AFRTS Archive

Jim Ameche 1965

2026-06-14T11:03:54.622-05:00

Jim Ameche has an hour of the world's most beautiful music...

Jim Ameche - 1965

Mary Helen Barro 1983

2026-06-14T11:00:57.562-05:00

Seemed like every time I was at finance, trying to guess what they did to my check Mary Helen Barro was on. It was great mid-day show. Take a listen.

Mary Helen Barro - 1983

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AFN Nightside - Craig Miller with Van Morriison 1974

2026-06-14T10:48:00.451-05:00

Van Morrison

The stars sure came out for AFN in the 70s. Today Craig Miller speaks with Van Morrison in 1974

AFN Nightside - 1974

Charlie Tuna 1973

2026-06-14T10:04:10.979-05:00

Photo: Charlie with Jessica Alba

Charlie Tuna? Always great. How did he do it, always a great show and as close to perfect consistency than anyone. There have been a lot of greats over the years but for a Dan Ingram or a Larry Lujack there's changes over the years. Charlie never really changes, he nailed it.. Let's revisit 1973, it's Thursday. Stay Tuna'd.

Charlie Tuna 1973

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Joe Allison 1968

2026-06-14T09:54:47.739-05:00

Joe Allison was a Nashville songwriter and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame who's credits included "He'll Have To Go" ,"Live Fast Love Hard and Die Young" and many others. His songs were recorded by Elvis, Tom Jones, Nat King Cole, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and The Limeliters. He died in 2002 aged 77 from lung disease.

Country Corner 1968

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Wolfman Jack 1975

2026-06-14T09:09:51.490-05:00

From 1975, Here comes the Wolfman, totally on his game. Quite a guy...

Wolfman Jack - 1975
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Roger Carroll 1981

2026-06-14T09:08:08.976-05:00

Roger has another hour of the best sounds in town. Roger is shared a bunch of his shows with us and I for one am very grateful.

The majority of the shows that he sent in were the same shows that I ran in Korea and in Panama. Deja Vu...

Roger Carroll 1981

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Mary Turner 1983

2026-06-13T18:23:07.607-05:00

Mary Turner and Ted Nugent

Mary Turner was the opposite of GI Jill and Chris Noel, a broadcaster that was a female, it kept with the times, yet still was the girl left behind.

When Mary started her show we were concerned about how an hour of slamming rock and roll would go over. I knew the troops would love it but the Colonel. The Canal Zone civilians? They really liked to complain. It went over great and was a wonderful addition.

Mary Turner - 1983

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Melody Roundup 1947 - Spade Cooley

2026-06-13T18:20:58.709-05:00

He made some pretty amazing music and performed for the troops a lot. Take a listen.

Spade Cooley - Melody Roundup 1947

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Herman Griffith 1967

2026-06-06T20:52:53.911-05:00

For the brave and the bold! It's the Records Caravan!! Some pretty amazing radio from Herman.

Her Herman every day at 3pm Central on My Best Sounds

Herman Griffith 1967

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Turn Back The Clock 1958

2026-06-06T20:50:58.121-05:00

Andy and Virginia Mansfield share some highlights of their record collection, and they're excited about it. That always makes for great listening. Andy had to build special shed to store his collection. Hmmm...

Andy went on to do other shows for AFRTS for many years.

Turn Back the Clock 1958

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Tom Campbell AFRTS demo 1971

2026-06-06T18:07:51.934-05:00

Tom Campbell is one of the AFRTS-LA friends that's been great in keeping this whole thing running.

After serving in the United States Air Force, Campbell was hired for his first radio job, at KEEL in Shreveport, La., by Al Hart, who would later become a newscaster and radio personality in San Francisco. Campbell subsequently worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota and at WONE in Dayton, Ohio before his move to KYA San Francisco in 1967.

In 1971 was one of the periodic restructurings of AFRTS. They were concerned we'd be rocking too hard.. AFRTS sent a demo...

Tom Campbell 1971 AFRTS demo

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Roland Bynum 1981

2026-06-06T17:49:55.408-05:00

Roland's back in the Creators Corner with your Thursday favorites on American Forces Radio.

