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Charlie had almost 50 years in Los Angeles radio. That's hard for me to even conceive. Talent..
Charlie was with us from 1971-96. His day jobs were some of the greatest LA top 40s ever.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Mary Helen Barro 1983
It's a Friday in 1983 and Mary Helen has your latin favorites. Let the fiesta begin!
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Joe Ferguson 1983
Joe Ferguson was the first one to share his disks with us. It's been a few years and the shows keep coming. I appreciate it very much!
Herman Griffith 1967
Herman brings it to the brave and the bold, the young and the old on the Records Caravan. 1967 was a great year for music.
Monday, April 18, 2022
Joe Allison 1969
Joe Allison with Red Stegall and Don Light
Joe Allison was the country voice for a long, long time. Joe was a musician, producer, writer "He'll Have to Go" and a truly fine DJ. Before Joe, country radio was hillbilly. He brought it modern.
Mary Turner 1991
Mary Turner really rocked. Hard to believe how much that rattled the brass and talked to the troops. An amazing talent. Hard to conceive the amount of talent at Fort McCadden..
Sunday, April 10, 2022
AFTN Thailand May 10, 1970
Today is the anniversary of a very sad day.
On April 10th 1970 an unarmed photo recon plane was returning from a mission in Vietnam. It missed the runway, crashed and destroyed the building for AFTN Udorn.
We lost nine airmen that day.
IN MEMORIAM
TSgt Jack A. Hawley (37), Wakeman, OH
SSgt James T. Howard (27), Denver, CO
A1C Andrew C. McCartney (20), Lakewood, OH
SSgt Alfred N. Potter (27), Forest Grove, OR
Sgt John Charles Rose ( 25), Bloomfield, NJ
TSgt Frank D. Ryan, Jr. (41), Mercer Island, WA
SSgt Edward Wm. Strain (24), Myrtle Beach, SC
TSgt Roy Walker (40), Albuquerque, NM
A1C Thomas L. Waterman (25), Roanoke, VA
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Kris Erik Stevens 1978
Kris Erik Stevens left Michigan to take over Chicago radio and was a star at WCFL and WLS when that really meant something. At WLS he worked with AFVN vet Gary Gears. After Chicago he went for the bigger challenge of Los Angeles and won. He was with AFRTS before and after disco. Remember disco? .
http://www.kriserikstevens.com/
Kris Erik Stevens - 1978
Sunday, April 3, 2022
Friday, April 1, 2022
Ira Cook 1965
Ira has some really great tunes today. I had never heard the Kingston Trio version of "Seasons in the Sun". It's easy to see why Terry Jacks picked it up almost ten years later. What should you do with a mop handle? Ira has answers.
Golden Days Of Radio 1970
The Golden Days of Radio ran almost as long as AFRTS itself. It was the last program recorded for the network under the 'old system'. Mr Bresse was a storehouse of information about radio in the 1940s and 50s. It was always fun to hear.
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