1968 was a particularly interesting time for music and radio, great pop music and great album rock. Let's let Sgt Pepper (Scott Manning) show us the way.
AFVN Sgt Pepper 1968
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Thom Whetston
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- From 1972-97 I was a radio announcer, mostly in the Northeast. I had the most fun with Armed Forces Radio first in Korea then in Panama. A lot of the time it was spontaneous or improvised and that made for a great learning laboratory. The network DJs, Charlie Tuna, Wolfman, Kris Erik Stevens, Jim Pewter, LaRita Shelby and the rest were so consistent, it was and amazing thing to hear. Then to Massachusetts and WEIM, WKNE, WKBK, WFGL, WMDK, WKBR, WCGY, WSRS, WGAW. Most of them don't exist as anything that resembles a radio station. I'm always ready to trade war stories... Thom Whetston afrts@live.com 612-356-AFRS (612)356-2377
Whoa, does this bring back memories of my stint at AFVN. Transferred into Saigon the night of the Tet Offensive. What an opening act. Ran the FM station. Chief Gordon, the PD at the time, made me use my real name since it was FM: Specialist DuLaurence Miller.
ReplyDeleteWe made the best of it all, for sure.
Duke Miller