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Here's another bit from the 1969 package from Totalsound. Say everything you want to say about radio... in ten seconds.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Charlie Tuna1982
Charlie Tuna and Del Shannon
On almost everyone's lists of favorite AFRTS jocks, Charlie Tuna's name is there. Here's another example of radio consistency and perfection...
Joe Allison 1965
Here's Joe Allison with another visit to the Country Corner. The disk was misfiled, unjacketed and was crying out to be heard.
Monday, June 10, 2024
Wolfman Jack 1975
Hey another Minnesotan! Not really. Bob Smith was a New Yorker that ended up running KUXL a soul station in Minneapolis. That's where he worked out his act before working at the border blasters in Mexico. Here's a 1975 visit with Wolfman.
Roger Carroll - Lawrence Welk Radio Show
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Andy Mansfield 1964
Andy Mansfield continues his 1964 tribute to MAJ Glenn Miller. It's part 14 of America's Popular Music.
Monday, June 3, 2024
Bob Kingsley 1978
Bob Kingsley 1978
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Jim Pewter 1981
Jim Pewter has your required dose of the greatest hits of the 1960s. His feel for that music has never been matched. Easy to see how this AFKN vet could start with the network in 1967 and stay to the very end of AFRTS-LA programming.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Chris Noel 1969
There were a lot of troops on lonely outposts that welcomed each "Date With Chris"
She got pretty good at it. Sounded like she cared, because she did, and does.
Monday, May 27, 2024
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Hay una fiesta con Maria Elena Barro.
Mary Helen Barro did the Spanish show for ten years. She spotlighted the spectrum of latino music, carrying on a tradition that went back to WWII.
Monday, May 20, 2024
Charlie Tuna 1980
Charlie with Steve Allen in 1999
Charlie used to have an amazing website. News, stories, jokes. We miss you Art.
Right now it's a 1980 visit with Charlie.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wolfman Jack 1975
Hey another Minnesotan! Not really. Bob Smith was a New Yorker that ended up running KUXL a soul station in Minneapolis. That's where he worked out his act before working at the border blasters in Mexico. Here's a 1975 visit with Wolfman.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Roger Carroll 1969
The Best Sounds in Town. Roger is shared some wonderful radio with us. When the AFRTS-LA talent would record their shows, every week they would be sent copies of their programs on LP. The same disks we played in the field. But a familiar DJ story is not seeing the value in airchecks until years later. Most of the talent didn't save them Roger saved a lot of them and is made them available to us.
Today it's late 1969... and time for the Roger Carroll show!
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Andy Mansfield 1964
Andy Mansfield continues his 1964 tribute to Major Glenn Miller on "America's Popular Music" on AFRTS,
Bill Stewart 1967
I've always been a huge fan of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. You may have heard about Django Reinhardt. It was his group. I was listening to a Bill Stewart Show about Hugues Panassié the creator of the group. When Bill was jazzing it was always a better show. Take a listen:
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Chris Noel 1969
Chris did the show for roughly four years and still has an impact over four decades later. A while back she shared her copies of these shows with us. There will be new ones every week for a long time. Thank you Chris!
Now Chris helps vets with a shelter for homeless vets. Visit Vetsville (click here)
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
BennyBrown AFN 1994
Benny had sent in a 1994 "Saturday Gold" show. Benny had been a trooper in Vietnam and eventually parlayed that into rocking at AFN. After that staying in Europe with a long-term gig at flamethrower Radio Luxembourg. Play it loud!
Joe Ferguson 1983
The Joe Show returns. Joe Ferguson was at KUPL in Portland OR and the show went worldwide. Joe was kind enough to share his copies and these are good...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Mary Helen Barro 1983
Are you ready to salsa? meringue? Mary Helene Barro played the best in Latin music for decades on AFRTS.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Charlie Williams 1972
After Joe Allison, KFOXs Charlie Williams hosted the Country Corner for a short while.
Roger Carroll 1970
In 1970 Roger visited the stations and troops in Germany and did a show from AFN. The network picked this up and ran it worldwide. Helping out out was future Baltimore personality Bob Moke. Bob later did shows for AFRTS. But on a day in 1970...
Saturday, April 27, 2024
The Old Woodsman 1974
I don't know what this is, but it ran on the Thailand network in 1974. It may have been a local production. After Chickenman a lot of stations and syndicators tried their hand at short comedy features. I get a kick out of it. Any idea who did it or where it originated?
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