Bonnie Simmons is a

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based radio personality. Audio director of the

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, she is also a band manager, currently managing or having managed in the past

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. Simmons started at KSAN in 1968 as the record librarian, became music librarian, music director, on-air DJ, and by 1975, was the program director. Simmons is executive director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. Simmons spent several years working as a sandwich-maker at Ozzie’s Soda Fountain in Berkeley. Simmons runs the transport department for

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. Simmons volunteers for ''The Bonnie Simmons Show'' at 8:00 PM Pacific Time on Thursdays on

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. 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.

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