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Joe Allison, songwriter, promoter and DJ. Joe was one of the first to de-hillbilly Country music DJs. It's a fun listen. Joe Allison, The Country Corner, 1969
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Continential Varieties 1961
In 1961 Dick Crawford and "Continental Varieties" took a look at English artists performing Latin songs and Latin artists performing English songs.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Wolfman Jack - 1978
Wolfman SURVIVED. The 1950s, the English Invasion, Motown, AOR. He'd connect with his audience and make magic. He always sounded so comfortable.
Wolfman Jack - 1978
Command Performance - 1949
When the war wound down AFRS had a lot more of the new stars getting it out there for the troops. In 1949 Steve Allen was starting his career. Command Performance with Steve, Margaret Whiting and Jack Smith. It's a great listen.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Christmas in Korea - Jim Pewter
Jim Pewter with Little Richard and Bumps Blackwell 1966
Jim Pewter sent this along, Greetings during the Christmas season 1964. At the time I was PFC Jim Pewter, soon to be SP/4. I wrote Don French, PD at KFWB Los Angeles and requested the DJs send a holiday greeting to Radio Cavalier, which later became radio tomahawk.
In 1959 Don French was the PD at KDWB in St Paul. Don added my beta single Little Girl b/w Blue Blue Denims to the KDWB fab 40.
Greetings from, Johnny G, Larry McCormick, Bill Balance, Roger Christian, Gene Weed, Joe Yokum, Sam Riddle.
From 1958-1963 KFWB was the best top 40 station I ever heard. Later when I returned I became close friends with Roger Christian and co-hosted rock n roll shows with Bill Balance.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Andy Mansfield - 1962
Andy and Virginia
Andy Mansfield must have had quite a record collection. He played the oldies starting in the 1950s well into the 1960s, first with wife Virginia on Turn Back the Clock. The later show was Americas Popular music. Lots of big band music but visits back to acoustic records of the 1910s..
Saturday, November 19, 2016
Bill Stewart - 1969
Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Leonard Feather
Bill Stewart swung. He played a lot of the best of jazz. AFRTS had a lot of famous guests on the radio shows. Leonard Feather had a unique role in the history of jazz, responsible for a lot of legendary recordings. By the 1950s he was documenting the "Encyclopedia of Jazz" with a lot of first hand knowledge and friendships. In 1969 volume two had come out and Leonard made an appearance on the Bill Stewart show..
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Chris Noel - 1967
Chris Noel's life is a movie that really needs to be made. Model, movie star she found her muse with Date With Chris on AFRTS during the Vietnam war. It's an incredible example of how to speak directly to an audience. She still stays busy helping the troops with the Ceasefire Home for disadvantaged vets. It's a good cause.
Chris's website is over at chrisnoel.com and always worth a look.
Date With Chris - 1967
Joe Ferguson - 1983
The majority of our programming was created at the McCadden Avenue studios. A lot of US syndicated programming found its way to us.
In 1983 they tried something different. AFRTS-LA reached out to jocks all over the country to do a series of shows for the worldwide audience. Joe Ferguson from KUPL in Portland OR was one that signed up.
Joe is sharing all of those shows with us.
In 1983 they tried something different. AFRTS-LA reached out to jocks all over the country to do a series of shows for the worldwide audience. Joe Ferguson from KUPL in Portland OR was one that signed up.
"Actually my first radio was as a dependent high school student in the radio club, but it was in the castle at AFN Frankfurt..
Then after college as a DA civilian with Southern European Network, or SEN as it was known then."
Joe is sharing all of those shows with us.
Thank you Joe!
Sunday, November 13, 2016
GI Journal - 1945
Linda Darnell hosts a special anniversary show for GI Journal. GI Journal was one of the big variety shows where the stars came out for the troops.
John Doremus - 1967
Music about hands and letter writing... It's the John Doremus show.. Wonderful stories wound into beautiful orchestral music.
AFVN Billy Williams 1972
Billy in Danang
Sept. 4, 1972 Saigon/Network Orient Express I recovered the aircheck from an old cassette.It was recorded off the air somewhere in SVN and sent to me by a listener. Mostly complete except for when the tape was turned over near the bottom of the hour. Not the best of quality but an idea of what we sounded like in the field. More information about the recording.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Gene Price - 1974
Gene Price and Marc Yablonca at a 1981 remote at Universal on KLAC.
Here's Gene in 1974 on the Country Express. There's some great opportunities in today's army!
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Downbeat - 1946
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By 1946 Gene Norman was building quite the name as a jazz promoter. He was also doing Downbeat for AFRTS
Joe Ferguson - 1983
From Portland, Joe Ferguson brought America to the world. There was a project where several top jocks recorded shows for AFRTS. Joe was the first. Joe sent his shows in to hear once again. Thanks Joe!
Monday, November 7, 2016
Dick Sinclair 1925-2016
The world has lost a wonderful person. Dick Sinclair passed away on October 14, 2016 at the age of 91. He lived polkas and for 6 decades kept the Polka Party on the air. In the 1950s and 60s Polka Party ran on AFRTS. Dick's real claim to fame for us would be he was in the first class off WWII broadcasters, training at Fox Studios for the brand new AFRS. Dick did his WWII time at the station on Guadalcanal. I really wish I had had a chance to speak with him, We've lost a piece of history and a great broadcaster,
Sunday, November 6, 2016
One Night Stand - 1955
One Night Stand had a 20 year run. Radio had broadcasts from the big bands from all over the country, sometimes aired locally, sometimes over one of the CONUS network. Starting in WWII they sent recordings of these shows to AFRS. I wish I had both parts of this but it's a 1955 visit with Les Elgart, from the roof of the Hotel Astor in NYC.
Mary Helen Barro - 1983
Las musica latina de Mary Helen Barro. She did a great job bridging cultures.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Wolfman Jack - 1975
From 1975, Here comes the Wolfman, totally on his game. Quite a guy...
Wolfman Jack - 1975
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
If Freedom Failed - 1951
If Freedom Failed was a 1951 project to explain to the troops what communism meant. The best of Hollywood's star did some informative radio. Today John McIntyre stars in "Suicide By Order"
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