The Big Picture - Story of The American Forces Network 1965

Navy SITE

Here's the lowdown on how the Navy made it happen on the ships, from Jim Harrington

AFN Jack Benny Memorial 1974

Does Radio still do documentaries? PBS televison here was celebrating the life of Jack Benny. We lost Jack in 1974. Herb Glover and AFN had a tribute on the air almost immediately. Great work.

Jack Benny, a Gift of Laughter 12/74

AFN Frankfurt "Country Roads" Summer 1980

Jim Rattan hosts for the vacationing Harry Johnson with your country favorites.

AFN Country Roads - Jim Ratton

105 year old AFRS network vet is still around

Pete Peterson with Lauren Becall

Pete Peterson was the first head of AFRS,

He's 105 years old, and still around.

Read the story at mydesert.com

A radio show with no listeners. Camp Casey 1977

Korea 1977, about six months after Operation Paul Bunyan so the paranoia level was high.  As an excercise they moved the 2nd Infantry Division south of Uijongbu for the day.  Pretty much everything except the DMZ guards.  Except me.  Division demanded that I stay and do a show so the North Koreans wouldn't notice that as being different.  So for 3 hours I'm rocking, and so is the quonet hut because there's a steady stream of Mech vehicles driving by and helicopters flying over.  The station at Camp Casey was on the main road.  When it was over, quiet.  Spooky quiet,  A handful of guards between me and the commies.  I had worked in small markets, closed circuit stations, a high school station.  That was the day I did a show for no audience.

General Robert Foglesong on Paul Bunyan Incident