AFRTS Archive

    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...

      Starting in 1945 Chiquita Juarez  started her show for our Spanish speaking troops.  I wish I had more information on MIss Juarez.  Sh...

      Herman Griffith with Jim Pewter and Roger Carroll Hey, brave and the bold!  He sure rocked. Here's more of the KGFJ vet. Herman...

    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...

   Tom was "Paul Bunyan" for WDGY in the 1960s. Tom did two shows for us "Stateside" with current hits.  Later a weekend...

   Soulin' with Roland.  The party starts NOW... Hear Roland at 9pm Central on mybestsounds.com   Roland Bynum - 1983 More Roland Bynum

  Bobby Troup in MASH Well, here's something we've never heard before.  Bobby Troup was an actor, musician, DJ and husband to Julie ...

  Ron Landry, later of Hudson and Landry was drafted into the Army in 1958.  By 1959 he was doing a show on the network from AFRTS New York....

   Jim Pewter had pretty much just gotten back from AFKN and scored a deal on McCadden Ave.  The music was great! The Jim Pewter show every ...

   Don Tracy was from Hartford.  Learned his trade at the Conneticut School of Broadcasting with gigs in Hartford and New Haven before the l...

  A pretty girl IS like a melody.  Chris made home just a little closer for Vietnam era troops.  Here's a 1971 listen. Hear Chris every ...

   It was a discussion we had many times ""There's no one good in Milwaukee, Miami, Dallas or anywhere else?"  In 1983 th...

 We also stream 24/7 at mybestsounds.com    Proud to say I've got the signal processing to work correctly.  Upgraded the internet to get...

    AFN Ray Tubberville 1973   Thanks to Phil for sharing.   Ed Tooma worked with Ray:   Ray and I worked together at AFN Berlin and at the ...

  Jim Ameche had two shows in the early 1960s, The Jim Ameche Show and Pop Concert.  Both programs had the best in orchestral music. Jim was...

   Mary Helen Barro has your Latin favorites from a Monday in 1983.  Bailar! Mary Helen Barro - 1983 More Mary Helen Barro

  So how many days were started with a Breakfast Serial?  Some day I'll try to figure out who did shows for us over the most years.  Cha...

 Ted Herring sent this along.  Thanks Ted.  Spike Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Ken Murray     In 1964 Spike Jones brought his brand of crazy.  ...

   Joe Allison with Red Stegall and Don Light Joe Allison was the country voice for a long, long time.  Joe was a musician, producer, writer...

 The Army Hour had a long run.  PAO shops all over the country getting the message out.  Aired on hundreds of stations in the US, most of th...

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

  Roger Carroll .. Roger Carroll has the happy hour from another recently saved ET.  At the time there was a lot of KMPC talent on the netwo...

      Mary Turner rocks.  But after winning at that, she made the world better as a psychologist and philanthropist. Mary Turner - 1985 More...

   Time for some tropical music. Mary Helen Barro - 1983 More from Mary Helen Barro

  Contest Theater was actually the NBC Radio Theater.   Dane Clark stars in "Destination Mars".  Pat O'Brien hosts with announ...

      Jim Pewter, Herman Griffith and Roger Carroll Herman brought rock and soul to the troops.  These are great! Hear Herman Griffith every...

     Time for another trip down memory lane with Bay Area fave, Tom Campbell (for Cal Stereo). Here's a neat 1975 show.. When Tom got ou...

    Creator's Workshop is still creating..   Roland is still on the air in Los Angeles on weekends and sounding better than ever.   Rola...

     Pete Smith was  part of the EZ listening tradition at AFRTS.  He followed John Doremus, who followed Jim Ameche.   He had quite a caree...

    1952 was the tenth anniversary of the Army Transportation Corps.  Must have been a big deal.  Both Mark Warnow and Lynn Murray were huge...