Vance Graham 1973

    

KMPCs Vance Graham sees Amelia Earhart off.

Latino! A special program presented five times a week. With Victor, at your service.

"Victor" was Vance Graham.  An announcer whose career went back to WWII when he was doing news at KMPC.  Later he worked at KFI.  Prior to Latino, Vance did the "Bolero Time" program for AFRTS.  "Vance Graham Bolero Show" was a daily feature at KTYM Los Angeles in the 1950s.

Latino 1973

We ran TWO Latin shows at the same time? I didn't know this. The other show was Viva!

Viva! 1973


Mas con Vance Graham

Charlie Tuna 1973

 

Photo: Charlie with Jessica Alba

 

Charlie Tuna?  Always great.  How did he do it, always a great show and as close to perfect consistency than anyone.  There have been a lot of greats over the years but for a Dan Ingram or a Larry Lujack there's changes over the years.  Charlie never really changes, he nailed it..  Let's revisit 1973, it's Thursday.  Stay Tuna'd. 

Charlie Tuna 1973 

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AFN Ray Tubberville 1973

 

 

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 Army Information Radio Service in Washington, D.C. Did we ever have fun doing production. I only wish I had kept the many spots and promo's we voiced together and we did some great character stuff too. Probably one of the most memorable spots was about us standing in that long unemployment line and deciding we'd be better off in the service. It became an AFN Frankfurt Network Radio break spot. Speaking of spots - it sure would be nice if everyone would share their production and send it to Thom so we could all go down memory lane together.

Jim Pewter 1973

  

For St Paul to AFKN to Los Angeles, Jim made it happen.  When he got back from Korea and AFKN he started with AFRTS.  Phil would DX AFN Munich.  The weekend starts soon.  Fire up the grill and hear great oldies from Jim Pewter.  It's crazy clothes day!

Jim Pewter - 1973

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Gene Price 1973

  

Gene had been doing the show for about a year, starting a quarter century of making friends around the world.

Hear Gene every morning at 7am central at www.mybestsounds.com

Gene Price - 1973

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Charlie Tuna 1973

 This was sourced from the mastering reel with the slug still intact. 

Charlie was at KKDJ during the week and was squared off against Charlie Van Dyke at his old KHJ home.  Robert W. Morgan was at K-100.  Talk about a radio battle!  But we can treasure the Saturdays at the McCadden studios, making radio like this:

Charlie Tuna 1973

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Gene Price 1973

  

Willard is back, with your favorite silliness. Gene Price Country World is nice way to start the back to work crunch.

Gene Price - 1973

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Vance Graham 1973

    

Vance Graham, known as Victor, had been performing for the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service since the 1950s. Originally from Utah, he relocated to California in the 1930s and emerged as a leader in the Latino community.

Latino! - 1973

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Charlie Tuna 1973

 

Charlie at KHJ

Winter won't go away in the heartland.  In 1973 it was a Thursday and a Charlie Tuna morning.

Charlie Tuna 1973

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Roland Bynum 1973

 

Here's Roland, with something a little bit different for the United States Air Force.

Roland Bynum - 1973

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Charlie Tuna 1973

 

It's young Charlie Tuna with a wakeup call..  

Charlie Tuna 1973

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Wolfman Jack 1973

 

 Summer in the city.  The summer of 1973...Wolfman's back with more information about the Air Force .  I remember these from when I was a kid....

Wolfman Jack - 1973

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Roger Carroll 1973

 

Roger's back with the Happy Hour.  Phil recorded this off of AFN in the summer of 1973, so it starts with some Watergate news and memories.

Hear Roger Carroll every morning at 7am Pacific, 10am Eastern on www.mybestsounds.com

Roger Carroll - 1973

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Roger Carroll 1973

 

Roger's back with the Happy Hour.  Phil recorded this off of AFN in the summer of 1973, so it starts with some Watergate news and memories.

Roger Carroll - 1973

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Tom Campbell 1973

    

Welcome back Tom Campbell, after Tom Campbell dominated San Francisco Radio he came to Los Angeles, jocked, found a bunch of voiceover work and was doing his show for AFRTS..

Hear Tom Campbell every day 11am Pacific 2pm Eastern on www.mybestsounds.com 

Tom Campbell - 1973
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Wolfman Jack 1973

  

Are you Wolf enough?

Wolfman's on a tear on this 1973 recruiting broadcast for the Air Force.

Wolfman Jack - 1973

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Wolfman Jack 1973

  

Summer in the city.  The summer of 1973...

Wolfman's back with more information about the Air Force .  I remember these from when I was a kid....

Wolfman Jack - 1973

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Gene Price 1973

  

When I arrived in Panama and was settled into the temporary quarters in 1980 there was Gene Price.  Gene and Leonard had a long run on the network.  Gene followed fellow KFOX vet Charlie Williams as one of the AFRTS country voices and truly made the show his own. 

Gene Price 1973

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Roland Bynum 1973

 

So it's a hot summer day, it's August 1973, Friday and Roland brings the party!

Roland Bynum 1973

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AFN Jim Reeves Special 1973

 

Earl Freudenberg driving the train

It was the anniversary of the plane crash that took his life.  Paul Kryer, one of the PD's. was good friends with Reeves.  He produced his show when he came to Germany.  He asked me to do a special.

That special got a write up in stars and stripes.

Let's take a listen..

AFN Jim Reeves Tribute 1973