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Sunday, August 23, 2015
Polka Party - 1967
By the 1950s, Polka was a link to home for European families in the United States. Even today sometimes a polka show will come on on the radio or usually cable access TV, but in the 50s and 60s Dick Sinclair was the voice of the polka. Dick was one of the first AFRS jocks in the pacific and after the war went to Los Angeles, created very successful polka radio and television shows that were syndicated from coast to coast. These shows were picked up by AFRTS.
Dick still does a weekend Polka Party show for CRN Click here
It's available on TuneIn Click Here
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
To The Rear March
A couple of weeks ago we posted "To The Rear March". Michael came up with another one, in really great quality. Since they "go back to 1945", this is probably a 1946 broadcast
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Navy Swings - 1965
Thursday, August 13, 2015
AFKN Tony Booth 1969
Wouldn't this be the career that we've always wanted. Tony Booth was at Yongsan in 1969 with "Tempo"
He has a pretty decent career.
KAYC [Beaumont TX] 1966
AFKN Good Morning, Korea [Seoul, Korea] 1968
KDOK [Tyler TX] 1970
KLIF [Dallas TX] 1970
KBBC [Phoenix AZ] 1974
WFBG [Altoona PA] 1977 - Nat PD, Gilcom Corp
WLEE [Richmond VA] 1984 - GM
WHJB [Pittsburgh PA] 1990 - GM
WLEE [Richmond] 1992 - GM
WRCL [Richmond] 1999-2002
WCHV [Charlottesville VA] 2004
WBBT [Richmond] 2007-date
So from September 1969 (OJ Simpson is still in the AFL) AFKN presents "Tempo"
AFKN 1969 Tempo - Tony Booth
If you're in Richmond hear Tony Booth on WBBT.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Army Hour - 1967
SGM Stan Bishop goes to Vietnam to talk with the demolition troops and about their mission of destroying dud rounds before they are retrieved by the Viet Cong. Will Thompson on Okinawa talks about sysops and the battle for minds.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Just Music - 1967
Just music had several incarnations. Sometimes an hour of segues, sometimes back announced. In 1967 Bruce Wendell, originally from KCBH in Beverly Hills had the reigns. Several years earlier Bruce was the host of "Enchantment of Music", an early show to show off Hifi and FM. Today it's "Just Music"
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Arthur Godfrey - 1967
Arthur Godfrey was a bridge to a much more genteel era of radio. His show was on from the 1940s through the 1970s and was the last big deal show on the networks. He was the voice of mid-America. In 1967 he was talking about a trip to Vietnam. It's an interesting perspective.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Spectrum USA - 1967
We've heard Spectrum USA before. In 1967 it went out on AFRTS. LTC Richard Stark USMCR is your host and narrator, with a look
Dick Stark was born on November 7, 1911 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA as Richard Salisbury Stark. He died on December 12, 1986 in Sotogrande, Andalusia, Spain of a heart attack.
Besides being a Marine officer he had quite a career, beginning in silent films, with TV announcing credits on What's my Line, Marge and Jeff, Perry Como's Music Hall, Danger and It Pays To Be Ignorant.
Monday, August 3, 2015
21st Precinct - 1967
We had stations in a lot of places without television. Some of the Old Time Radio still worked. AFRTS had a huge library of programs that were still available.
21st Precinct was an early 1950s CBS show with a realistic, gritty sound. This is from a 1967 issue.
AFN - Berlin at Night - Ray Tubberville - 1971
Robert Barker was troop in Berlin in 1971. At the time he had a nice reel to reel, recorded AFN and saved the tapes. It's a great thing. At night Ray Tubberville had the sound of Berlin...
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Our Musical Heritage - 1967
AFRTS introduced a lot of listeners to classical and orchestral music. In 1967 Donald Higood (sic?) hosted "Our Musical Heritage", with light classical music and stories.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Intermezzo - 1942
There's always been symphonic favorites. "Intermezzo" was the music, back announced. A formula they were still using for "Just Music" in the 1960s. Major Meredith Willson leads the AFRS Orchestra.
Monday, July 27, 2015
World In Music - 1945
Education and music, with the rhythms of Latin America. It's all part of the World In Music...
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Oscar Brand - 1961
In the late 50s there was a series of "Bawdy Songs and Backroom Ballads". These were varying degrees of bawdy but recorded by Oscar Brand. Oscar was one of the faces of folk music. By the early 60s Oscar was recording shows for the government (Social Security Administration, HEW and probably others). AFRTS ran these shows. Here's a 1961 visit.
GI Jive - 1946
Jill was one of the first to bring America to the troops. She had a long run and a LOT of the shows are available. I'm happy to be able to say that.
