Jim Pewter 1976

  

 

 Jim shared this 1969 picture with Al Jardine of the Beach Boys. 

Picture was taken at AFRTS and is copyrighted Playground Productions. 

Used with permission.

I'm thinking SUMMERTIME, cue the Jaymies, Billy Stewart or Eddie Cochran. Jim Pewter knew these things. Every day an encylopedia of the music. I learned a lot.

Jim Pewter - 1976

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Chris Noel 1970

 

Here's Chris Noel with another hour of great music and memories.

Date With Chris - 1970

Chris is on facebook, you should say "hi"!

Chris's facebook page

What were your memories of the show?

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Ronnie Landry 1959

  

Ron Landry was later a part of Hudson and Landry.  He started in radio in 1954 at WJMA in Orange, VA.  After a few years the lights of Roanoke called.  1958 Ron was drafted into the army and worked for AFRTS in NY.  Private E2 Ronnie Landry was picked up by the network.

When he left the military, it was the big time, WDRC, WBZ.  1969 he conquered Los Angeles.

AFRTS Ronnie Landry 1959

Charlie Tuna 1976

 

KCBQs Charlie Tuna and the winners

Charlie was the wakeup voice to the world for a quarter century.  Taught a lot of us how to do it better.  On todays show a visit with Lily Tomlin...

Charlie Tuna - 1976

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Coffee Break 1977

 

Bruce Phillip Miller has more or your MOR favorites on "Coffee Break"

Coffee Break 1977

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Joe Allison 1963

 

Joe Allison was a songwriter, performer, record company executive and a DJ.  Joe came along around the time of "Modern Country" and was responsible for modernizing "Hillbilly" radio.  It was great.  I just remastered this, enjoy.

Joe Allison - 1963

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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!

Roger Carroll - 1972

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Melody Roundup - Roy Acuff

 Melody Roundup was the "country show",  In the 1940s many local stations did live country programs.  Sometimes they'd send copies to AFRS.  The network would edit these to fit in the 15 minute program.

Roy Acuff was country music from WWII until well through the 1980s.  Lets visit Roy in 1945.

 

Melody Roundup - Roy Acuff

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Roland Bynum 1979

 

So when in you're in Los Angeles, or streaming Los Angeles radio our friend Roland Bynum is making it happen weekends on Stevie Wonder's KJLH Saturday mornings from 6-8 (Los Angeles time).  Click here

But in 1979, Roland rocked the world for AFRTS!

Roland Bynum - 1979

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Chris Noel 1968

 

Just had a nice chat with Chris.  Great lady.  "The Voice of Home" at it's absolute best.

You should read her story "Vietnam and Me", Chris's republished first book.  Highly recommended.

The face of home to thousands of Vietnam era troops was Chris Noel.  She has spent the past several years running a homeless shelter for vets, in Florida "Ceasefire House" click here.  Our less fortunate brothers need your help.  Please consider helping.

A few years ago Chris sent her collection of shows to us so that we could hear them again.  Thanks Chris!!!

Here's a memory of 1968...

Date With Chris - 1968

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Charile Tuna 1976

 

Charlie was the wakeup voice to the world for a quarter century.  Taught a lot of us how to do it better.  On todays show a visit with Lily Tomlin...

Charlie Tuna - 1976

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Joe Allison 1968

 

Couple of years ago I found many of these programs. Joe's style was a graceful transition from Hillbilly to modern country. Mr Allison was a songwriter, music executive and a bit of a philosopher.

Country Corner - 1968

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Roger Carroll 1970

 

Roger's back with a 1970 visit.  On today's broadcast Roger gets a mola from SCN, wonder if it's still around.  He's really having fun on this one, enjoy!

Roger Carroll - 1970

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Roland Bynum 1982

 

This would have been a disk that I would have played way back when.  Roland Bynum soulin through a Wednesday in 1982... Good Bynum!

Roland Bynum - 1982

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Chuck Cecil Big Band Countdown 1979

 

Chuck Cecil started playing the music of "The Swingin Years"s on KFI in the late 50s.  Those oldies were popular and he was on AFRTS in 1960.  On the Big Band Countdown, Chuck would pick a time and Count 'em down.  The show ran well into the 1980s.

