in Mountain View, California. He first became interested in Jazz when he received a stereo system with some Count Basie and Benny Goodman records as a gift from his folks. Around the same time, he started listening to KMPX, a local big band and traditional jazz radio station as well as the weekly Turk Murphy broadcasts on KJAZ out of San Francisco.