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In 1963 it really hadn't been that long since we lost MAJ Glenn Miller during WWII. Glenn entertained the troops and cut a lot of exclusive music for AFRS and V Disc. Andy Mansfield did a five part tribute.
Friday, March 21, 2025
Tom Campbell 1975
Tom Campbell always had a fun show and sometimes the strangest mixes... Tall Tom revisits 1975. The mustard colored labels were the ugliest ones ever.
AFKN Park Chung Hee shot 1979
I started in Yongsan in the newsroom. If any story mentioned Korea, it had to be cleared by the 8th Army/UN Command PAO. Send the story over, wait a few weeks and maybe it can be read... or just don't run it in the first place. Compare that to this 1979 aircheck when President Park Chung Hee was assassinated.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Roland Bynum 1980
/The Detroit born Roland first got to Los Angeles in 1967 at KGFJ to replace the "Magnificent Montague" eventually rising to Program Director. 1998 started a long run at Stevie Wonder's KJLH. Time for a "good Bynum". Roland is back with memories of 1980.
Hear Roland Bynum every day at 7pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern on MyBestSounds.com
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Jim Pewter 1988
Jim Pewter
Jim was an amazing oldies jock. He was one of us at AFKN in 1965 and took Los Angeles by storm. Let's see why..
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Chris Noel 1969
Chris began in show business in Mister Roberts on stage with Hugh O'Brien, then kept very busy.
Chris's filmography from imdb Working with Elvis and being in Soldier In the Rain, incredible. Starting in 1966 AFRTS got Chris in "A Date With Chris", a pretty incredible piece of radio.
She's also been a prolific writer. Her latest book is about filming "Cease Fire" with Don Johnson. Click Here
Hear Chris at 9pm Pacific 12pm eastern on www.mybestsounds.com
Pete Smith 1971
When I was in the field, the easy listening shows felt painful. As I "mature" I can understand the genius behind them. Thanks for asking, Chris!
Monday, March 10, 2025
Gene Price 1992
Gene Price, Charlie Tuna and Jim Pewter
Gene Price has another hour of your country favorites. Gene had some recent health issues and is bouncing right back. It's like the Country Express! Prayers.
Ira Cook 1961
In the early 1960s, they weren't really recording at McCadden. Recordings were done at the stations, usually but it was haphazard. Here's Ira Cook recorded at KMPC in 1961.
IRA LEIGH COOK Passed away on May 15, 2007 at the age of 90. Ira was a disc jockey in Hollywood for over 25 years working at KMPC the majority of the time. He also broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Services. He was a beloved husband of Virginia for 58 years who predeceased him.
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Young Mary Helen
Some latin jazz, some salsa, the occasional ranchero. Here's Mary Helen Barro.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
AFRS Guam 1965
"Would you like some tape from the Guam station?" AFRS Guam was there in 1944. Radioman Cousin Mike held down the fort on the "Night Beat". I believe that's from the Naval Communication Station at Finegayan, Guam.
It's a pretty good hour..
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Charlie Tuna 1982
Charlie Tuna had been doing the show on AFRTS for ten years already and it was only the beginning...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Roger Carroll 1973
Roger's back with the Happy Hour. Phil recorded this off of AFN in the summer of 1973, so it starts with some Watergate news and memories.
Mary Turner 1984
A whike back, Mary checked in:
"I often think about my 18 years at Fort McCadden with great fondness. Loved that Roach Coach-I remember always getting teased for actually paying for a bottle of water. I was ahead of my time!"
And she certainly was.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Harry Von Zell 1944
Harry Von Zell was one of giants of radio announcing. In the 1920s he was the announcer for Paul Whiteman. By 1930 a CBS staff announcer. Harry Von Zell biography in Wikipedia
Today Harry jives up a storm in Sound Off!
Turn Back the Clock 1961
So what exactly were oldies in the mid 50s? Here's a good place to start. Andy and Virginia Mansfield got their show on the air on the west coast, on NBC and then on AFRTS.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Tom Campbell 1973
Welcome back Tom Campbell, after Tom Campbell dominated San Francisco Radio he came to Los Angeles, jocked, found a bunch of voiceover work and was doing his show for AFRTS..
Hear Tom Campbell every day 11am Pacific 2pm Eastern on www.mybestsounds.com
Tom Campbell - 1973
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
AFN Iraq - They got Bin Laden 2011
This is great, AFN Iraq the morning after Bin Laden was killed. Bet the PAO shop was there.
Here's Adam Prickle
Jim Pewter 1967
AFKN vet Jim Pewter checks in periodically and it's always great. We went to different schools together! Jim had a lot to do with some of the greatest music.Jim Pewter - 1967
Don Tracy 1980
Imagine my surprise when I checked the website voicemail and there was a message from Don Tracy, offering whatever help he could. Don sounds great. Don started with AFRTS in 1973 and it was largely a weekend gig that got more interesting as time went by. It took a while for the fan mail to start and he had received a letter from Germany, asking if he'd like to come over as a morale builder. He went to in Nuremberg, to support AFN. A big memory of that was when the Stars and Stripes reporter was going to make him look bad by asking about the government paid boondoggle. It didn't work. Don had taken vacation and paid for the trip out of pocket.
Monday, February 24, 2025
Chris Noel 1968
Chris Noel brought America to troops worldwide with a A Date With Chris. She's dedicated her life to the troops. I'm grateful. Now Chris has a shelter for homeless veterans Click here. She saved most of her shows and is sharing them with us.
Hear Chris's show every day, 9pm Pacific, 12 Eastern on www.mybestsounds.com
Joe Ferguson 1983
Joe Ferguson is back. Joe was one of the US jocks that AFRTS contracted to really be the Voice of Home. Joe sent the shows along to share and I for one am very grateful.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Jim Ameche 1961
Jim was the voice of beautiful music, great orchestras and the sounds around. He had roughly a ten year run with the network, during much of that time with KMPC as a day job.
The Other Air War 1967
Sometimes I find the unexpected. In the 60s, we received news panel shows on vinyl ETs.
In a bunch of them was this. Jerry Golden and a team from WLS in Chicago produced a documentary about the air war in Vietnam. Take listen to what can be done on recording tape...
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