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For the brave and the bold! It's the Records Caravan!! Some pretty amazing radio from Herman.
Her Herman every day at 3pm Central on My Best Sounds
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Turn Back The Clock 1958
Andy and Virginia Mansfield share some highlights of their record collection, and they're excited about it. That always makes for great listening. Andy had to build special shed to store his collection. Hmmm...
Andy went on to do other shows for AFRTS for many years.
Tom Campbell AFRTS demo 1971
Tom Campbell is one of the AFRTS-LA friends that's been great in keeping this whole thing running.
After serving in the United States Air Force, Campbell was hired for his first radio job, at KEEL in Shreveport, La., by Al Hart, who would later become a newscaster and radio personality in San Francisco. Campbell subsequently worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota and at WONE in Dayton, Ohio before his move to KYA San Francisco in 1967.
In 1971 was one of the periodic restructurings of AFRTS. They were concerned we'd be rocking too hard.. AFRTS sent a demo...
Roland Bynum 1981
Roland's back in the Creators Corner with your Thursday favorites on American Forces Radio.
Hear Roland every night at 9pm on mybestsounds.com
Bill Stewart 1970
Bill Stewart was another of the KMPC talent that had the AFRTS gig, He was the Bill of the KMPC jingle..."Ira, Johnny, Bill and Dick!" Bill graced LA playing his mixture of Swing, jazz and MOR at several great stations.
KMPC, 1951-59; KGIL, 1965-66; KRHM, 1966 and 1969; KGIL, 1973-75. For Armed Forces Radio he hosted "A Quarter Century of Swing." In 1969, the 30-year veteran was honored with a concert at the Palladium. For 20 years he did in-flight airline music programming. Bill died in 1993 of congestive heart failure.
Bill Stewart - 1970
Chris Noel 1968
Memories of 1968. Chris Noel takes us home with "A Date with Chris"
Hear Chris nightly at 11pm Central on mybestsounds.com
Jim Pewter 1967
When we ask enough, there are answers. Mike Brown checked in to say that Jim Pewter worked at Radio Cavalier in the 1964-65 timeframe. By 1967 Jim was doing the AFRTS-LA show. Something I hadn't heard was that Jim worked at the station with the late Richard Nader. Nader was responsible for the big oldies rock and roll shows in the 1970s
Hear Jim evenings at 6pm Central on mybestsounds.com
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Don Tracy 1983
Don paid his dues in Connecticut radio, through WPOP, WNHC and WAVZ then to win in Los Angeles.
KGFJ, KDAY, KABC-TV, KNX as a sales executive, his own ad agency and editor of the R&B Report.
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Joe Ferguson 1983
Live from Portland, OR it's the "Joe Show" on AFRTS. I'm grateful Joe shared these with us.
John Doremus 1968
That voice, here's John Doremus with symphonic music and stories. It's always a treat.
AFKN Park Chung Hee Assasinated 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.
Jim Ameche 1959
Jim Ameche - 1940
Jim Ameche had two shows, the Jim Ameche show and the Jim Ameche Pop Concert. Both of them featured the great orchestral music from around the world. This is part of one of the first Pop Concerts
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Summer in Minnesota. Tropical memories of Panama indeed. Let's have the music with Mary Helen Barro.
Charlie Tuna 1982
Charlie Tuna
Charlie Tuna spent a quarter century entertaining the troops on AFRTS and showing us how it was done. Time for another visit. It's 1982 "Stay Tuna'd".
Start your day with Charlie Tuna. 8AM Central www.mybestsounds.com
Monday, May 25, 2026
Lyndon Johnson - Memorial Day 1963
Vice president Lyndon Johnson on Memorial Day 1963 as broadcast by AFRTS
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Memorial Day
In the late 1940s, the network produced a lot of "troop information" programs. For a variety of reasons it was a lot harder to produce things like Command Performance.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Joe Allison 1963
Joe Allison with his gold record
for writing "He'll Have To Go"
Wolfman Jack 1981
When I came back from Korea I met Wolfman at LAX. The only time in my life I was totally blown away by meeting a celebrity. Only thing I remember was that he was nice with magic. I've been a fan ever since.
Wolfman Jack - 1981
Wolfman Jack - 1981
All That Jazz 1968
Sometimes there's a show with zero information. Jack Taylor was playing some smoky jazz in the 1960s
Roger Carroll 1981
Here's Roger's hit record, Going To Maui:
Mary Turner 1985
A solitary GI yearning for a female voice found solace in Mary Turner's broadcasts, as she carried on the legacy of GI Jill, Rebel Randall, and Chris Noel, speaking directly to the hearts of the troops.
Vance Graham 1974
Victor was Vance Graham. Vance had entered Los Angeles radio in the 1930s and found his greatest success as a spanish DJ. Bolero Time was heard on multiple stations and recorded for AFRTS well into the 1970s.
Herman Griffith 1967
Jim Pewter, Herman Griffith and Roger Carroll
Herman Griffith kicked up a storm, with KGFJ and with AFRTS. I wish I knew more of his story. Roland Bynum says that Herman helped him get his job with us.
Hear Herman every day at 3pm Central on mybestsounds.com
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Andy Mansfield 1964
Glenn Miller records "I Sustain the Wings"
Andy Mansfield continues his tribute to Glenn Miller, part five, it's America's Popular Music.
Tom Campbell 1971
AFRTS network programming was like driving a battleship, small changes when necessary. In 1971 they got serious about a more contemporary sound. In the first group were Tom Campbell and Wolfman Jack, with Charlie Tuna to follow shortly. Here's Tom's first show for AFRTS.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
My Best Sounds
Over the weekend was a major server crash on the live stream. We were up and running several hours later. I've been cleaning that up. Fingers crossed, we're back up and running.
Update: The new server and updated processing is working great. Let me know if you hear issues,
Roland Bynum 1981
Roland always got the party started. Let's take a listen.
Hear Roland every day at 9pm My Best Sounds
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Tom Campbell 1980
Tom was another guy who worked Minneapolis. He was Paul Bunyan at WDGY before getting to the coast and killin' it in San Francisco.
Great phone number...
Hear Tom 1pm (central() everyday mybestsounds.com
So, from Torrejon...
Rocketing Rhythms 1961
Here's something for the kids. KLACs Bill Stewart fills in for Jack Brown. Rocketing Rhythms was sort of a countdown show sometimes with guests.
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