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Monday, September 12, 2016
Monday, September 5, 2016
AFN Paris - Django Reinhardt 1945
Django Reinhardt was one incredible musician. His left hand was withered, some fingers unusable. Jack Platt led the AEF band, the one that had been led by Glenn Miller. They toured all over Europe. It swung. In 1945 Django was in the studio at AFN Paris.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Chris Noel - 1969
It's 1969 and Chris Noel made home much closer. Thank you for sharing these. Thanks for all you've done!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Spectrum USA - Time Capsule 1975
By 1975 Spectrum USA got hipper. Dick Stark seems to be having a lot of fun with these in his 13th year of doing the show. 41 years in radio. The USMC Reserve needs you...
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Early AFN Munich
Here are some memories of the early years of AFN in the 1950s. I wish I had more information but it's a fun listen. Starting with a 1954 visit with Larry Butcher.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
GI Jive - 1945
In WWII GI Jill was big. The show started in San Francisco as "Hi Neighbor", a request show with news tidbits about back home with Martha Wilkerson and her husband, Robert Warner. After 56 shows Warner was out but GI Jill kept the show going well into the 1950s.
AFN 1989
Here's what's coming up on AFN! Thank you Bernd for sharing these. It took a long time to get them posted.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
My Living Doll
"My Living Doll" is an American science fiction sitcom that aired for 26 episodes on CBS in 1964/65.
Just got off the phone with Peter Greenwood. Peter is a producer/archivist trying to get the TV series "My Living Doll" out on DVD, streaming maybe syndication. This would be a totally legitimate release. Julie Newmar is still around and she's really like to see these again.
The issue is that there were 26 shows. He's only located about a dozen. It was never in proper syndication. The only known syndication was on Teleprompter cable in NYC.
We get involved because AFN Berlin aired it in the late 70s. I'm sure I saw it on SCN in the early 80s. There were AFRTS prints. They were in libraries.
1. Would you have any of these, in any format.
2. Where did the film libraries go and when? I've always heard they were sent to AFRTS-LA and from there to the Library of Congress. Is that correct?
3. Do you know anyone who may be able to assist?
Please let me know. Click here to email Thom
3. Do you know anyone who may be able to assist?
Please let me know. Click here to email Thom
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Chris Noel - 1969
One of my favorite movies, with Chris Noel
It's 1969. The Beatles have "Hey Jude" and Chris Noel brings home to you radio.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Bob Kingsley - 1973
Bob with Johnny Cash
Bob Kingsley was an AFRTS. He bounced around as a jock but became the voice of country music when he took over American Country Countdown. Bob did a rock show for AFRTS. Take a listen..
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Jim Ameche - 1965
Jim Ameche was on "Jack Armstrong, the All American Boy" and later became one of the first to successfully syndicate a DJ show, the voice of the Longenes Symphonette. In the 1950s he became a part of AFRTS, playing "the most beautiful sounds around". The spotlight is on Hal Mooney...
We lost Jim in 1983.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Chris Noel - 1968
Before Chris shared her disks with us it was a trick to get these shows.
Finally they've arrived, 5 disks from 1968-70, a little hacked up but I think we all are. The disks themselves were from AFVN but the specifics are gone "Grampa brought them back from Vietnam."
She needs our help for the vets shelter. Donate NOW. Thanks
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Major Glenn Miller 1944
If you ever come across these, they have nothing to do with AFN or AFRTS but are very interesting. The American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE) was a propaganda station we piped to the Nazis. Glenn Miller made several broadcasts at EMIs Abbey Road studios with Ilsa Weinberger with Glenn speaking in phonetic German. These particular broadcasts were recorded October 30th and November 6th, 1944 and aired November 8th and November 15th respectively.
Joseph Krug of the Colony Record Shop in NYC somehow acquired dubs of these and issued them as bootlegs circa 1951. These bootlegs actually had wide distribution at the time, being sold by major retail chains, to include Sam Goody. The Miller Estate started the lawsuits in 1951 and it took five years to resolve.
Decades later a more complete better sounding version was issued on RCA as "Glenn Miller - the Lost Recordings"
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Navy Hour - 1950
The Navy Hour was very well done and usually pretty entertaining. The program ran on NBC for many years.
