Filmmakers
Our Support TeamAssistant Producer
Linda Yelnick was born and raised in San Francisco, where her love of rock music and KSAN began in her teens. She and her friends spent Saturday nights at The Fillmore, Winterland, and the Carousel Ballroom seeing the bands she first heard on the radio. After earning a BA and teaching credential from SF State and enjoying several years as a teacher, she followed her passion into the music industry, managing local indie artists. Linda has served on the Board of the SF Chapter of the Recording Academy and worked on Summer of Love SF (2007) and West Fest SF (Woodstock, 2009). She is a member of West Coast Songwriters, Broadcast Legends, and NATAS, and a devoted fan of music documentaries. She met longtime ABC7 anchor Dan Ashley while serving on the Board of the Bammies Music Foundation and now proudly manages his music career. She is honored to be part of this film and can’t wait for the world to see it. Assistant Producer Debbie Sommer has loved music for as long as she can remember, starting with her first AM radio—shaped like a baseball—and later discovering KSAN on FM. Inspired by Scoop Nisker’s mantra, “If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own,” she began blending her music, live-event, administrative, and library skills as a UC Berkeley student, working in the campus library and at Bill Graham Presents concerts. Debbie went on to work as a librarian and with BGP, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and numerous music and film festivals, including the SF International Film Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, WOMAD, ToddStock, the 40th Anniversary Summer of Love, and West Fest Woodstock. She continues to work and volunteer for music and film events, SFFILM, KALW, and Todd Rundgren projects. A strong believer in community and connection, she is an active member of KALW, SFFILM, Shack15, Balanced Breakfast, and other organizations. Social Media Director Denise “Demise” Dunne fell in love with radio and music through her first transistor radio, a passion that deepened after attending Woodstock and interning for Bob Fass at WBAI in New York. She moved to San Francisco in 1975, working with Haight Ashbury Community Radio and the Straight Peoples Theatre Company, which led to roles at the SF punk club Mabuhay Gardens as producer assistant, sound tech, and archivist for the New Wave Record Chart. In 1978, Denise began an internship at KSAN and was soon hired to produce public affairs shows, entertainment listings, organize the music and concert tape library, and serve as audio tech for the Live Broadcast Remote Crew. After KSAN was sold, she worked as second engineer on the radio documentary Guitar: A Rock Episode and continued as a live broadcast engineer and DJ at KUSF, KEST, and KALX. She later served on the Board of Bay Area Women in Music, managed Western Public Radio, and co-produced Global Vision Radio. In 1983, she founded D-sound Productions, an event coordination and DJ service. Her event and fundraising work includes In Concert Against AIDS, the 30th–40th Anniversary Summer of Love concerts, SF Pride Parade, and the Frameline Film Festival. |
Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Jesse Block Jesse Block is a San Francisco based Director, Videographer and Editor. He has directed episodes on broadcast programs such as BET's Jazz Central, Sci Fi Channel's The Anti-Gravity Room, and ABC's Live From The Starlight Room. His documentaries include Brotherly Jazz-The Words and Music of The Heath Brothers, The Dragon Master Showcase and PBS's New Year's Special - Hot Tuna 25 Years and Runnin' and John Cippollina Electric Guitarslinger. Senior Producer
Eric Christensen Eric Christensen worked for Tom Donahue at Autumn Records and Tempo Productions in the early sixties. Eric became the youngest program director in ABC history at age 21 at KSFX. He followed that up with a 36 year career at ABC 7 TV in San Francisco. After that, he produced and directed documentaries The Trips Festival and The Cover Story-Album Art, and co-produced a documentary KORLA on legendary musician Korla Pandit. Senior Producer/Editor
Jim Draper Jim first listened to KSAN while in high school. At San Francisco State he got an internship at KSAN and went on to work as an engineer, production assistant and DJ. Jim also worked on dozens of KSAN live shows. He saved many of the images and media you'll see on the film - from the garbage bin - after the station was sold in 1980. Jim also directs video production for concerts, marketing, sales, TV, & Feature Documentaries. Jim Co-Directed the 1991 Documentary: John Cippollina Electric Guitarslinger with Jesse Block, which played at the Mill Valley Film Festival. He Co-Produced the KSAN Live Jive CD with Kenny Wardell in 2014. Senior Producer
Kenny Wardell Kenny Wardell Sr. was adept at working both sides of the radio fence. He was a promo man for RCA Records and was enough of a radio nut dating back to his times at KZAP in Sacramento that he managed do fill-ins on KSAN. He went on to do stellar promotional work for KMEL, then KFOG. He then got into television, at KTVU, and sports, working with the 49ers and with the NFL Pro Bowl before returning to radio, at KCBS. Kenny passed away in August, 2024. This film is dedicated to his memory. Producer
Marketing Director Jay "Randy" Gordon Randy Gordon is a Marin County-based Producer, Writer (CineSOURCE Magazine since 2009 and author of BusiBUZZ , a 2006 book on Business Buzzwords). He specializes in Strategic Alliances/Promotions/Business Development/Marketing Communications . Randy has multiple game credits from his several years working in marketing on PC and console videogames for companies such as Sony PlayStation and Ubisoft Entertainment. Randy graduated business school from UCLA Anderson where he took all of his electives in the UCLA Producers Program. Randy has worked on Music and Videogame tours across America, and he loves music, the SF Bay Area, and the Northern California local bands scene. |