The White Falcon - 14.01.1972, Page 7

Karl Phillips is getting ready to tell you about
the sounds on his Night Owl show.
Tom Hughes reads Calender of Events to let you
know what1s happening on base.
Programs like "American Top
40" and "Shake, Rattle and
Roark" are played on this tape
recorder.
major American networks. You
hear the same newscasts here that
you would in the states.
Prerecorded shows from the
states are aired approximately 10
hours a day. All recordings are
sent to the station by American
Forces Radio and Television Ser-
vice headquarters in Los Angeles.
Regular commercial recordings are
|iot used at the station.
A The radio station uses both
Pfull time and part time workers.
Tom Wiecks, who gained his
true fame through his "Tom Fool-
ery" column in the White Falcon,
is also station manager of AFRS.
He came to the station in
November, 1970. Tom earned his
B.S. degree in Journalism at the
University of Oregon. Tom likes
all kinds of music, "everything
from country to the classics."
You can hear him on "House-
wive's Special" and "Folkways".
The man you hear on "Headin'
Home" and "Kinectic Rock Circus"
is Tom Hughes. He has been here
since June, 1971.
Tom feels that "finding out
what's new on the record scene"
and playing it on the Kinectic
Rock Circus is one of the most
important things he does at AFRS.
If you get up early, chances
are that Mark Lazar will be there
to greet you. coffee cup in hand,
he does the "Morning Man" show.
He also plans to go into radio
after he leaves the Navy.
Karl Phillips is one of the
station's Night Owls. He worked
at WQXI and WPLO radio stations
in Atlanta, Ga. before entering
the Navy.
Anyone interested in rock mus-
ic history probably knows about
Jim Roark's show, "Shake, Rattle,
and Roark." Jim, who is from
Pensacola, Fla., also works at
CommSta. He does a Night Owl in
addition to his rock history pro-
gram.
Ron Smart, who is from Teb-
betts, Mo., has been on the staff
for about a month. He plans to
work in broadcasting after leav-
in the Air Force. You can listen
to him- on the Night Owl show.
The newest voice is Charles
Prior, a former waterbed sales-
man. He attended the Connecticut
School of Broadcasting before
entering the Navy. His home is
Madison, Conn.
The H-3 site hears the sounds
of today on AFRS, too. Their
station serves the approximately
130 people at the site. The nine
man staff of volunteers airs 6 or
7 hours of live programming each
day. During the other 17 or 18
hours, the station rebroadcasts
the AFRS Keflavik signal. During
their live hours, the station
receives requests from its lis-
teners .
So listen to AFRS, 24 hour
radio in the great North At-
lantic.
Tape cartridge machines are
used to record every kind of
sound, even mail call and the
movie preview theme.
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