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Tom was another guy who worked Minneapolis. He was Paul Bunyan at WDGY before getting to the coast and killin' it in San Francisco.
Great phone number...
Hear Tom 1pm (central() everyday mybestsounds.com
So, from Torrejon...
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Gene Price 1980
Gene Price is back, Leonard is ready to go. It's 1983 and great!
Hear Gene every morning at 7AM Central at mybestsounds.com
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Don Tracy 1980
Never really mattered what day it was, it always felt like the weekend during the Don Tracy Show.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
AFN Latin Tempo 1980
1980 was HOW many years ago? Anyone know who was doing the Spanish show on AFN in 1980? Good stuff.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Mary Helen Barro 1980
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. Mary Helen Barro held down the fort in the early 1980s. Here's Mary Helen, recorded off the air on AFN Frankfurt.
Mary Helen Barro - 1980
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Gene Price 1980
Gene Price, Charlie Tuna and Jim Pewter
So is it inspired silliness, wonderful radio or country music at it's best? All three, it's the Gene Price show from 1980 on AFRTS...
Hear Gene every morning at 6am Central on www.mybestsounds.com
Monday, June 23, 2025
Monday, June 9, 2025
Gene Price 1980
Gene had written a really great Christmas book for kids. Totally worth a read.
Here's Gene and Leonard with your country favorites.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Roger Carroll 1980
Teenage announcer at ABC, decades at KMPC and AFRTS, Roger Carroll has always been an amazing talent. In 1980 he made them the Best Sounds in Town.
I'll always be grateful for the shows he sent, and the help with getting this all online.
Monday, May 19, 2025
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Mary Helen Barro brought the best in Latin music. When suffering a violent winter, the music made it warmer. See the beach?
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Charlie Tuna 1980
That picture is from the AFRTS-LA promo set of 8x10s that went to every station.
It's a trip to 1980, a Friday and time for the Charlie Tuna Show.
Hear Charlie every morning at 8am (Central) on www.mybestsounds.com
Monday, May 5, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
AFN Latin Tempo 1980
In the early 1980s Guenther recorded a lot of AFN off air. Most of the time just the music but there are some neat breaks on these tapes. I've heard from several Germans that really liked the latin shows. There were some interesting similarities in the music. Question for you, I've seen the local AFN Spanish show listed as Latin Tempo and Latin Tiempo (Time). Do you remember?
Monday, March 31, 2025
Jim Pewter 1980
Jim and Laurie Allen (another Minnesotan!!)on tour
Famous Minnesotans! Jim Pewter. Jim was on the network shortly after leaving AFKN and stayed on until 1996. Here's memories of memories from 1980.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Roland Bynum 1980
/The Detroit born Roland first got to Los Angeles in 1967 at KGFJ to replace the "Magnificent Montague" eventually rising to Program Director. 1998 started a long run at Stevie Wonder's KJLH. Time for a "good Bynum". Roland is back with memories of 1980.
Hear Roland Bynum every day at 7pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern on MyBestSounds.com
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Don Tracy 1980
Imagine my surprise when I checked the website voicemail and there was a message from Don Tracy, offering whatever help he could. Don sounds great. Don started with AFRTS in 1973 and it was largely a weekend gig that got more interesting as time went by. It took a while for the fan mail to start and he had received a letter from Germany, asking if he'd like to come over as a morale builder. He went to in Nuremberg, to support AFN. A big memory of that was when the Stars and Stripes reporter was going to make him look bad by asking about the government paid boondoggle. It didn't work. Don had taken vacation and paid for the trip out of pocket.
Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Jim Pewter 1980
Jim Pewter is back with a "Beach Party Reunion", songs of summer and surf.
Here comes summer...
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