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I was so happy to find this. Last year LaRita sent several of her AFRTS shows and somehow this one wasn't posted then. Here's LaRita Shelby with guest Paul Hardcastle.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Chris Noel 1967
To find out the history of Chris Noel, her biography at IMDB is a great place to start Click here
Chris sent the radio shows she did for AFRTS to us to hear again. I'm grateful.
She still does the GIs proud. Please consider making a generous donation to Chris's Vetsville Ceasefire House.
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Arthur Godfrey Xmas 1964
Arthur Godfrey was broadcasting, from his mournful coverage of the funeral of President Roosevelt to the franchise he had built in the 1950s, to his CBS radio show which was the last bigtime network entertainment show, he was America with a genius in giving America what they wanted. The Christmas 1964 show (recorded Christmas 1963).
Monday, December 23, 2019
Roger Carroll Christmas 1973
I really wish I had audio of one of Roger's Christmas shows, with that familiar open... (Do you have one??) But this is very nice, in 1973 he did an Air Force recruiting show with Ray Conniff. Great radio! Have a Happy Holiday!
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This Is Your FBI - Christmas
Stacy Harris
In 1976 we were still airing Old Time Radio like "This Is Your FBI", starring Stacy Harris, who you may remember from Dragnet. Here's the Christmas show..
The system cue at the end of the show sure sounds like George Fenneman..
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Chris Noel 1970
Chris Noel brought America to thousands of Vietnam era troops on a Date With Chris. By the 1970s it rocked.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Chris Noel 1969
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These are great, Chris Noel playing a mix of music that I never would have though would work. They'd tell us at the DINFOS about the "Mixed Music Format" Hard C&W, R&B and rock all mixed together and everyone would like it. Chris made it work.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Know Your Ally - China 1943
Here's an early 1943 production "Know Your Allies" about China. At the time we even had stations there. Those would be stories I'd love to hear. Times sure have changed. No credits on the production but it sounds a lot like a young Marvin Miller
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Roger Carroll 1980
So if it weren't broadcasting, probably baseball? Coulda been a contender! Roger's back with an update of "The Best Sounds in Town"
Monday, November 18, 2019
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Chris Noel 1969
Chris had a documentary a few years ago, a DVD called "Blonde Bombshell". If you can find a copy it's very interesting and worthwhile. I pulled out my copy again this week. Thanks Chris.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
RIP Buzz Rizer
Those of us who knew Buzz will always remember him as the architect of putting television entertainment systems aboard our ships. To our younger members who understand our current technology, they probably cannot relate to the significance of Buzz’s work in the 1970s. But to those who served in that timeframe, I can attest that his accomplishments were the result of an incredible vision. That vision helped set the Navy apart from its sister services by dramatically increasing the morale of our Sailors.
In 1981 Buzz was given the Navy’s highest civilian award for his work—the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal. The award not only cited the impact Buzz’s work had on morale and retention but discussed how Buzz’s systems provided commanders and commanding officers new and unique communications tools. After his service to Navy, Buzz was named the director of the Armed Forces Information Service.
Prior to his roles as a distinguished civil servant, Buzz served in the Army and Air Force. He retired as an Air Force lieutenant colonel. Buzz was a USNPAA plank owner, one of the first individuals to join our organization in 1994.
For those who knew and worked with Buzz, we not only admired him as a professional and a visionary but as a wonderful human being. I will always remember Buzz for his kindness, civility and warmth. He had the unique ability to touch everyone with those qualities, and I can still remember several of my conversations with him in the CHINFO spaces. He had a very unique ability to put people at ease and make them feel special. Perhaps the best way to capture Buzz, his personality and his character is to cite the Facebook posting his daughter-in-law, Nancy, posted after his passing:
One of the greatest men I’ve ever known took his last breath this morning. He was my Boss, my best friend, my father in law and my Pop. Jordan Edward (Buzz) Rizer was professionally the most unselfish, dedicated military and civilian public servant. Nearly all of his life he served his country and the Department of Defense, first in uniform, Army and Air Force, then as a civilian, Director of Navy Broadcasting Service (Armed Forces Radio and Television), and retired as an Assistant Secretary of Defense (Director, American Forces Information Service). I was blessed to work with him for many years. My life was immensely touched by this man. He introduced me to my husband. He was a wonderful grandfather to my children. I love you Pop. I know, I know, you “love me more.” I can’t thank you enough for being such a great part of my life. It hurts that you are gone, but I know we will see each other again one day soon.
Arrangements for Buzz are as follows:
Fairfax Memorial Park / Funeral Home
9900 Braddock Rd
Fairfax VA 22032
(703) 323-5202
Monday, October 28, 2019
Roger Carroll 1981
Roger at ABC
Roger didn't want to be a DJ. He was a "network announcer". Wouldn't that have been the coolest gig ever? ABC needed a DJ, Roger was the new guy. That settled that. He found his groove and a legend started.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
One Night Stand 1964
One Night Stand was the AFRTS package of big band remotes. It had been broadcast through the 40s 50s and 60s. Leon Keltner had the classy society orchestra in New Orleans. This recording is from WWL/CBS in 1964, roughly the same time that Cal LaMartiniere was the booth announcer for these programs, the announcer (Don Lewis) sounds similar to Cal, possibly an influence?
Monday, October 21, 2019
AFVN-FM 1969
By 1969, the AM station was missing an important element, the "Golden Sounds of Music". Mike Halloran was one of the first on the new AFVN-FM.
Halloran had a radio career prior to the army and went on to great things after. Before the FM station, he had been been commuting in for a weekly show on the Saigon station, sometimes under fire.
Let's relax with the Golden Sounds of Music
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Chris Noel 1967
Chris Noel is waiting for your Date With Chris. Great music and a one of a kind talent. Thanks Chris!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Roger Carroll 1980
For many years we had a lot of the talent from KMPC in Los Angeles. Ira Cook, Bill Stewart and many more. Roger Carroll had the longest run. Three decades of the Happy Hour on the voice of home.
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Roger Carroll 1972
Roger with Johnny Magnus (who's the other guy?)
I sure wish I had both parts of every show, but every 27 minutes has it's magic. This is part two of a 1972 RC get together. Always smooth. Take a listen.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Sound Off 1942
I've only seen a handful of these. Prior to AFRS, Special Services recorded shows on 12" disks to be used with a record player, generally in whatever passed as a Mess Hall or Rec Center as the troops were battling on the ground.
Sound Off continued with the newly formed AFRS. Here's Harry VonZell
Thursday, September 12, 2019
AFVN Pat Sajack 1968
Patrick Leonard Sajdak
Pat Sajak was one of the bigger stars that went through the network. Pat won a contest to be a disk jockey on the WLS Dick Biondi show, after that news at WEDC. Then the army beckoned. After a few months as a finance clerk, he was the morning star at AFVN. By the early 1970s he was jocking at flamethrower WSM Nashville and bigger and brighter things.
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Jingles the Voice of Home 1967
I loved this jingle package. I was playing it before gold at SCN in the 1980s. I've been looking for it for years and it turned up on the end of a production reel from AFKN in the 1960s.
Johnnie Darrin 1973
And yes, they spelled his name wrong.
Talk about someone who's worked everywhere, it's Johnnie Darrin. KIIS; KRLA, 1968-71; KDAY, 1971; KROQ, 1972-73; KNAC, 1975; KGOE, 1975; KNX, 1976; KGIL, 1976-83; KJOI, 1978; KBLA, 1989-92; KGIL, 1993; KFWB, 1998-2008.
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