Windows 10 update
Microsoft just put up a Windows 10 anniversary update. I don't recommend it. It made some big system changes here, which I'll battle for a couple of days and then probably roll back to something that works.
It killed Citrio, a Chrome clone browser that I have to use with some applications.
It's giving me issues with Edge, that's the new Microsoft Explorer for Windows 10.
The tech in me is trying to figure out exactly what they did, but you've been warned...
It killed Citrio, a Chrome clone browser that I have to use with some applications.
It's giving me issues with Edge, that's the new Microsoft Explorer for Windows 10.
The tech in me is trying to figure out exactly what they did, but you've been warned...
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Chris Noel - 1967
1967 sure brought great music. Chris Noel brought America to your radio on A Date With Chris. It was a very nice combination.
Bud Widom - 1964
Bud Widom was a jack of all trades at AFRTS, doing many many programs. IMDB says that he was born in 1918 and was in "Mister Cory" and "The Green Slime". We lost Bud in 1976. In 1964, music of the stage from AFRTS and "Footlights and Spotlights"
Thursday, July 28, 2016
A shipping box and history
In the 1940s and 1950s we used 16" ETs. They were shipped in strapped boxes. I had been looking for one for years. Generally when one comes up for sale it's full of a bunch of mixed disks with no documentation and pretty pricy. I just got one. This one is history. A Marine Chaplain mailed a box of ETs to a different Chaplain in the APO. It was 1951 and this was in the middle of the Korean War. The disks were from Korea AFRS (Later AFKN). The Bob Hope show that was posted a couple of days ago is from this lot. I'm very thankful.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Bob Hope - 1951
This was part of a historic set. The Korean War had just started. Korea AFRS was driving near the war zones, broadcasting from mobile studios. Private Casey Kasem was one of the troops making it happen and Bob Hope was on the air.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Saturday, July 23, 2016
AFRTS By the year
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Enchantment of Music - 1963
The matchless fidelity of Frequency Modulation. FM was almost magic. KCBH-FM in Beverly Hills was programming light orchestral music. It was a time when few if any were actally making money with FM. Seems odd... In 1959 Don Steele was there. We ran the show, but very rarely on FM.
Now IHeart owns it "Alt 98.7" just doesn't seem as special.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Chris Noel - 1970
Chris Noel has another hour of your favorites on AFRTS. If you're getting error messages it's a long story but it's because you're using a Microsoft browser, it'll play just fine using Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera or most anything else. Those are all free alternatives. Apple or Android users do not have problems.
Sunday, July 17, 2016
If Freedom Failed - 1951
We're up to program 8 of "If Freedom Failed" with a pre-Godzilla Raymond Burr and young Mercedes McCambridge.
Country Music Time - 1961
I was surprised to find this in a record store. Airman Jerry Keller has a visit from Jim Reeves. When these shows were done, the songs were recorded especially for the shows. Take your shoes off and think about opportunities in the US Air Force!
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Busy Busy Busy
I haven't been able to post as often as I should, but busy. I finally picked up a record washing machine. Spin-Clean makes the most economical one that works. If you've been thinking about getting one, they're half off until the end of the month. No I'm not getting anything for bringing it up. It's a sweet product. I'm in the process of cleaning thousands of LPs. Click here
1963-65 are done.
1963-65 are done.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Marine Band Concert - 1961
Many times since WWII the Marine Band had radio programs. Most of the time rebroadcast on AFRTS. Here's a 1961 show from CBS.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Chris Noel - 1967
The world changes in one picture Chris Noel in Vietnam 1966. Chris made overseas tours, all over the world pass that much faster on a Date With Chris. She's dedicated her life to the veteran cause, from going to war zones to running a homeless veteran's shelter today. Chris, America owes you a lot. Thank you.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Friday, July 1, 2016
Chris Noel - 1969
Chris Noel brought America to thousands of Vietnam era troops. The years pass, the memories remain. Chris's birthday is Saturday 7/2. Wish her a Happy Birthday! Click here
In 1969, here's what home sounded like.
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