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The weekend must be here, it's a Friday in 1979 and Roland Bynum leads us into the Creator's Workshop.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Johnny Magnus 1965
Friday, January 12, 2024
Chris Noel 1969
Time for another Date With Chris. The show was on for half a dozen years and touched a lot of hearts. Chris still helps with her veterans shelter. You should take a look and help out. There for the grace of... Chris Noel's Ceasefire House
But now it's 1969 and time for Chris Noel...
Joe Ferguson 1983
Joe Ferguson is back with another hour of the "Joe Show". Joe was doing his show in Portland (OR) and did a series of programs for AFRTS.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
AFVN Bruce Wahl 1970
AFVN Detachment 3
Bruce volunteered for an electronics MOS and was trained as a missile guidance system repairman, but shortly thereafter he was selected for OCS, and received his commission at Fort Benning in April 1969. His first assignment was as Executive Officer in a Basic Training Company at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and this was followed 8 months later by an assignment to Vietnam. For the next four months he served as Battalion Training Advisor at the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Infantry Officer Candidate School in Thu Duc. This ended in April 1970 when he was promoted to First Lieutenant and reassigned to AFVN as Commander of Detachment 3 in Pleiku.
This was right up Bruce's alley. It was like Br'er Rabbit in the briar patch. Since childhood, a career in radio was all he ever wanted. Although only 21 years old, he had an FCC license by virtue of several years' experience in commercial and college radio. His first assignment at Pleiku, however, was a tough one. The station used worn and outdated equipment, and his job was to improve the maintenance and update the facilities.
Through intricate negotiations, including official requisitioning and unofficial scrounging, Bruce built a TV studio with two state-of-the-art cameras, also he remodeled the radio studio and built a second fully-equipped radio studio, replaced the TV transmitter, built a shed over the equipment van, improved the barracks, and repainted the building with a colorful floral design, and . . . he waxed the floors.
Returning to the civilian side of life in 1971, Bruce knew he wanted to stay in radio, so he hunted a job in the Washington, DC area where he had grown up. There was a new radio network, of sorts, still in the developmental stage, and he thought it had potential. He applied for a job, and soon became one of the very first employees of National Public Radio. He worked in engineering, and was a part of the first production of "All Things Considered" on 3 May 1971.
In 2008 Bruce was elected mayor of Chesapeake Beach.
While Bruce continues his NPR job, wife Becky manages a local housing complex. The Wahl's have two daughters and two sons, and the Mayor is proud of his four grandchildren.
Biographical information from our friends at www,macoi.net
AFVN Bruce Wahl 1970
It appears to have been recorded from midnight - 1am on Sunday 16th August, 1970. Bruce gives the time, and the date can be established from the Whitehall, Columbus OH bombing story in the news.
It appears to have been recorded from midnight - 1am on Sunday 16th August, 1970. Bruce gives the time, and the date can be established from the Whitehall, Columbus OH bombing story in the news.
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Charlie Tuna 1974
Our Breakfast Serial continues with this visit with Radio Hall of Famer Charlie Tuna. A lot of people started their duty day with Charlie. He started with us in 1972 and was there until the end of originated network programming in 1996.
Joe Allison 1968
Joe Allison has another hour of your favorites on the Country Corner. Joe was a DJ, songwriter, producer, executive and all out fan of country music, spreading it worldwide.
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Roland Bynum 1984
Here's the Roland Bynum show, from 1984 recorded in Iceland.
Nowadays Roland works at Stevie Wonder's station in Los Angeles, KGLH
Roland Bynum - 1984
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Jim Pewter 1968
Jim Pewter rocks up a storm. I miss this music. I miss hearing it being played by someone that breathed it. Thanks Jim! Jim also made a bunch of neat records
Sunday, December 24, 2023
Chris Noel - Christmas 1967
Because of the way the transcription disks were sent out, there was no way to tell when they were actually broadcast... Except for Christmas week. That week we would get disks with actual airdates. They'd send them almost a month early to make that happen.
