USAF SERENADE IN BLUE "Cherokee"

 The United States Air Force "Men who wear the Air Force blue" bring you A Serenade in Blue. To encourage civilians to join the Air Force and slip into their Air Force blues, the US Air Force created this well-done musical program. This episode from around 1963 was produced at the Radio Recording Unit of the USAF Band at Bolling Air Force Base (Headquarters Command) Washington D.C.

The public service radio program Serenade in Blue was written, produced, and performed by men in blue. It featured three top-notch Air Force bands: The Air Force Strings, Symphony in Blue, and the big band sound of Airmen of Note (which was originally started by Glenn Miller during WWII). This episode is from the summer of 1963. Recorded and produced by the Air Force Band radio recording unit at Bolling AFB home of the USAF Band, Col. George S. Howard commander. Singing Sergeants, Robert L. Landers director. Singing Sergeant airman Robert Alan Campbell announcer-producer. Distributed on transcriptions to all USA radio stations.

ALAN'S HIDEAWAY "Episode 03"

 

Alan brings back middle of the road music from the mid 20th century by Perry Como, Doris Day, Linda Ronstadt and Bill and Laura Purcell. Also comedy from Abbott and Costello and contemporary new age sound of Richard Souther. Plus some instrumental favorites from Alan's hideaway record collection.

ALAN's HIDEAWAY "Episode 2"

 

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On his syndicated radio show from the 1980's. Alan brings us music from his personal library of hits from the mid 20th century. A few Broadway classics and some big hits from the 1970's on this episode. Songs by Polly Bergen, Richard Kiley, Linda Ronstadt, Matt Monro and others.

ALAN'S HIDEAWAY "Episode 001"

 

A montage of music and memories from the 20th century by broadcaster R. Alan Campbell.

R Alan Campbell "WFCC Chatham Mass"

Classical music host R Alan Campbell, (WFLN,KHPR) worked a summer schedule in 1995 for WFCC-FM the classical station Cape Cod. This hour is from May.

DJ AIR CHECK "WTMR, R Alan Campbell"

 

Christmas 1968 in the Delaware Valley on WTMR 800khz. Lee Scott, newsman, R Alan Campbell DJ on "the board". ABC Entertainment Network for the Philadelphia area. History: The station began operations in the late 1940s as WKDN. It was originally owned by Ranulf Compton, and was a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station that broadcast middle-of-the-road music. WTMR's power had been increased to 5,000 watts. The call letters became WTMR after the station was sold to Tommy Roberts in 1968. WTMR History | Campbell was working in the Delaware Valley at WDEL, WTMR and in the late 1960’s announcing at WPBS on Domino Lane (Roxborough antenna farm) working with Pat Landon, John Trent and Jack O‘Reilly. He worked for a few years at WFLN at 8200 Ridge Pike when the classical AM and FM station was an affiliate of NBC. He occasionally filled in at other area stations. He moved south for health reasons in the mid 1970s when he joined the radio staff at WFLA-AM-FM-TV (NBC) in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL market.

WFCC FM Chatham, Mass (Cape Cod) - R. Alan Campbell

 

The station started broadcasting on March 24, 1987 from state-of-the-art facilities on Route 28 in West Chatham. In 1991, the station's offices and studios were moved to new facilities on Route 6A in Brewster. "Clear Classical" WFCC-FM was subsequently sold in 1992 to Dolphin Communications, owned by Allan Stanley. WFCC-FM was purchased by Charles River Broadcasting (then owners of Boston's WCRB) in 1996. Photo shows music host, Campbell left, with NPR's Mark Wagner outside the Brewster location in 1995.

WAMU-FM USAF BAND "Watergate Concert"

 

In the summer of 1962 ( June 29) WAMU-FM, Washington DC, presented live coverage of The United States Air Force Band and Symphony Orchestra concerts from the Watergate Amphitheater to the radio stations of The Educational Radio Network. (ERN was pre-National Public Radio). This audio, featuring only excerpts, was captured on cassette in the main control room at WAMU-FM on the campus of American University. For WAMU-FM, George Geesey Station Manager. Nathan Arnold Shaw, Program Director and R. Alan Campbell, announcer. For USAF BAND, Col George S. Howard commander, Captain John F. Yesulitus , conductor and Staff Sergeant Harry Gleeson, Band announcer.

DJ AIRCHECK 'BOB ALLAN' WFLA-AM

Air check from 1976 WFLA 970 AM Tampa St Petersburg Florida. Prior to this 'Allan' worked at WBAL in Baltimore as a DJ working with Perry Andrews, Jim West, Paul Shields and Jay Grayson. Then to Philadelphia in the late 1960’s announcing at WPBS on Domino Lane (Roxborough antenna farm) working with Pat Landon, John Trent and Jack O‘Reilly. He worked for a few years at Philly's WFLN at 8200 Ridge Pike when the classical AM and FM station was an affiliate of NBC. He occasionally filled in at other area stations. For health reasons he moved to the South in the mid 1970’s when he joined the radio team at WFLA-AM-FM-TV in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL market. 

WDEL (Skimmer air check) mid 1970s

 

7PM to 8PM Skimmer air check WDEL AM, Wilmington Delaware.