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[IRCA] Fwd: New Stories Celebrate Famous AFRS Jungle Network
- Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: New Stories Celebrate Famous AFRS Jungle Network
- From: Geralyn Hollerman <lynnhollerman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:58:15 -0700 (PDT)
For those interested:
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New Stories Celebrate Famous AFRS Jungle Network
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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.
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Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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