Chris Noel rings in Christmas 1967, take a listen
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Jubilee - Christmas 1948
It's Christmas 1948. Bud Widdom with some amazing talent, it's Jubilee!!!
Jubilee. Program #302. 12/0/1948. A Christmas show with all the continuity in rhyme. Well done! The first tune is, "The Peanut Vendor." Kay Starr sings, "Ain't Misbehavin'." This sounds like an assembled program. Bud Widdom (announcer), Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Toni Harper, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, Kay Starr, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Chris Noel - Christmas 1966
Chris had just started doing "Date With Chris" and it was the holiday season
Bob Hope -Christmas in Vietnam 1968
We've made it to December. Christmas is coming. This is Bob Hope's 1968 Christmas show from Long Binh, Vietnam. Whet was it like to be at one of these shows?
Joe Ferguson 1983
Joe Ferguson brings us the best from Portland in another 1983 get together. Thanks for sharing these Joe!
Command Performance - Christmas 1942
Command Performance was an amazing thing. All of the biggest stars made themselves available for the troops. It didn't matter which network or studio. It was the biggest stars and it was all for he troops. This is the big Christmas show from the first year of the network. Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Kris Erik Stevens - Christmas 1979
Kris Erik Stevens was a longtime star of ours. Kris went on to be THE voice of the theaters before the movie.
From Krismas 1979, the American Disco Network presents Kris Erik Stevens.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Feliz Navidad de Puerto Rico
Ramey AB, Puerto Rico
Ralph Gebes sent along some 1971 memories from AFCN. Ramey was (mostly) closed with a 1973 base re-alignment. Time for "Radio Strikes Back"
NORAD Tracks Santa
Our pals at NORAD track Santa every year. In almost 20 years I've never posted it. By request...
The story about how that happened
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Roger Carroll - Christmas 1979
That's a long day...
Roger brought the holiday season. Vicente was in Madrid, recording the station at Torrejon.
I really wish Roger Records was playing Carols on this..
Christmas is coming...
Monday, December 4, 2023
Andy Mansfield 1964
Andy Mansfield continues his tribute to Glenn Miller in a 1964 "America's Popular Music"
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Roland Bynum 1973
Roland Bynum has "Soul in Motion" from the Creators Workshop. It's coming up on Christmas 1973. Roland is still making magic on the radio, in Los Angeles.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Jim Pewter Christmas In Korea 1964
Jim Pewter with Little Richard and Bumps Blackwell 1966
Jim Pewter sent this along, Greetings during the Christmas season 1964. At the time I was PFC Jim Pewter, soon to be SP/4. I wrote Don French, PD at KFWB Los Angeles and requested the DJs send a holiday greeting to Radio Cavalier, which later became radio tomahawk.
In 1959 Don French was the PD at KDWB in St Paul. Don added my beta single Little Girl b/w Blue Blue Denims to the KDWB fab 40.
Greetings from, Johnny G, Larry McCormick, Bill Balance, Roger Christian, Gene Weed, Joe Yokum, Sam Riddle.
From 1958-1963 KFWB was the best top 40 station I ever heard. Later when I returned I became close friends with Roger Christian and co-hosted rock n roll shows with Bill Balance.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Chris Noel 1970
Chris Noel has always been a special person from being such an amazing film talent through the Date With Chris years to running veterans shelter in Florida. We have a lot to be thankful for. Here's a plate of memories:
Hear Chris every night at 9pm Pacific, Midnight Eastern on the Hook:
or:The Hook
Mark White AFN Berlin 1980
The late Mark White had his claim to King of Jazz. He brought some wonderful music to Berlin for well over three decades. Chris Muermann was a big fan at the time and recorded several of his broadcasts. Garry made them available. Today it's a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, coming to Berlin for a concert. Mark, keep swinging...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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.
Wolfman Jack 1974
July 1995 we lost the Wolfman and that piece of a great radio heritage. Wolf, you're missed.
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