Here's the Roland Bynum show, from 1984 recorded in Iceland.
Nowadays Roland works at Stevie Wonder's station in Los Angeles, KGLH
Roland Bynum - 1984
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Roland Bynum 1984
Here's the Roland Bynum show, from 1984 recorded in Iceland.
Nowadays Roland works at Stevie Wonder's station in Los Angeles, KGLH
Roland Bynum - 1984
Rocketing Rhythms 1961
Here's something for the kids. KLACs Bill Stewart fills in for Jack Brown. Rocketing Rhythms was sort of a countdown show sometimes with guests.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Jim Pewter 1968
Jim Pewter rocks up a storm. I miss this music. I miss hearing it being played by someone that breathed it. Thanks Jim! Jim also made a bunch of neat records
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Chris Noel - Christmas 1967
Because of the way the transcription disks were sent out, there was no way to tell when they were actually broadcast... Except for Christmas week. That week we would get disks with actual airdates. They'd send them almost a month early to make that happen.
Chris Noel rings in Christmas 1967, take a listen
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Jubilee - Christmas 1948
It's Christmas 1948. Bud Widdom with some amazing talent, it's Jubilee!!!
Jubilee. Program #302. 12/0/1948. A Christmas show with all the continuity in rhyme. Well done! The first tune is, "The Peanut Vendor." Kay Starr sings, "Ain't Misbehavin'." This sounds like an assembled program. Bud Widdom (announcer), Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Toni Harper, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, Kay Starr, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Chris Noel - Christmas 1966
Chris had just started doing "Date With Chris" and it was the holiday season
Bob Hope -Christmas in Vietnam 1968
We've made it to December. Christmas is coming. This is Bob Hope's 1968 Christmas show from Long Binh, Vietnam. Whet was it like to be at one of these shows?
Joe Ferguson 1983
Joe Ferguson brings us the best from Portland in another 1983 get together. Thanks for sharing these Joe!
John Doremus 1967
What an incredible voice. Mr Doremus began this style of late night radio on WMAQ Chicago and syndicated on the BIG stations. He also 'invented' in flight music.
Command Performance - Christmas 1942
Command Performance was an amazing thing. All of the biggest stars made themselves available for the troops. It didn't matter which network or studio. It was the biggest stars and it was all for he troops. This is the big Christmas show from the first year of the network. Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Kris Erik Stevens - Christmas 1979
Kris Erik Stevens was a longtime star of ours. Kris went on to be THE voice of the theaters before the movie.
From Krismas 1979, the American Disco Network presents Kris Erik Stevens.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Feliz Navidad de Puerto Rico
Ramey AB, Puerto Rico
Ralph Gebes sent along some 1971 memories from AFCN. Ramey was (mostly) closed with a 1973 base re-alignment. Time for "Radio Strikes Back"
NORAD Tracks Santa
Our pals at NORAD track Santa every year. In almost 20 years I've never posted it. By request...
The story about how that happened
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Roger Carroll - Christmas 1979
That's a long day...
Roger brought the holiday season. Vicente was in Madrid, recording the station at Torrejon.
I really wish Roger Records was playing Carols on this..
Christmas is coming...
Monday, December 4, 2023
Andy Mansfield 1964
Andy Mansfield continues his tribute to Glenn Miller in a 1964 "America's Popular Music"
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Roland Bynum 1973
Roland Bynum has "Soul in Motion" from the Creators Workshop. It's coming up on Christmas 1973. Roland is still making magic on the radio, in Los Angeles.
Bill Stewart 1971
Bill Stewart sure kept it jazzy. From the mid-60s through the late 70s Bill brought a special sound.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Jim Pewter Christmas In Korea 1964
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.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Don Tracy 1980
Imagine my surprise when I checked the website voicemail and there was a message from Don Tracy, offering whatever help he could. Don sounds great. Don started with AFRTS in 1973 and it was largely a weekend gig that got more interesting as time went by. It took a while for the fan mail to start and he had received a letter from Germany, asking if he'd like to come over as a morale builder. He went to in Nuremberg, to support AFN. A big memory of that was when the Stars and Stripes reporter was going to make him look bad by asking about the government paid boondoggle. It didn't work. Don had taken vacation and paid for the trip out of pocket.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Chris Noel 1970
Chris Noel has always been a special person from being such an amazing film talent through the Date With Chris years to running veterans shelter in Florida. We have a lot to be thankful for. Here's a plate of memories:
Hear Chris every night at 9pm Pacific, Midnight Eastern on the Hook:
or:The Hook
John Doremus 1967
What an incredible voice. Mr Doremus began this style of late night radio on WMAQ Chicago and syndicated on the BIG stations. He also 'invented' in flight music.
Mark White AFN Berlin 1980
The late Mark White had his claim to King of Jazz. He brought some wonderful music to Berlin for well over three decades. Chris Muermann was a big fan at the time and recorded several of his broadcasts. Garry made them available. Today it's a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, coming to Berlin for a concert. Mark, keep swinging...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Charlie Williams - Country Corner 1972
Charlie Williams didn't host the show for very long but he brought a big piece of rural America worldwide. Charlie had the show between Joe Allison and Gene Price.
