AFRTS Archive

   Joe Allison with his gold record for writing "He'll Have To Go" Time for another visit with Joe Allison.  Joe and the Corne...

   When I came back from Korea I met Wolfman at LAX. The only time in my life I was totally blown away by meeting a celebrity. Only thing I ...

  Sometimes there's a show with zero information.  Jack Taylor was playing some smoky jazz in the 1960s All That Jazz - 1968

  I wonder how many shows Roger Carroll did for us.  In the early 80s he did program 3000 but there was at least one renumbering in 1968.  A...

      A solitary GI yearning for a female voice found solace in Mary Turner's broadcasts, as she carried on the legacy of GI Jill, Rebel...

      Victor was Vance Graham.  Vance had entered Los Angeles radio in the 1930s and found his greatest success as a spanish DJ.  Bolero Tim...

      Jim Pewter, Herman Griffith and Roger Carroll Herman Griffith kicked up a storm, with KGFJ and with AFRTS.  I wish I knew more of his ...

   Glenn Miller records "I Sustain the Wings" Andy Mansfield continues his tribute to Glenn Miller, part five, it's America...

   AFRTS network programming was like driving a battleship, small changes when necessary.  In 1971 they got serious about a more contemporar...

 Over the weekend was a major server crash on the live stream. We were up and running several hours later.  I've been cleaning that up. ...

Roland always got the party started.  Let's take a listen. Hear Roland every day at 9pm  My Best Sounds Roland Bynum 1981 More Roland By...

     Tom was another guy who worked Minneapolis.  He was Paul Bunyan at WDGY before getting to the coast and killin' it in San Francisco...

   Here's something for the kids.  KLACs Bill Stewart fills in for Jack Brown.  Rocketing Rhythms was sort of a countdown show sometimes...

   Jim was another giant, I wish I had more tape of the show. Jim was an AFKN vet, who went on to be a successful producer, songwriter and j...

   The network kept rocking til the end.  In 1995 the Network we all knew was changing but Don Tracy still had his chops... Don Tracy - Spri...

  In 1967, the biggest show was "A Date With Chris".  Chris Noel brought a helping of home every day.  She still does way more tha...

   It's a Wednesday in the summer of 1983 and blogfan Joe Ferguson has "The Joe Show".  I ran these on SCN... Thanks again for...

   Jose Fritz did a very nice writeup about the life of John Doremus. Arcane Radio Trivia - John Doremus Now some music for the dinner hour:...

  We had some odd filler programs.  Myron J Bennett was a big deal in Des Moines radio for many years.  Apparently "Talk Digest" w...

  It's the summer of 1969 and Paul A. Bottoms is rocking Saigon on the Orient Express. Former KSCS/Dallas and KWCY/Phoenix morning news ...

  I was going through crates of ETs looking for something else, and found this.  Glad I did.  Air Force SGT Herb Manchester did this from AF...

   Gene Price is back, Leonard is ready to go.  It's 1983 and great! Hear Gene every morning at 7AM Central at mybestsounds.com Gene Pri...

    Ira Cook with Singer Becca Adler It's a Friday in 1970, and a happy day! Hear Ira every morning at 5am Central on mybestsounds.com I...

   Mary Helen Barro has your latin favorites for a Tuesday.. Mary Helen Barro - 1983 More Mary Helen Barro

  Charlie Tuna and Del Shannon On almost everyone's lists of favorite AFRTS jocks, Charlie Tuna's name is there. Here's another ...

   Joe Allison has your country favorites.   Joe Allison 1965 More Joe Allison

    Wolfman was 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. ...

  I'm still excited about Roger Carroll sending several of his shows for us to hear.  The Happy Hour continues for a long time to come. ...

      And we were proud to have her.  Mary started her show with us in 1982. Mary Turner, hailed as the first lady of rock radio in Los Ange...

    The US military had a radio presence in Cuba for over 100 years.  Jose Fritz did a nice writeup on this.   Click Here. The picture is Mi...