PETE SMITH SHOW "Clocks"

 

This episode of Pete Smith's AFRTS record show called 'Sketches In Sound' begins with a segment of music about clocks.

PETE SMITH SHOW "AFRTS"

 

Sketches In Sound. Easy Listening music with DJ Pete Smith for AFRTS episode from April 1982.

BILL STEWART SHOW "AFRTS 413 7-8"

Bill Stewart, and a few other hosts, recorded and stored their shows at AFRTS-LA for four to six months prior to air. Although the programming was 5-55:00 at the beginning, it was considered "ever green" by the LA producers. Bill Stewart never mentioned "it's the Monday edition" or "it's the Tuesday edition" the way Roger Carroll did for his 5-55:00 series. I believe this was due to the inordinate delay in recording the Bill Stewart Shows. He just didn't know what day the show was to be aired! When Bill Stewart says "this song is a new release", it really isn't. . .it's four to six months old. (Notes from https://afrtsarchive.blogspot.com/)

PETE SMITH "Sketches In Sound"

 

Pete Smith's Sketches In Sound for AFRTS.

BILL STEWART SHOW "Peter Nero"

 

Los Angeles DJ Bill Stewart's AFRTS radio show opened this hour episode with several selections by pop pianist Peter Nero.

PETE SMITH SHOW "Friday on AFRTS"

 

In the 1980s Pete Smith was the voice of your easy favorites on AFRTS. Pete had worked at several radio stations in Los Angeles.

BILL STEWART SHOW "AFRTS"

 

Bill Stewart of the Los Angeles radio station KMPC played a mix 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 also hosted "A Quarter Century of Swing."

ANDY MANSFIELD SHOW "Oh Susana"

 

From 1958 episode 883 for AFRTS. Andy and Virginia Mansfield turn back the clock for this collection of music from their vast library of recorded music. One of the first DJ music shows featuring a husband and wife team. Andy and Virginia Mansfield had been around radio for most of their lives.

PETE SMITH SHOW "Sketches In Sound"

 

This episode of Pete Smith's easy listening Sketches In Sound aired in central Europe over AFRTS in December 1975. Pete Smith was part of the EZ listening tradition at AFRTS. He followed John Doremus, who followed Jim Ameche. He had quite a career in Los Angeles radio KNX; KDAY, 1956-58; KRKD, 1958-61; KNOB; KPOL; KMPC, 1961-88; KJQI/KOJY, 1993-95; KGIL, 1998. Pete was part of "Music of Your Life."

CHUCK CECIL "Big Band Countdown and AFN Germany Newscast"

 

CHUCK CECIL

From AFRTS transcription we hear Chuck Cecil's Big Band Countdown followed by an aircheck of a newscast by Ann Mulligan from AFN Europe Frankfurt Germany. (March 1979)

ANN MULLIGAN, AFN Europe

Bill Stewart "Adela Rogers StJohns"

 

On his "Bill Stewart Show" Stewart produced and announced more than 4,000 programs, many over AFRTS. When he was discharged from the army in November 1947 he continued his AFRTS programs while working on KLAC. 

This program features chat with Adela Nora Rogers St. Johns (May 20, 1894 – August 10, 1988) was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. She wrote a number of screenplays for silent movies but is best remembered for her groundbreaking exploits as "The World's Greatest Girl Reporter" during the 1920s and 1930s and her celebrity interviews for Photoplay magazine. His shows were heard on Armed Forces Radio Service for nearly 50 years.

POPS CONCERT with Jim Ameche

 

AFRTS Transcription March 31, 1961. Jim leads off with an original song by David Rose.

ANDY MANSFIELD SHOW "1958 ep847"

 

Andy turns back the clock on this episode for AFRTS.

IRA COOK SHOW "Vikki Carr and Louis L'amour"

 

DJ Ira Cook plays some pop records from the mid 20th century including one of Vikki Carr's  songs called "Miss America" in this episode for AFRTS. Guest interview with Louis Dearborn L'Amour (March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988) who was an American novelist and short-story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels (though he called his work "frontier stories"); however, he also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), science fiction (Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into films. L'Amour's books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death almost all of his 105 existing works (89 novels, 14 short-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction) were still in print, and he was "one of the world's most popular writers".

BILL STEWART SHOW "AFRTS 934"

 

Bill Stewart, and a few other hosts, recorded and stored their shows at AFRTS-LA for four to six months prior to release. This episode ends with a skit of The Bickersons. Originally it was a radio comedy sketch series that began September 8, 1946, on NBC, moving the following year to CBS where it continued until August 28, 1951. The show's married protagonists, portrayed by Don Ameche and Frances Langford, spent nearly all their time together in relentless verbal war. 

ANDY MANSFIELD "California Ramblers"

 

The California Ramblers were an American jazz group that recorded hundreds of songs for many different record labels throughout the 1920s. Four members of the band – Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, and Adrian Rollini – went on to front big bands in later decades. The band was formed in 1921 by banjoist Ray Kitchenman. Its members were from Ohio but chose the name California Ramblers. The band was instantly successful and were one of the most prolific recording groups in the 1920s. In late 1924 the Ramblers signed a contract with Columbia Records and then, in conjunction with their manager Ed Kirkeby, agreed to waive all royalties to Columbia for the right to record for other companies under pseudonyms. They recorded for nearly every independent label in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, using over 100 unique aliases. Andy Mansfield profiles this group on this episode for AFRTS.

ANDY MANSFIELD "Artie Shaw"

This AFRTS transcription features the early recorded music of Artie Shaw with DJ Andy Mansfield.

JIM AMECHE SHOW "Ghost Riders"

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Billy Vaughn recorded the 1958 theme for the "It's Jim Ameche Time" radio show. This excerpt of the DJ show is from 1960.

SWINGIN' YEARS "Chuck Cecil"

The Swingin' Years" perpetuates the memory of swing music, popularized by such acts as Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington. The program focused primarily on Swing, but also included many of the popular ballads of the era that topped the record charts from 1935 to 1955, that Cecil calls "The Swingin' Years". The music played on the program originally came from KFI's vast record library, as well as from Cecil's personal collection of 40,000+ 78 rpm records. As the show progressed, Cecil included audio clips of his interviews with some of the brightest stars of the big band era.

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IRA COOK SHOW "AFRTS"

 

Transcription aircheck rom 1971. One of the AFRTS most popular DJs was Ira Cook whose personality comes shining through in every one of his recorded broadcasts; he is a white collared, narrow tie-wearing square, but he had an appreciation for popular music. BIOGRAPHY OTRCAT.COM