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Here's the other one of those USMC official records about the battle of Iwo Jima. Pretty incredible. They tell the story and talk to the troops, presumably recorded by the Mosquito Network.
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Gene Price 1974
Gene, Charlie and Jim
It's been a privilege to stay in touch with all three. Here's Gene Price with your 1974 country favorites:
Jim Ameche 1968
Jim Ameche is back with the most beautiful music in the world. Jim was one of the very first to make syndicating a DJ show work. He later was the voice of the Longines Symphonette.
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Mary Helen Barro kept the Latino beat alive. She started with the network in the late 70s and was there a long time. Bailar!
Sunday, July 12, 2026
Charlie Tuna 1974
Charlie was a distinctive voice, waking the world for a quarter century. I'm pretty sure no one else can make that claim. It was a shame when we lost him.
Hear Charlie every morning at 8am Central at mybestsounds.com
Joe Allison 1965
Joe Allison is back, starting a new week with a Monday show from 1965. Take your shoes (boots?) off and get ready for the Country Corner!
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.
Saturday, July 11, 2026
Roger Carroll 1969
Seems like yesterday when Roger Carroll got me to setup his streaming website. it was 2017.
Hear RC everyday at 9am Central at mybestsounds.com
Roger was with the network for a long, long time. We're glad to make this available.
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.
Vance Graham 1973
KMPCs Vance Graham sees Amelia Earhart off.
Latino! A special program presented five times a week. With Victor, at your service.
"Victor" was Vance Graham. An announcer whose career went back to WWII when he was doing news at KMPC. Later he worked at KFI. Prior to Latino, Vance did the "Bolero Time" program for AFRTS. "Vance Graham Bolero Show" was a daily feature at KTYM Los Angeles in the 1950s.
We ran TWO Latin shows at the same time? I didn't know this. The other show was Viva!
Herman Griffith 1967
Herman with Jim Pewter and Roger Carroll
Feeling brave? If you're young or old Herman Griffith is here with the Records Caravan. Bold? If you
Herman was at KGFJ in Los Angeles in the early 60s, was with us into the 1970s and not much else is known.
Hear Herman at 3pm Central on mybestsounds.com
Sunday, July 5, 2026
Tom Campbell 1976
Tom's a great guy. Glad to know him. He provided a lot of his shows for you to hear.
Hear Tom every day at 1pm Central mybestsounds.com
Roland Bynum 1981
Roland Bynum with the late Don Cornelius
The music was so good. Here's Roland Bynum cutting loose for the weekend. He was that good and brings the future to America through teaching.
Hear Roland nightly7 at 9pm Central mybestsounds.com
Bill Stewart 1968
Time for a musical Bill affair (Listen to the jingle). Bill was still with us in the late 70s with a neat brew of swing. Bill was the one on "Quarter Century of Swing" for AFRTS. We lost Bill in 1993 to heart failure. Bill graced KMPC, 1951-59; KGIL, 1965-66; KRHM, 1966 and 1969; KGIL, 1973-75.
Jim Pewter 1985
Not the Beatles tribute band. 1964 was sure a great year for music, the Beatles had pretty much changed everything. Motown got better. It was a great topic for another theme show by Jim Pewter. Jim was one of us, having spent 1964 working for AFKN.
Hear Jim every day at 6pm Central on mybestsounds.com
Don Tracy 1995
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Thanks George for taking the time to record these in 1995. It's a Don Tracy Friday. The party starts now!
Chris Noel 1969
Chris Noel in Pleiku 1968
Chris really stepped to the plate, did a wonderful show and went to the troops. Today she still supports the troops in need with her homeless shelter for veterans. Vetsville
Hear Chris every evening at 11:00 central on mybestsounds.com
Joe Ferguson 1983
From Portland OR, Joe has the memories of 1983. Seems like yesterday.
Hear Joe every day at 11:00 easter on mybestsounds.com
John Doremus 1967
Must be the dinner hour. John Doremus would create a mood. There were few who could really do this. John was also the one that came up with the idea for music on your airplane rides. Amazing talent.
Ira Cook 1974
He started his career at KMTR in 1938 (later became KLAC) , working as a record librarian and occasionally as an announcer. A recent graduate from Stanford with a degree in basic medical science, his passion for radio began at the tender age of eight during a visit to a local station with his father. Ira, a native of Duluth, Minnesota, recounted in a detailed interview, "During World War II, at the Battle of the Bulge, we lost 10 to 15 guys from my platoon." Post-war, Ira teamed up with Frank Bull to broadcast boxing and wrestling matches from the Olympic Auditorium. Later, he became the host of Lucky Lager Dance Time on KFAC and pursued his interest in songwriting.
In a 1957 Newsweek story connected with a payola probe, Ira made the following comment about being a DJ: "It's safer than stealing, more legal than gambling, easier than loafing, and it beats working!"
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Las musica mas major en el mundo! Mary Helen Barro plays your Latin favorites on a Monday in 1983.
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