Obituaries.(John P. Hart and Paul Bartlett)(Obituary)

Paul Bartlett, a pioneer of the California broadcasting industry, died Jan. 13 from complications following a head injury sustained after a fall at his home in Meadow Lakes, Calif. He was 86.

Bartlett, who grew up in Fresno, Calif., cultivated a childhood fascination with radios when he built and managed radio station KFRE(AM) in 1942. The Harvard College graduate followed that accomplishment with the construction of KRFM(FM)--later KFRE-FM--the first FM station in Northern California. By 1956, he had gained control of KFRE(AM) established another, KERO(AM) Bakersfield;