Big Band Countdown - 1979

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The Philippines, Pearl of the Orient 1947

 

In the late 1940s, radio was changing.  AFRS had a mission of educating and did several productions of their own with great casts.  In 1947  Daws Butler and Howard Culver starred in this production of "Pearl Of The Orient" a story of the Philippines.

Pearl Of The Orient

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Gary Owens 1969

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From the "familiar love theme" to the ongoing silliness.  Gary did some wonderful radio. Gery's last big job was the announcer on AntennaTV.  On this show Gary has some guest to talk about old movies. He'll be missed.

Gary Owens - 1969 

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Charlie Tuna 1983

 

Charlie with the Gibb brothers

Los Angeles radio is Charlie Tuna. Charlie went from KOMA to WMEX then one of then to KHJ and made that happen.  Charlie went to the network in 1971 and was there until the change in 1976.  Woke a lot of people.

Charlie Tuna - 1983

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Chris Noel 1967

 

Chris Noel did the shows, then toured and brought a Date With Chris worldwide.  This is from the very first week of shows.  Thanks again Chris!

Chris Noel - 1967

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Larry Scott Gold Country 1972

 

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

Larry Scott Gold Country

Craig Miller 1975 AFN

 

Bands have traded on famous names for years, at SCN we had the Platters visit (Hollywood Brown had been with them since 1967 and was the senior).  The Supremes were supposed to have stopped by.  it was the early 80s, the group was some cute kids who probably weren't even born when they had their first hits.

Craig Miller tries to get to the bottom of the "Original Drifters"

AFN Weekend World - 1975 - Craig Miller

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Joe Allison 1968

 

Joe Allison brought a lot to country music, writing classic country songs in the 1950s and 60s.  In 1946 Tex Ritter recorded Joe's "When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door".  It was a top five hit.  1949 was his arrival in Nashville with shows on both WSM and WSIX.  Later a very successful recording executive. 

We had Joe in the 1960s.  He brought a one-to-one style which wasn't common in country radio at the time.

Joe Allison - 1968

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AFN Lunchbox - Lou Biel 1980

 

Share your lunch with Lou Biel on AFN!

AFN Lunchbox with Lou Biel 1980

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Roger Carroll 1974

I'm very grateful to Roger.  Decades of service to the troops then donating a lot of his shows so that we remember together.

The military had done recruiting shows with DJs since WWII but Roger had put together a deal with the top LA talent and they sounded great.

Roger Carroll - 1974

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Roland Bynum 1973

  

Roland Bynum has the party and the lowdown on opportunities in Today's Air Force! THese were done for Roger Carroll Enterprises and heard all over.

Roland Bynum - 1973

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Chuck Cecil 1983

 

Chuck Cecil has a special Swingin Years.  Today it's airchecks of the bands performing live.

Chuck Cecil had a quarter century run with the music of the 1930s-50s.  That sounds like such a long time ago but then it was the best memories of 30 years ago.  This year Chuck retired.  The Swingin Years had been a feature of Los Angeles radio for six decades...

Swingin Years - 1983

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Suspense 1963

 

We ran "old time" radio well into the 1980s.  There were places where we didn't have television.  Sometimes it was classic.  Suspense was classic.

This is a 1964 rebroadcast of this show:

Suspense. May 26, 1957.  "The Big Day". Which is the fastest car on Earth? The Stanley Steamer of course! A humorous story about the man who proves it! John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan.

Suspense - The Big Day

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Gary Owens 1967

  

KMPC and "Laugh-In" star Gary Owens did shows for us in the 1960s.  Prime silliness.

On February 12, 2015 we lost Gary.  He was 80 years old and died at home.

Gary Owens obituary from the New York Times

Gary Owens 1967

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Charlie Tuna 1985

 Memories of 1985 with the Art of Tuna.  Charlie did a quarter century of worldwide wakeup and he made the days brighter.

A 1974 show

Charlie Tuna - 1985

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Chris Noel 1971

 

We're up to 1971 and it's time for your Date With Chris.

Chris Noel - 1971

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