AFRTS Archive

  A pretty girl, nice music and Chris Noel was perfect for this.  During the Vietnam war Chris did "A Date With Chris".  In 1967, ...

   From Portland, Joe Ferguson brought America to the world.  There was a project where several top jocks recorded shows for AFRTS.  Joe was...

  Jim Ameche's pop concert had some very interesting orchestral music. Jim Ameche - 1961 More Jim Ameche

    Our visit to Soesterberg continues with Gene Pierce, er Price make another hour of magic.  Listen to the PSA at the beginning.  Talk abo...

   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 Ra...

   Mary Helen in 1972 with Joe Ortiz There's always been latin music on AFRTS. Chiquita during WWII and many others well into the 1990s....

  Charlie Tuna 1969 Charlie was with us from the Vietnam years until 1996.  Easy to tell how he was a morning tradition for such a long time...

   Charlie Williams in 1990 After Joe Allison left the Country Corner in the early 70s the show went to KFOXs Charlie Williams.  In 1972 Cha...

   In 1978 from Torrejon.  Clips of Wolfman Jack and Roger Carroll. Wolfman Jack and Roger Carroll - 1978

  Roger Carroll with Doc Severenson Roger Carroll had an interesting story about how he became a DJ: "Many years ago when ABC never pla...

  Barbara Randolph c 1962   Barbara Randolph brought a lot of rock to AFRTS. Detroit born Randolph was born in 1942 eventually adopted by ac...

      In the 80s and 1990s Mary Turners show was so popular she had two programs on the network.  Her regular Mary Turner Show and "Off...

      We tried to serve all soldiers.  Part of that being our native Spanish speaking troops.  Chiquita debuted during WWII and was still go...

      Here's Herman with Roger Carroll, Jim Pewter, Gary Owens and the rest In the early years of the Vietnam war there was not a lot of...

   Andy continues his tribute to Glenn Miller, here's part four. America's Popular Music - 1963 More Andy Mansfield

     Paul Bunyan was very young Tom Campbell In 1971, Tom Campbell was still the new guy, he did a show about what were the 10 most hated so...

  It's a Wednesday happening on AFRTS with the Bynum... Still has it. Roland Bynum 1981 More Roland Bynum  

   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...

  Nice work if you can get it. (courtesy and copyright of Playground Productions) In 1967 Jim was managing Forever Records.  They put out a ...

   No holding some people back.  Don was in Hartford, parlayed that into Los Angeles.  At the top of his game was doing the AFRTS show for a...

  Stephen joined the United States Navy in 1991. He graduated from Defense Information School (DINFOS) at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He was a N...

  The face of home to thousands of Vietnam era troops was Chris Noel.  She has spent the past several years running a homeless shelter for v...

   A young Joe Ferguson had done some shows as a dependent at the stations.  Years later Joe was jocking in Portland OR.  AFRTS had done one...

   Amazing set of pipes and smooth.  John Doremus had evening music for many years.  Similar to what Jim Ameche did earlier and what Pete Sm...

  Years ago I was talking with Bob Casey.  Bob had quite the story.  One of the things he did at AFVN was start the Million Dollar Music old...

   Mary Helen Barro, "la voz de su casa" She carried on on the Latino tradition of Chiquita, Victor, Hernan Escodon and others. Ma...

    Ira Cook with Elvis Presley Ira started with us in 1960, still there 20 years later. Ira Cook 1965 More Ira Cook

  Joe Allison really was country music, starting as a DJ in Texas in 1945.  He went on tour hosting Tex Ritter and got Tex to record one of ...

 Today is Veterans Day in the United States.  Originally the holiday was Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of WWI.   Here Rests In Honor...

   Let's revisit 1979. I was 22, in Korea and don't remember most of the year. I met Wolfman at LAX when I came Stateside. Only time...