Protestant Hour - 1971
The Chaplains Board had a dual mission. To be true to their faith, yet inclusive to all. AFRTS had several hours of their programming every Sunday morning.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Bob Hope - 1945
Bob Hope kept doing shows for the troops. In 1945 he brought his show to NAS Corpus Christie,
Boyd Bennett - My Boy Flattop 1955
This was always one of my favs. A squared away haircut cut is this kids best characteristic. Played this a lot in Panama and Korea. I picked up the 16" library disk of this a few years ago. Never thought I'd find it in a thousand years. Transfer is a little fast on this..
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Showtime - 1944
In 1944 AFRS brought the troops the best of Broadway with "Showtime". Initially Dinah Shore was the hostess, but later there were others. Today, Marilyn Maxwell..
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
AFVN - Go Show - Tom Watson -1970
(Sebastian Cabot) "Ladies and gentlemen, the beat goes on." From Hans Knot an upgraded memory of AFVN,
Tom Watson is a "Broadcaster". I thinks that's something we all wanted to be. He kept it up. Here's what our friends at http://www.macoi.net had to say:
"Taking a break from commercial broadcasting via the Selective Service system, Tom entered the military, where he spent two years on active duty. Following his Army training, which included a broadcasting course at Fort Benjamin Harrison's DINFOS, Tom was assigned to AFVN in Saigon. During his tour in 1969-70, Tom hosted the "Go" show playing Top 40 hits from 6 to 9 each night, and he also covered the daily MACV news briefings at JUSPAO. Upon his return to the US, he was sent to Fort Ord as NCOIC of the radio/TV facility. Prior to his discharge in April 1970, Tom began a weekend job at KMBY in Monterey, California.
Tom's KMBY stint evolved into a full time air slot doing nights until KQEO, Albuquerque, hired him for the noon-to-3 airshift. He then moved on to KERN, Bakersfield, and tried his hand "up north" at CKGM in Montreal and CHUM in Toronto before WQXI in Atlanta brought him aboard in 1974."
Sunday, July 12, 2015
AFVN Scott Manning - 1968
Scott was from Milwaukee, his family later moved to Chicago. After high school he was briefly hired for a deejay position at Chicago's WCFL, but he soon left the station to join the Army where he was trained at DINFOS in 1966. He was then assigned to Vietnam with duty at the 4th PSYOPS Group in Saigon, but his change of station request was granted and he began an on-air job at AFVN. As a deejay, he hosted a daily show plus a Sunday evening show called "The Sergeant Pepper Hour." After his promotion to SP5 and extending his tour Scott was appointed Program Director for the AFVN radio network.
Back in the USA, he worked as Operations Manager for KELP in El Paso before moving on to KAUM in Houston, WIFE Indianapolis, WKLH Milwaukee, KISW Seattle, KASS Casper, Wyoming, WAPE Jacksonville, and a drive-time show on WYBR in Rockford, Illinois. Then in 1990, with 20 years of broadcast experience, Scott joined the ABC Radio Network in Dallas. ABC operated a satellite radio service which provided programming in nine different genres to stations located in small and medium markets across the country. Scott handled a daily "Classic Rock" program, as well as an "Oldies" show, interspersing musical selections with trivia and newsbits about featured artists. ABC sold the system to Citadel Media in 2007.
Thanks to macoi.net for the information, Take a look...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Jubilee - 1945
When I was a boy DJ, I had Count Basie on the show. Incredible person with a power from within. He did a lot for the troops during WWII, part of that was Jubilee
January 20, 1945. Program #99 recorded October 20, 1944 The first tune is, "Dinah." Buddy Rich, Thelma Carpenter, Illinois Jacquet, Ernest Whitman (m. c.), Count Basie and His Orchestra, Eddie Anderson (Eddie Anderson), Jimmy Rushing.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Spectrum USA - 1971
In 1971 the Marine Corps reserves were doing the recruiting show "Spectrum USA" , an overview of our presidents.
"Spectrum USA" presents glimpses of our Chief Executives - not necessarily as great figures in publice office - but as the real people they were: young men with ideas, students, husbands, working men, soldiers, dreamers.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Monday, June 22, 2015
AFN Frankfurt - Eric Hendrix - 1996
More from AFN Frankfurt. It's a 1996 visit with Eric Hendrix. It's the last Z-FM Cafe...
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
AFVN - Your Brother
Harry Simons, who was "Your Brother" on AFVN in 1967 and 1968 has some big news:
"Since we last spoke on the phone and online about my AFVN Danang “Your Brother” program, I have some new and exciting AFVN news. Attached is a work in progress mission statement of a Vietnam Veterans Tribute program now in production to air on 1330 AM WEBY Radio Pensacola, Florida. The broadcast will also stream live at http://www.1330weby.com on October 26-30 2015
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