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Bonnie has been programming her mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B on KPFA since the 1980’s. One of the best loved personalities of Bay Area music radio, she moved to San Francisco from Denver in 1968 and became a pioneer of free form radio. During her eight years, from 1970 to 1978, at the legendary KSAN, she was program music director and disc jockey. After leaving KSAN, she worked at Warner Bros, promoting Prince as well as the first Dire Straits and Rickie Lee Jones albums, amongst others, also at Hightone Records. She moved in and out of radio at KFOG, LIVE 105, KOFY-FM, KVRE, KDBK “Double 99” and KUSF. As the Audio Director for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she created the disc jockey audio exhibit and many of the exhibits involving sound at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. On a local level, Bonnie has worked as a sandwich-maker at Ozzie's Soda Fountain in Berkeley, and currently hosts her eclectic weekly show on KPFA. Bonnie managed the band Cake for eight years, and presently manages Noe Venable and Etienne de Rocher.

The Bonnie Simmons Show - Live performance by SoVoSo - November 19, 2009 at 8:00pm
The innovative Bay Area a cappella ensemble has arranged new music for choreographer Tandy Beal's "Mixed Nutz!--The Nutcracker Remixed." In the studio, vocalists David Worm, Sunshine Becker, Bryan Dyer and Zoe Ellis will perform selections of the new material, original SoVoSo compositions...

The Bonnie Simmons Show - November 12, 2009 at 8:00pm