Thursday, January 29, 2015
Good morning!
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Chris Noel
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Right now it's memories of 1968. Good year for some, bad year for others. Chris made it better. Click the link to hear the memories
Monday, January 26, 2015
Adventure Theater - 1977
Gerald Mohr
Well into the 1970s and 80s AFRTS drew from their library of classic old-time radio broadcasts. One of these new anthology shows was "Adventure Theater". This time it's a 1977 rebroadcast of Phillip Marlowe and "The Persian Slippers". Originally aired in 1948, Marlowe tries to find a woman who has left her husband and disappeared.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
RIP MAJ James Reid Lapp
Just received this ....................
01/23/2015
I found your email and I thought you would be a good place to start. My father, Major James Reid Lapp, the former Network Chief in Korat in 1974 and later the Commander of FEN in Japan, passed this morning shortly after midnight in Gloucester, VA.
I suppose that there might be a "Remembrance" website of some sort, but I figured that you would have better insight to this than I.
Sincerely,
James "Randy" Lapp
01/23/2015
I found your email and I thought you would be a good place to start. My father, Major James Reid Lapp, the former Network Chief in Korat in 1974 and later the Commander of FEN in Japan, passed this morning shortly after midnight in Gloucester, VA.
I suppose that there might be a "Remembrance" website of some sort, but I figured that you would have better insight to this than I.
Sincerely,
James "Randy" Lapp
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Contest Theater - 1955
Contest Theater was actually the NBC Radio Theater. Dane Clark stars in "Destination Mars". Pat O'Brien hosts with announcer Jimmy Wallington.
Date With Chris - 1970
Chris Noel back with another hour of memories of 1970.
Chris has a new book "Filming Cease Fire" about the movie she did with Don Johnson. "Cease Fire" was the first movie to deal with PTSD. Details at her website. Click here
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Dick Van Dyke - Flair - 1961
Dick was an announcer/host during WWII, can't confirm an AFRS assignment. Did you hear anything about that? Entertainment was in his blood and after the war there was a lot of local broadcasting and theater. In 1955 he first went to CBS. In 1960 starred in the Broadway "Bye Bye Birdie" before getting the Dick Van Dyke show.
Between those, Dick was doing "Flair" at ABC radio, the show sounded a lot like "Monitor" but with a Flair... We had it on AFRTS take a listen.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
The Shadow audience
A couple of years ago historian John Provan spoke with the Bavarian Times about AFN's impact on Germany. You should read this.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
30th Anniversary of The Army Air Force - AFRS Canal Zone 1945
Rex Lipton went on to Hollywood after the War, but in 1945 he was writing scripts for the PAO office in the Canal Zone. In early television he was involved behind the scenes in the Roy Rogers Show, Burns and Allen, Sgt Preston and many other credits in television and the movies.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
This Is The Story - Freedom Of The Press 1943
Probably the most important mission of AFRS was education. Programs like "This Is The Story" helped to answer the "Why are we here?" questions.
Raymond Edward Johnson, from Broadway and the "Inner Sanctum" radio show tells the story of Andrew Hamilton and why there should press freedom.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Larita Shelby
A few years ago LaRita did a wonderful presentation via Powerpoint, mostly about her time with AFRTS. This is great!
I really wish we had more of her shows, if you have any please share!
Spectrum USA - John Quincy Adams - 1971
Spectrum USA was a very nicely done Marine Corps recruiting show from 1971, with a spotlight on the presidents.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
AFRS Keflevik 1998
Larus sent this along:
Okay 6 minutes [EDIT 9 mins. past midnight 2015] to the new year and I'm sitting here with my frightened dog, and the Icelanders, who are usually big spenders on firecrackers, are going berserk!
BTW That word: berserk comes into English from the Icelandic!
I'm going to upload for you on my Dropbox an old HIFI STEREO off-air VHS recording of the Navy Broadcasting Service, Keflavik, Iceland and it's THE MORNING SHOW, unfortunately the lady never mentions her name in the recording, but I think Thomas Jones may help with that.
And, oh, yeah this is recorded from the stations FM broadcast channel, in Reykjavik, Niceland.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Midweek Devotions - 1961
Did this program actually run mid-week somewhere?
The Chaplain's Board presents...
Thursday, January 1, 2015
AFN SHAPE Barry Cantor 1977
From Hans Knot, Barry Cantor has the Road Show from AFN SHAPE. 1977 magic...
Enchanted Keyboard - Art Tatum 1951
By the 1950s radio was changing. The US networks were producing a lot less programming. AFRTS got creative. "Enchanted Keyboard" was a pianist and an announcer. The pianists came from all walks of music. The program was produced in Los Angeles.
Art Tatum was an amazing musician. Take a listen: