Herman Griffith 1972

     

Herman Griffith with Jim Pewter and Roger Carroll

Hey, brave and the bold! He sure rocked. Here's more of the KGFJ vet. Herman's story is here.

Hear Herman everyday at 3pm Central on mybestsounds.com

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Charlie Williams 1972

  

Charlie Williams in 1990

After Joe Allison left the Country Corner in the early 70s the show went to KFOXs Charlie Williams.  In 1972 Charlie moved to Nashville, managed Bobby Bare and did a talk show on WSIX.  Charlie passed away in 1995. It was Charlie who suggested to Gene Price that he get down to McCadden Ave and try for the gig..

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Herman Griffith 1972

     

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 rock programming coming from the network.  Herman Griffith played rockin soul for the "brave and bold on the Records Caravan."

 

Herman was at KGFJ between 1963-66 and we know little else.

 

Herman had helped Roland Bynum get is first big Los Angeles gig and a few years later disappeared.

 

During those years, Herman was on our team.  I just wish I had more of these...

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Ira Cook 1972

 

Have a Happy Day!!!  Ira cook is back with Friday tunes.

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

It's a celebration of Wednesday.  1972 memories of RC and the Happy Hour on AFRTS.

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

I really wish I had both sides of this one.  Roger Carroll was celebrating Friday, it was 1972 and bandleader Les Brown stopped by.

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

There must be a story on this...

Roger has the first half of a Happy Hour from 1972.  He has found even more shows and it's going to be great listening.  I know what I want for Christmas!

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

In all of the stations we had promo photos of the AFRTS-LA talent.  Roger really didn't like his.  It wasn't a bad photo, but a very 1970s haircut.  Here's something we can all agree on from 1972:

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

Roger Carroll on a remote for WFMD

Roger Carroll is well known in the Los Angeles area as a radio personality

His older brother was an announcer at WCAO-Baltimore and at the CBS network in New York. Roger’s brother never returned from World War II, and Roger became the announcer in the family. 

His first radio job was WFMD Frederick, Maryland at the age of 15. In 1948 at 18 years old, he was the youngest staff announcer in the history of the ABC network.

Roger was a Korean War vet, working at AFRTS in Los Angeles, a relationship that continued for over three decades. 

In 1959 he left ABC to join number one-rated, Gene Autry-owned KMPC radio in Hollywood. His KMPC radio program lasted until 1979 and was one of the most popular radio shows in Southern California.

In 1979, Roger moved to evening talk, later becoming head of a new Golden West Syndication Features wing. In 1981, he resigned from Golden West and go into syndication and station ownership. To this day, Roger praised the management of KMPC for creating such a professional environment.

Roger was involved in several movie and television projects.

1965 A Swingin' Summer
Musical adviser and Radio announcer (uncredited)

1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Alternate Announcer

1968 Hunter (TV Series)
Played Quentin in "Crusader" episode

1969 What's It All About, World? (TV Series) - Episode 1 announcer

1969 The Leslie Uggams Show (TV Series)

1969-1972 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV Series)

1973 The Bobby Darin Show (TV Series)

Bobby Darin in Concert (1973) ... Himself - Announcer

1976 Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV Series)
Himself - Announcer

1979 The Onion Field
Radio voice (uncredited)

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Wolfman Jack 1972

 

Wolfman is available in syndication and could warm the hearts of your listeners... More information

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Charlie Williams 1972

  

After Joe Allison, KFOXs Charlie Williams hosted the Country Corner for a short while.

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

Been almost 5 years since we lost RC.I'll always value the time I helped him with his online station.

He sent us all of the shows that he saved.  Here's another.

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Charlie Williams - Country Corner 1972

 

Charlie Williams didn't host the show for very long but he brought a big piece of rural America worldwide.  Charlie had the show between Joe Allison and Gene Price.

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AFVN Manny Harper 1972

 

Manny was born 5 February 1931, and he joined the Army out of high school just in time for Korea. "I was one of the old timers," he said, "who served in Korea as a member of a special warfare team from 1950 to 1952. I was one of the airborne troopers who was wounded twice, but made it through it all and came out in one piece." Manny may have been technically correct, but it must have taken a major effort to ignore the steel plate he carried in his head for the rest of his life.

 

He went on to serve two tours in Vietnam. The first was with JUSPAO, as, he explained, "chief of an information liaison team, then headquartered in the American Embassy, Saigon. My team traveled throughout the country by air, land, river, and any other means available. There were many close calls."

 

His second tour in Vietnam was a bit quieter, but with a new set of responsibilities appropriate for a senior noncom. By this time the war was winding down and Manny was a Master Sergeant. He spent 1972-73 as News Director and NCOIC of AFVN. Because the American music scene had drastically changed over the last several years, one of his functions was to carefully monitor the playlist. Manny took this job seriously and worked to make sure AFVN's programming reflected American values. "When the music came in," said Manny, "we'd look at it, and if the message was 'war stinks,' well we already knew that. So we weren't going to play it on the radio. You had to keep it positive," he continued. "People were dying over there."

 

After Vietnam, and a promotion to the highest rank an NCO may achieve, Manny assumed the prestigious post of Sergeant Major of the Defense Information School, where he bore major responsibility for the training of public affairs officers and enlisted personnel of all branches of service.

 

The Sergeant Major retired to Indianapolis after 27 years of service in the U.S. Army. He died 16 May 2007 at the age of 76, survived by his wife of 50 years, Evelyn, 2 sons, four grandsons, a great-grandson, a brother and two sisters.

 

AFVN Manny Harper 1972

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

From 1972 Roger has the latest on your opportunities in the USAF.  It's the the best sounds in town!

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Larry Scott Gold Country 1972

 

Larry Scott celebrates the history of country music on "Gold Country"

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Charlie Williams Country Corner.1972

 

It's Friday with KFOX's Charlie Williams and the Country Corner.  Charlie had suggested Gene Price put in for the gig.

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Charlie Tuna 1972

 

Charlie had an amazing 25 year run with us.  He was telling me years later tourists from countries around the world would be amazed to meet him because of that AFRTS work.  Amazing talent woke the world.

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AFVN John Allgood

 

 

Biography from macoi.net:

 

John Allgood was born 27 August 1947 in Monroe, Louisiana. He was an only child and his father died when John was young. He lived with his mother who suffered from diabetes, a disease which eventually took her life. Upon his mother's death, he enlisted for a tour in the Navy and then briefly returned home where he worked for a time as a radio deejay in Ruston and Bastrop, Louisiana. He did not finish high school.

 

When he left Louisiana for the final time, this time to join the Army, he largely broke off contact with family members. At some point prior to his assignment to Vietnam, John married briefly and fathered a daughter. Trained as a medic, he was sent to Vietnam in 1972, where his radio experience earned him an audition with AFVN. He was popular with his colleagues, and was soon hosting the famed morning show, "Dawn Buster," where he proved to be a very talented broadcaster. At his next duty station, Fort Lewis, Washington John married a second time, but this marriage, like the first, eventually failed.

 

Back in civilian life, John moved to Southern California and worked for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. There is no clue as to why he never ventured into radio in the lucrative California market. Although he had no formal training in broadcasting, John's natural talent would easily have allowed him to develop into a first rate deejay.

 

John Dempsey Allgood died in Los Angeles 15 June 2006 at the age of 58.

 

From 1972, from Saigon, here's the Dawnbuster:

 

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Roger Carroll 1972

 

Roger Carroll and Hal Oiler at AFRTS

Starts a little silly and its wonderful.  Roger Carroll and a Thursday show on AFRTS.  Roger was an amazing talent.  We did an internet station together a few years ago.  At almost 90, still smart as a whip.

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