No no, Illinois born and bred. Til I was 17. Been here in the Bay Area since 1969.
Funny....the radio stations that are huge and famous like KROQ you would think have these huge expansive studios....not even! They shared a high rise with tons of Warners departments, and it was a cramped, tiny little maze of hallways and dirty dingy offices. Yet some small station out in Podunk Iowa has beautiful, expensive furnishings. I found this to be true no matter where I went, big cities and small towns alike. Funny, really.