David Fowler

David Fowler was an authority on early San Francisco broadcasting history and well known as broadcast journalist and media consultant. Fowler was the Editor of the book by Gladys Hansen and Emmet Condit, "Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire or 1906" (Cameron & Co., 1989). Fowler was also an Integrated Emergency Management Course instructor (division of FEMA) since 1984; Associate Editor of Earthweek, a feature syndicated to more than 100 North American newspapers and editor of Geowatch, a companion feature appearing in The San Francisco Chronicle; formerly the news director, senior editor, anchor, and reporter for several broadcast stations in the San Francisco area; Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE) for FEMA in the area of public information and media concerns. After he retired from a long career on television, Fowler produced many radio shows at KALW-FM 91.7 including "Come On and Hear" (Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band), "Peter Mintun's Music in the Air", "Jazz Sweet and Hot" (Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra), "Broadway Melody" (Judy McConkey, host) and "Edna Fischer's Melody Time." He also devoted his time as consultant to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in Emmetsburg, Maryland. He also created and maintained the web site for the Museum of the City of San Francisco, including profiles of San Francisco performers. In archive footage, Fowler is a TV reporter interviewing SF Supervisor Dan White in the award-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk (1984).