Jim Pewter 1976

  

 

 Jim shared this 1969 picture with Al Jardine of the Beach Boys. 

Picture was taken at AFRTS and is copyrighted Playground Productions. 

Used with permission.

I'm thinking SUMMERTIME, cue the Jaymies, Billy Stewart or Eddie Cochran. Jim Pewter knew these things. Every day an encylopedia of the music. I learned a lot.

Jim Pewter - 1976

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Chris Noel 1970

 

Here's Chris Noel with another hour of great music and memories.

Date With Chris - 1970

Chris is on facebook, you should say "hi"!

Chris's facebook page

What were your memories of the show?

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Joe Ferguson 1983

 

It was a discussion we had many times ""There's no one good in Milwaukee, Miami, Dallas or anywhere else?"  In 1983 the network bid out contracts with talent from all over the country.  Joe Ferguson from Portland OR was with us for a while.  On this show, Joe talks about being a dependent and in the radio club at AFN.

Joe Ferguson - 1983

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Gene Price 1974

 

Time for another visit with Gene Price, it's the summer of 1974 and Leonard says "hi"!

Gene Price Country Express

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Mary Helen Barro 1983

 

Time for some tropical music.

Mary Helen Barro - 1983

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Ronnie Landry 1959

  

Ron Landry was later a part of Hudson and Landry.  He started in radio in 1954 at WJMA in Orange, VA.  After a few years the lights of Roanoke called.  1958 Ron was drafted into the army and worked for AFRTS in NY.  Private E2 Ronnie Landry was picked up by the network.

When he left the military, it was the big time, WDRC, WBZ.  1969 he conquered Los Angeles.

AFRTS Ronnie Landry 1959

Charlie Tuna 1976

 

KCBQs Charlie Tuna and the winners

Charlie was the wakeup voice to the world for a quarter century.  Taught a lot of us how to do it better.  On todays show a visit with Lily Tomlin...

Charlie Tuna - 1976

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Coffee Break 1977

 

Bruce Phillip Miller has more or your MOR favorites on "Coffee Break"

Coffee Break 1977

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Joe Allison 1963

 

Joe Allison was a songwriter, performer, record company executive and a DJ.  Joe came along around the time of "Modern Country" and was responsible for modernizing "Hillbilly" radio.  It was great.  I just remastered this, enjoy.

Joe Allison - 1963

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Wolfman Jack 1983

  

Wolfman was the only one that we'd get complaints about.  First thing I did at SCN when I could was get his airtime changed from 3am to 8pm.  There was only one Wolfman, I'm proud we had him.

Wolfman Jack 1983

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

From 1972 Roger has the latest on your opportunities in the USAF.  It's the the best sounds in town!

Roger Carroll - 1972

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Melody Roundup - Roy Acuff

 Melody Roundup was the "country show",  In the 1940s many local stations did live country programs.  Sometimes they'd send copies to AFRS.  The network would edit these to fit in the 15 minute program.

Roy Acuff was country music from WWII until well through the 1980s.  Lets visit Roy in 1945.

 

Melody Roundup - Roy Acuff

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Andy Mansfield 1963

 

In 1963 the loss of Glenn Miller was still fresh.  Here's part two of Andy Mansfield's tribute.  He did a great job and talked with a lot of the people that knew Glenn.  

America's Popular Music - 1963

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Roland Bynum 1979

 

So when in you're in Los Angeles, or streaming Los Angeles radio our friend Roland Bynum is making it happen weekends on Stevie Wonder's KJLH Saturday mornings from 6-8 (Los Angeles time).  Click here

But in 1979, Roland rocked the world for AFRTS!

Roland Bynum - 1979

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Chris Noel 1968

 

Just had a nice chat with Chris.  Great lady.  "The Voice of Home" at it's absolute best.

You should read her story "Vietnam and Me", Chris's republished first book.  Highly recommended.

The face of home to thousands of Vietnam era troops was Chris Noel.  She has spent the past several years running a homeless shelter for vets, in Florida "Ceasefire House" click here.  Our less fortunate brothers need your help.  Please consider helping.

A few years ago Chris sent her collection of shows to us so that we could hear them again.  Thanks Chris!!!

Here's a memory of 1968...

Date With Chris - 1968

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Joe Ferguson 1983

 

Something very cool that our network did in the early 1980s was do a series of shows from personalities all over the country.  Joe Ferguson from Portland OR radio donated his set of shows.  Suddenly it's 1983...

Joe Ferguson - 1983

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Mary Helen Barro 1983

 

Mary Helen is back with more of your Latina favorites.  I can see the palm trees...

Mary Helen Barro - 1983

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Charile Tuna 1976

 

Charlie was the wakeup voice to the world for a quarter century.  Taught a lot of us how to do it better.  On todays show a visit with Lily Tomlin...

Charlie Tuna - 1976

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Joe Allison 1968

 

Couple of years ago I found many of these programs. Joe's style was a graceful transition from Hillbilly to modern country. Mr Allison was a songwriter, music executive and a bit of a philosopher.

Country Corner - 1968

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Wolfman Jack 1976

 

Are you ready to rock and roll baby?  Wolfman has the good on a 1976 show for the Air Force.  Delicious...

Wolfman Jack - 1976

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Roger Carroll 1970

 

Roger's back with a 1970 visit.  On today's broadcast Roger gets a mola from SCN, wonder if it's still around.  He's really having fun on this one, enjoy!

Roger Carroll - 1970

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Roland Bynum 1982

 

This would have been a disk that I would have played way back when.  Roland Bynum soulin through a Wednesday in 1982... Good Bynum!

Roland Bynum - 1982

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Chuck Cecil Big Band Countdown 1979

 

Chuck Cecil started playing the music of "The Swingin Years"s on KFI in the late 50s.  Those oldies were popular and he was on AFRTS in 1960.  On the Big Band Countdown, Chuck would pick a time and Count 'em down.  The show ran well into the 1980s.

Big Band Countdown - 1979

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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.

"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!

Joe Ferguson 1983

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The Philippines, Pearl of the Orient 1947

 

In the late 1940s, radio was changing.  AFRS had a mission of educating and did several productions of their own with great casts.  In 1947  Daws Butler and Howard Culver starred in this production of "Pearl Of The Orient" a story of the Philippines.

Pearl Of The Orient

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Gary Owens 1969

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From the "familiar love theme" to the ongoing silliness.  Gary did some wonderful radio. Gery's last big job was the announcer on AntennaTV.  On this show Gary has some guest to talk about old movies. He'll be missed.

Gary Owens - 1969 

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Charlie Tuna 1983

 

Charlie with the Gibb brothers

Los Angeles radio is Charlie Tuna. Charlie went from KOMA to WMEX then one of then to KHJ and made that happen.  Charlie went to the network in 1971 and was there until the change in 1976.  Woke a lot of people.

Charlie Tuna - 1983

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