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AFRTS Radio Archives (Charlie Tuna, Date with Chris, AF Vietnam, etc)
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| From 60s - 70s
Posted on 09/03/2016 7:39:12 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Came across an Archive of various AFRTS broadcasts from 60s -70s. Spent Mid 70s in PI - this is the way I remember radio - With Paul Harvey doing news at noon everyday.
To listen to 'Chris' broadcast (example), hit Date with Chris - 1969
Lots of good stuff if you want to go back in time ..
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posted on
09/03/2016 7:39:12 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
I used to listen to AFRTS while I was in SE Asia. I even taped a large amount on my new reel to reel tape recorder but my sister taped over those when I gave the tape player to her(1968).
One thing I remember, on Okinawa, AFRTS was playing old programs of WWII on TV. When the BOMB was dropped on Hiroshima, the TV went blank for a minute till that segment was passed. They used to broadcast lots of TV shows on radio.
To: 11th_VA
Fantastic find! So much better than today’s consultant-programmed oldies stations and YouTube. Thanks for posting!
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posted on
09/03/2016 7:52:16 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
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posted on
09/03/2016 7:52:33 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
To: bigbob
So much better than todays consultant-programmed oldies stations and YouTub Absolutely ...
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:02:51 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
To: 11th_VA
As a kid, I lived across the road from the AFRTS broadcast facilty in Okinawa. The production guys used to let my brothers and I sit in the studio while they broadcast the evening news.
I’ll never forget their favorite snack. It was tuna and saltine crackers with Tabasco hot sauce. We kids fell in love with it.
Good memories.
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:04:38 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: 11th_VA
That’s some terrific audio too! Thanks.
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:20:49 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: 11th_VA
Wow! Thanks for posting. Bookmarking
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:23:00 PM PDT
by
NRx
(A man of integrity passes his father's civilization to his son, without selling it off to strangers.)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:33:03 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
To: Red Steel
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:45:48 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: 11th_VA
I used to listen to AFRTS on my shortwave all the time. You could get broadcasts of games you couldn’t get anywhere else.
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posted on
09/03/2016 8:47:25 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 11th_VA
Thanks. Bumping for later....
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posted on
09/03/2016 9:03:30 PM PDT
by
onedoug
("The Union, next to our liberty, most dear." --John C Calhoun)
To: 11th_VA
While I was going to the Danang PX with a couple of guys from our artillery battery in late 1966, we were suddenly pushed aside by some MPs as van arrived with the name "Chris Noel" painted on the side. Four army colonels came out of the van - all armed with M3 Grease guns - and they formed a square around a very nice-looking blonde lady in a miniskirt, the first miniskirt I had ever seen and one of the only "round eye" women we had seen in country.
They escorted her into the PX while we waited outside and then when she was ready to go again, they went into that van and then we were allowed to go into the PX.
They whole thing was surreal!
1. I had never heard of Chris Noel before since none of us ever listened to AFRTS (all they ever played was Country and Western).
2. The colonels were there to protect her from US! We were just 19 year old kids and very unlikely to even speak to her - we had just come in from the field and to even see a "round-eye" had us in shock.
Ours was one weird war.
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posted on
09/04/2016 4:20:45 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Chainmail
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posted on
09/04/2016 8:06:17 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
To: 11th_VA
Clark AB , ‘71 grad Wagner HS
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posted on
09/04/2016 11:16:03 AM PDT
by
plsjr
(<>< Mankind "knows" by trial and error; Only the CREATOR really knows His creation.)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
09/04/2016 11:17:40 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
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