Time for some soulin' with Roland.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Jazz International 1960
There's always been great jazz on AFRTS, Howard Leucroft hosts Buddy Collette. Here's some great music.
Jim Pewter 1980
Jim and Laurie Allen (another Minnesotan!!)on tour
Famous Minnesotans! Jim Pewter. Jim was on the network shortly after leaving AFKN and stayed on until 1996. Here's memories of memories from 1980.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Don Tracy 1983
"You can tell it's hot" Don Tracy starts the weekend with this Friday show from 1983.
Chris Noel 1969
Thanks again Chris Noel! For a lot of troops you were the thing that made a hard time livable.
Joe Ferguson 1983
In 1983 the network did a cute bit, short term deals with jocks all ovr the country. "The Voice of Home".
Joe Ferguson has your favorites on a Wednesday in 1983. Here's the Joe Show!
Thursday, March 27, 2025
John Doremus 1969
What could be more universal than travel? John Doremus has songs and stories about going places and seeing things.
Gene Price 1975
Gene Price is back. Time to board "The Country Express"
Start your day with the Gene Price show. 5am Pacific/8am Eastern
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Joe Allison 1971
Joe Allison did it all. Songwriter, Producer, Jock and more. It was 1971 and a Monday. Joe's in the Country Corner.
Monday, March 24, 2025
Wolfman Jack 1973
Summer in the city. The summer of 1973...Wolfman's back with more information about the Air Force . I remember these from when I was a kid....
Roger Carroll 1973
Roger's back with the Happy Hour. Phil recorded this off of AFN in the summer of 1973, so it starts with some Watergate news and memories.
Hear Roger Carroll every morning at 7am Pacific, 10am Eastern on www.mybestsounds.com
Mary Turner 1986
Mary Turner brought the rock in the 1980s and 90s. She had the daily show and "Off The Record". The music was great and she really had a way with an interview. She always treasured her time as one of the AFRTS-LA talent.
Herman Griffith 1967
For the brave and the bold! It's the Records Caravan!! Some pretty amazing radio from Herman.
Her Herman every day at 1pm Pacific, 4pm Eastern on My Best Sounds
Friday, March 21, 2025
Andy Mansfield 1963
In 1963 it really hadn't been that long since we lost MAJ Glenn Miller during WWII. Glenn entertained the troops and cut a lot of exclusive music for AFRS and V Disc. Andy Mansfield did a five part tribute.
Tom Campbell 1975
Tom Campbell always had a fun show and sometimes the strangest mixes... Tall Tom revisits 1975. The mustard colored labels were the ugliest ones ever.
AFKN Park Chung Hee shot 1979
I started in Yongsan in the newsroom. If any story mentioned Korea, it had to be cleared by the 8th Army/UN Command PAO. Send the story over, wait a few weeks and maybe it can be read... or just don't run it in the first place. Compare that to this 1979 aircheck when President Park Chung Hee was assassinated.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Roland Bynum 1980
/The Detroit born Roland first got to Los Angeles in 1967 at KGFJ to replace the "Magnificent Montague" eventually rising to Program Director. 1998 started a long run at Stevie Wonder's KJLH. Time for a "good Bynum". Roland is back with memories of 1980.
Hear Roland Bynum every day at 7pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern on MyBestSounds.com
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Jim Pewter 1988
Jim Pewter
Jim was an amazing oldies jock. He was one of us at AFKN in 1965 and took Los Angeles by storm. Let's see why..
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Chris Noel 1969
Chris began in show business in Mister Roberts on stage with Hugh O'Brien, then kept very busy.
Chris's filmography from imdb Working with Elvis and being in Soldier In the Rain, incredible. Starting in 1966 AFRTS got Chris in "A Date With Chris", a pretty incredible piece of radio.
She's also been a prolific writer. Her latest book is about filming "Cease Fire" with Don Johnson. Click Here
Hear Chris at 9pm Pacific 12pm eastern on www.mybestsounds.com
Pete Smith 1971
When I was in the field, the easy listening shows felt painful. As I "mature" I can understand the genius behind them. Thanks for asking, Chris!
Monday, March 10, 2025
Gene Price 1992
Gene Price, Charlie Tuna and Jim Pewter
Gene Price has another hour of your country favorites. Gene had some recent health issues and is bouncing right back. It's like the Country Express! Prayers.
Ira Cook 1961
In the early 1960s, they weren't really recording at McCadden. Recordings were done at the stations, usually but it was haphazard. Here's Ira Cook recorded at KMPC in 1961.
IRA LEIGH COOK Passed away on May 15, 2007 at the age of 90. Ira was a disc jockey in Hollywood for over 25 years working at KMPC the majority of the time. He also broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Services. He was a beloved husband of Virginia for 58 years who predeceased him.
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Young Mary Helen
Some latin jazz, some salsa, the occasional ranchero. Here's Mary Helen Barro.
Saturday, March 8, 2025
AFRS Guam 1965
"Would you like some tape from the Guam station?" AFRS Guam was there in 1944. Radioman Cousin Mike held down the fort on the "Night Beat". I believe that's from the Naval Communication Station at Finegayan, Guam.
It's a pretty good hour..
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Charlie Tuna 1982
Charlie Tuna had been doing the show on AFRTS for ten years already and it was only the beginning...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Roger Carroll 1973
Roger's back with the Happy Hour. Phil recorded this off of AFN in the summer of 1973, so it starts with some Watergate news and memories.
Mary Turner 1984
A whike back, Mary checked in:
"I often think about my 18 years at Fort McCadden with great fondness. Loved that Roach Coach-I remember always getting teased for actually paying for a bottle of water. I was ahead of my time!"
And she certainly was.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Harry Von Zell 1944
Harry Von Zell was one of giants of radio announcing. In the 1920s he was the announcer for Paul Whiteman. By 1930 a CBS staff announcer. Harry Von Zell biography in Wikipedia
Today Harry jives up a storm in Sound Off!
Turn Back the Clock 1961
So what exactly were oldies in the mid 50s? Here's a good place to start. Andy and Virginia Mansfield got their show on the air on the west coast, on NBC and then on AFRTS.