For those interested: ----- New Stories Celebrate Famous AFRS Jungle Network ________________________________________________
The recent death of the original 'Tokyo Rose' broadcaster brings an end to the beginnings of the American Armed Forces Radio in the Pacific.....it was because of the success of these propaganda programs that the AFRS Jungle Network began....and a series of new stories about these stations is now online at www.radioheritage.net. In 'AFRS Jungle Network' you'll see a photo of GI Jill, the answer to Tokyo Rose, as well as the most detailed list ever assembled of some 50 AFRS stations in the network. From WVTA Aitape 'Voice of the New Guinea Area', WVTK Leyte 'The Voice of Leyte' to WVTB Nadzab 'The Pioneer Radio Voice of New Guinea', and stations all over the SW Pacific, Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. You'll read about how a typical station was set up, the programs, the playlists, and how they operated in torrid tropical conditions. AFRS and then FEN in Japan later emerged out of the Jungle Network in 1945. Exclusively at www.radioheritage.net you can now read 'Jungle Network News', the original 1944 newsletter issued by Jungle Network HQ in Hollandia. Staff movements, the Weekly News Review and orientation programs for the invasion of the Philippines are just some of the highlights. Historic reading! In addition, read 'WVTB Nadzab, New Guinea 1944' and get the never before published inside story on how official AFRS radio came to the sprawling Nadzab air base complex near Lae. Exclusive photos taken in 1944 and letters home from the station personnel. Check out the color oil painting of the WVTB studio building in the jungle, all at www.radioheritage.net. We've also got the 'WVTB Baseball Olympics 1944', amazing photos of perhaps the first outside broadcast done in the SW Pacific warzone, as well as a copy of the original scorecard! Soon you'll also be able to hear an original recording of the audio of this event....the only known audio to have survived of a Jungle Network station in New Guinea! In the meantime, see the photos and the story at www.radioheritage.net. We also recommend 'Brass Button Broadcasters' by Trent Christman as a wonderful gift this coming holiday season. It's got the AFRS story from the inside, and includes more information about many of the people and places well known to AFRS listeners and station staff during WWII and through to the early 1990's. The book is available right now from our online general bookstore at www.radioheritage.net. It's highly recommended reading for anyone interested in AFRS broadcasts of the Jungle Network period. AFRS Jungle Network and associated stories are part of our AFRS Series that also includes AFRS Alaska, AFRS Japan, and AFRS China-Burma-India. They come complete with extensive station lists, photos, inside stories and much more, and are entertaining reading right now at www.radioheritage.net The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization sharing the stories of Pacific radio. Our free access website is www.radioheritage.net and we hope you'll visit soon. ----- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
