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!

Joe Allison - 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

Jim Ameche has an hour of the world's most beautiful music...

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Joe Allison 1965

  

Joe Allison has your country favorites.  

Joe Allison 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

Jim Ameche is back with music from the world's most beautiful orchestras.

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Ira Cook 1965

  

KMPCs Ira Cook REALLY enjoyed his Hawaiian music, dropping one in wherever he could.  He was a big piece of its 196os popularity.  Here's a 1965 visit.  Ira was with us well into the 80s, we lost him in 2007.

Ira Cook 1965

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Joe Allison 1965

 

Joe Allison had a neat part of history.  He's been called the DJ that bridged the gap between hillbilly radio and what he call country radio today.  Take a listen:

Country Corner - Joe Allison 1965

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Ira Cook 1965

   

Ira Cook with Elvis Presley

Ira started with us in 1960, still there 20 years later.

Ira Cook 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

Jim Ameche has another hour of the most beautiful music of the best orchestras from around the world.

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

Jim Ameche has another of music from the world's greatest orchestras

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Herman Griffith 1965

     

"Hello Gang!  Here's Herman Griffith with exitement in sound and music in motion!! The rock AND the roll for the young and the old, the brave and the bold on the Record Caravan!!!! "

 This would have been the place to rock.  Roland Bynum said that Herman introduced him to the AFRTS gig.

Hear the Herman Griffith show every day at 3pm Central on www.mybestsounds.com

Herman Griffith #129 1965

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Herman Griffith 1965

     

"Hello Gang!  Here's Herman Griffith with exitement in sound and music in motion!! The rock AND the roll for the young and the old, the brave and the bold on the Record Caravan!!!! "

Herman Griffith #129 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 Jim Ameche continues his review of the most beautiful music from the world's greatest orchestras with the Jim Ameche show.

There's a majesty to it that we heard from Pete Smith, John Doremus and Jim Ameche.

It's time to relax

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

From Jack Armstrong to being the first to succeed with a syndicated DJ show, the voice of the Longines Symphonette, KMPC, WNEW.  It was quite a career.  Jim played beautiful music for us.

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Joe Allison 1965

 

Joe Allison was a singer, songwriter, producer and record executive.  He lived the music and and made it better.  AFRTS brought him worldwide. 

Country Corner - 1965

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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..

AFRTS Guam - Cousin Mike 1965

Jim Ameche 1965

 

 

Jim Ameche had the most beautiful sounds around.  An hour of orchestral music, with just the right touch of personality.  Jim had knocked around in radio since the 1930s but hit his stride with syndicated DJ shows starting in the 1950s.  As the man that made syndicated DJ shows work he was a natural for the world's largest radio network.

Jim Ameche - 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

 

"The Most Beautiful Sounds Around" is a phrase that evokes the rarity of orchestral music today. Jim Ameche, a prominent figure during the golden age of radio, introduced it to AFRTS. He remained a successful DJ, sustaining his stardom beyond his radio days.

Jim Ameche - 1965

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AFN Teen Thirty 1965

 

With the help of the Frankfurt Radio Club, it's time for Teen Thirty.  We served our communities and sometimes let the dependents rock.  Joe Ferguson was a member, here's some details:

The Frankfurt American High School started a radio club amongst students who were interested, and we produced and aired a weekly radio program on AFN Frankfurt.  I believe the first year was the 1961-62 school year and they would bus us from the school out to the castle in Hochst where the studios were located, and we would record the program.  I believe it aired on the weekend.  There was music, school activities news and sports news.  The first faculty adviser to the radio club was the speech and drama teacher, Catherine Rotter and she was great fun.

In the castle along with the studios, there also were barracks and an AFN club with a bar and pub food.  My senior year, 62-63 I was the president of the club. 

Imagine the effect on an impressionable teen, interested in learning something about radio.  Having the opportunity to go to a real life castle with big gates and real turrets too was an amazing experience.  And then, throw in studios just stuffed with all this nifty Grundig and Telefunken broadcast gear and all the AFN pro’s we got to work with.  I was hooked! 

Little did I know I would never work in another radio station that had its own bar complete with pub food; =) Or one that had a turret either.

Regards,

Joe

AFN Frankfurt - Teen Thirty - 1965

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America's Popular Music 1965

 

Andy Mansfield  was with the network in the 1950s and 60s, playing records from his own collection.

Andy's original show was "Turn Back the Clock" with  his wife, former big band singer Virginia.  Always some interesting choices...

America's Popular Music - 1965

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Jim Ameche 1965

Jim Ameche was known for his soothing sounds, hosting a high-profile easy listening show. His career began in 1930s radio, portraying the original "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy." After his brother Don Ameche departed from the Chase and Sanborn Show, Jim took over as the announcer, enjoying numerous successes during the Golden Age of Radio. By the 1950s, he had become a successful DJ in Los Angeles and New York, eventually syndicating his show nationwide. It was also during this period that he signed with AFRTS, continuing his career into the 1960s. Jim passed away in 1983.

 

Jim Ameche

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