Hear Roland every night at 9pm on mybestsounds.com

Roland Bynum - 1981

Bill Stewart 1970

2026-06-06T17:45:45.547-05:00

Bill Stewart was another of the KMPC talent that had the AFRTS gig, He was the Bill of the KMPC jingle..."Ira, Johnny, Bill and Dick!" Bill graced LA playing his mixture of Swing, jazz and MOR at several great stations.

KMPC, 1951-59; KGIL, 1965-66; KRHM, 1966 and 1969; KGIL, 1973-75. For Armed Forces Radio he hosted "A Quarter Century of Swing." In 1969, the 30-year veteran was honored with a concert at the Palladium. For 20 years he did in-flight airline music programming. Bill died in 1993 of congestive heart failure.

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Chris Noel 1968

2026-06-06T17:12:56.288-05:00

Memories of 1968. Chris Noel takes us home with "A Date with Chris"

Hear Chris nightly at 11pm Central on mybestsounds.com

Date With Chris - 1968

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Jim Pewter 1967

2026-06-06T17:10:34.148-05:00

When we ask enough, there are answers. Mike Brown checked in to say that Jim Pewter worked at Radio Cavalier in the 1964-65 timeframe. By 1967 Jim was doing the AFRTS-LA show. Something I hadn't heard was that Jim worked at the station with the late Richard Nader. Nader was responsible for the big oldies rock and roll shows in the 1970s

Hear Jim evenings at 6pm Central on mybestsounds.com

Jim Pewter 1967

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Don Tracy 1983

2026-06-03T20:27:41.279-05:00

Don paid his dues in Connecticut radio, through WPOP, WNHC and WAVZ then to win in Los Angeles.

KGFJ, KDAY, KABC-TV, KNX as a sales executive, his own ad agency and editor of the R&B Report.

Don Tracy - 1993

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Joe Ferguson 1983

2026-05-31T12:38:22.021-05:00

Live from Portland, OR it's the "Joe Show" on AFRTS. I'm grateful Joe shared these with us.

Joe Ferguson 1983

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John Doremus 1968

2026-05-31T11:52:31.573-05:00

That voice, here's John Doremus with symphonic music and stories. It's always a treat.

John Doremus 1968

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AFKN Park Chung Hee Assasinated 1979

2026-05-31T11:36:47.243-05:00

I started in Yongsan in the newsroom. If any story mentioned Korea, it had to be cleared by the 8th Army/UN Command PAO. Send the story over, wait a few weeks and maybe it can be read... or just don't run it in the first place. Compare that to this 1979 aircheck when President Park Chung Hee was assassinated.

AFKN 1979 Park Chung Hee shot and killed .

Gene Price 198

2026-05-31T11:25:37.037-05:00

Gene Price is back, Leonard is ready to go. It's 1983 and great!

Gene Price - 1983

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Jim Ameche 1959

2026-05-31T10:39:17.287-05:00

Jim Ameche - 1940

Jim Ameche had two shows, the Jim Ameche show and the Jim Ameche Pop Concert. Both of them featured the great orchestral music from around the world. This is part of one of the first Pop Concerts

Jim Ameche Pops Concert - 1959

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Mary Helen Barro 1983

2026-05-31T10:05:49.496-05:00

Summer in Minnesota. Tropical memories of Panama indeed. Let's have the music with Mary Helen Barro.

Mary Helen Barro - 1983

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Charlie Tuna 1982

2026-05-31T10:02:56.180-05:00

Charlie Tuna

Charlie Tuna spent a quarter century entertaining the troops on AFRTS and showing us how it was done. Time for another visit. It's 1982 "Stay Tuna'd".

Start your day with Charlie Tuna. 8AM Central www.mybestsounds.com

Charlie Tuna - March 1982

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Lyndon Johnson - Memorial Day 1963

2026-05-25T09:58:14.461-05:00

Vice president Lyndon Johnson on Memorial Day 1963 as broadcast by AFRTS

Lyndon Johmson - Memorial Day 1963

Memorial Day Memories