Wolfman Jack 1974
July 1995 we lost the Wolfman and that piece of a great radio heritage. Wolf, you're missed.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Peter Troy 1965
By the 1960s, there wasn't much drama being produced in the United States. AFRTS reached out to British, Australian and South African radio,
In 1963 South Africa's Springbok radio produced "Walk Softly Peter Troy". Well written. We ran it in 1965.
"The Blonde With The Delicate Air". Peter's been framed for murder by a very lovely lady. Tom Meehan, Herrick Merril (producer), John Simpson, Merle Wayne.
Sunday, November 26, 2023
AFTN New Show Preview 1069
There are some great new shows coming up to celebrate 1969 in Thailand on AFTN!
Roger Carroll 1969
Roger Carroll didn't want to be DJ. He was at the pinnacle of success for an announcer. Booth announcer at ABC. They needed DJs. None of the announcers wanted to do it. He was the new guy. Do it. That decision was the start of a new life for RC. Let's remember 1969. Your happy hour awaits...
Andy Mansfield 1964
Andy Mansfield continues his tribute to MAJ Glenn Miller. If you didn't already know, Glenn was at the top of his game with one of the hottest dance bands in the country, and was way to old to go in the military. He did.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Roland Bynum 1979
Roland brings the dancing! It's 1979 and in the Creators Workshop there's Stephanie Mills, Donna Summer and Michael Jackson.
Jim Pewter 1980
I miss this music. As the years go by there are less and less opportunities to hear it, particularly from someone that understands it.
Jim was at AFKN in 1966 and shortly after went too the network for a three decade run.
The weekend starts.... it's Friday
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Chris Noel 1967
In 1963 Chis Noel was a fashion model. In 1966 we had A Date With Chris. Thank you Chris!
Joe Ferguson 1983
In 1983 AFRTS brought in jocks from all over the country to record shows. Today it's to Portland OR for the Joe Show!
Monday, November 20, 2023
Pete Smith 1983
Pete Smith was part of the EZ listening tradition at AFRTS. He followed John Doremus, who followed Jim Ameche. He had quite a career in Los Angeles radio KNX; KDAY, 1956-58; KRKD, 1958-61; KNOB; KPOL; KMPC, 1961-88; KJQI/KOJY, 1993-95; KGIL, 1998. Pete was part of "Music of Your Life."
Roger Carroll was telling me that Pete was fulltime swing at KMPC. What a gig.
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Seemed like every time I was at finance, trying to guess what they did to my check Mary Helen Barro was on. It was great mid-day show. Take a listen.
Charlie Tuna 1974
Our Breakfast Serial continues with this visit with Radio Hall of Famer Charlie Tuna. A lot of people started their duty day with Charlie. He started with us in 1972 and was there until the end of originated network programming in 1996. We lost Charlie in 2016.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Sugar Report 1945
This one was sure a story. Sugar Report was apparently never sent out on vinyl. Each disk apparently unique and broadcast on shortwave at the time. Bakedalaska got this one for us, thanks for the donation!. When it came in there was a thick gray film and severe chipping and cracking. Doing anything aggressive to remove the film will cause the chips to come off. So... I gently cleaned it as best I could and did a transfer. It was noisy but mostly complete. With that being done, I tried a much better cleaning.
Acetate disks are actually made of organic cellulose. When stored poorly something called palmyric acid leeches into the grooves. That's important because it looks like a normal dirt. Warm water and soap tends to make it worse. Water with a small concentration of vinegar will dissolve it. Windex is pretty close. Most of it dissolved, Noise reduction removed the majority of the pops but it was still rough. The pops were places where the cellulose was actually cracked.
Wolfman Jack 1975
Time for another visit with the Wolfman. Always a wonderful talent. Has anyone seen the Midnight Special DVDs yet? You know those have to be great.
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Roger Carroll 1969
Roger Carroll and Hal Oiler at AFRTS
Roger has another hour of the best sounds in town. It's a Friday in 1969 with the best sounds in town. and Frank Sinatra tell his story from "A Man and His Music". It's a really great hour.
"Thom part one Sinatra "A Man and His Music" that I introduced to the world is OUTSTANDING My beautiful Beverly who I miss we had 60 wonderful years together and five great loving children" - Roger Carroll
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Andy Mansfield 1964
In 1964 Andy Mansfield did a tribute to Glenn Miller, a multi-part feature with much care, craftsmanship and memories. Here's Part six of "America's Popular Music"
Friday, November 10, 2023
Bill Stewart 1967
Today Bill Stewart's guest is Rudy Vallee. Rudy was the biggest of the big in the 1920s and kept going for five decades. It's a fun listen.
Jim Pewter 1980
Jim Pewter brings the memories in this 1980 broadcast. We went to different high schools together.
Don't bunch up!
Golden Days of Radio 1980
