Friends and colleagues call Bill Baist "The Golden Voice," an appropriate moniker for a hard-working professional who has spent his career in broadcasting. Baist has appeared on local television and radio for more than 40 years, and audiences are still listening. Baist was born in Honolulu and graduated from University High School in Manoa in 1957. He started his broadcasting career as a staff announcer for local KAIM radio...MORE | ON THE WEB | KUMU AM/FM
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2002: "We all want to do the right thing," Bradley said. "We're not corporate guys with a headquarters somewhere, we come hands-on as owners and operators. We expect to be as deeply involved in the community and its ebb and flow as Jeff (Coelho) and George (Rudolph, KUMU morning man) have been.
"Jeff Coelho, who's the manager, has been there for a long time. Some other folks have been there forever. I think they probably have a constituency that has been earned through their relationships with that many hundreds of thousands of people. I don't see any reason to do anything weird," Bradley said.
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