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Bunton
July 21, 1992
Draft 2 / AFRTS
PRESIDENTIAL VIDEO MESSAGE: 50th ANNIVERSARY AFRTS
On this fiftieth anniversary of the Armed Forces Radio and
Col. Cook
Television Service, I congratulate all 1,700 men and women
serving with A-F-R-T-S in distant corners of the world.
What began with a phonograph sending signals no farther than
the mess hall speakers, today reaches more than one million
in over 120 countries
dedicated fans "from Diego Garcia to Denmark.
For five decades, Armed Forces Radio and Television has
brought word from home to generations of American military
our
personnel and their families serving their country overseas. As
these men and women help keep the peace and freedom in far away
places, Armed Forces Radio and TV helps bring "home" a little
closer.
Your round-the-clock news and quality entertainment is
recognized throughout American military forces around the globe.
From the Pacific region during World War Two -- [ I remember how
we all looked forward to hearing those broadcasts over the ship's
shortwave radio ] -- over the hills of Korea, through the
jungles of Vietnam / and across the sands of the Middle East -
- you were there. Yours is a rich heritage of service to those
who wear the uniform. That's a history to be proud of.
I salute all of you for the outstanding job you have done
for our country in keeping our service men and women the best
informed military in the world.
# # #
Bunton
July 21, 1992
Draft Two
AFRTS
PRESIDENTIAL VIDEO MESSAGE: 50th ANNIVERSARY AFRTS
On this fiftieth anniversary of the Armed Forces Radio and
Television Service, I congratulate all 1,700 men and women
serving with A-F-R-T-S in distant corners of the world.
What began with a phonograph sending signals no farther than
morethan
the mess hall speakers, today reaches one million dedicated
fans from Diego Garcia to Denmark.
For five decades, Armed Forces Radio and Television has
brought word from home to generations of American military
their country
personnel and their families serving overseas. As these men and
women help keep the peace and freedom in far away places, Armed
Forces Radio and TV has helped bring "home" a little closer.
Your round-the-clock news and quality entertainment broadcast to our
fighting men and women around the world is recognized throughout
the military From the Pacific region during World War II, toover
the hills of Korea, to through the jungles of Vietnam / and the sands
across
of the Middle East -- you were there. Even remember how we all
looked forward to hearing broadcasts over the ship's shortwave
radio.]
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Yours is a rich heritage of service to those who wear the
uniform. And That's a history to be proud of.
I salute all of you for the outstanding job you have done
for our country in keeping our service men and women the best
informed military in the world.
TICKERTAPE WALST. /Ther TAKE BARADES
Bunton
July 21, 1992
Draft One
AFRTS
PRESIDENTIAL VIDEO MESSAGE: 50th ANNIVERSARY AFRTS
On this fiftieth anniversary of the Armed Forces Radio and
Television Service, I congratulate all 1,700 men and women
serving with A-F-R-T-S in distant corners of the world.
What began with phonographs sending a signal no farther than
the mess hall speakers, today reaches over one million dedicated
fans from XXXX to xxxx.
alaska Antartica or I (korea to katmandee)
Diego Garcia Denmark.
(Andy Frederick)
For five decades, Armed Forces Radio and Television has
brought word from home to America's military personnel and their
families serving overseas. As these men and women fight help to
difend keep the
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preserv peace and freedom in far away places, A.F.R.T.S. serves
TV has helped bring "home" a little closer.
as the trusted voice of a friend at home.
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world is recognized throughout the military an from the Pacific
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was
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porm
Yours is a rich heritage of service to those who wear the
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AFRTS- 703-274-4856
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR AFRTS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
ON THIS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMED FORCES RADIO AND
TELEVISION SERVICE, I CONGRATULATE ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING
WITH A-F-R-T-S AROUND THE WORLD.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, ARMED FORCES RADIO AND TELEVISION HAS
BROUGHT A TOUCH OF HOME TO AMERICA'S MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO ARE
SERVING OVERSEAS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AS THESE MEN AND WOMEN
FOUGHT TO PRESERVE PEACE AND FREEDOM IN FAR-OFF PLACES, A-F-R-T-S
SERVED AS AN IMPORTANT LINK WITH THE HOME FRONT.
YOUR REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING NEWS AND QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT
TO OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN IS RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE MILI-
TARY. FROM THE PACIFIC REGION DURING WORLD WAR II, TO THE HILLS
OF KOREA, TO THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM, AND THE SANDS OF THE MIDDLE
EAST, YOU WERE THERE. YOURS IS A RICH HERITAGE OF SERVICE TO
THOSE WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM. YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR ACCOM-
PLISHMENTS.
I SALUTE ALL OF YOU FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB YOU HAVE DONE FOR
OUR COUNTRY IN KEEPING OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN THE BEST
INFORMED MILITARY IN THE WORLD.
Kathenne Holt backgromed:
generic -
- JOHN GANH
distabuted to 128 Countries
500+
- MIL OFFICE 2150
600 Military Rachw/10 OURES in
- JOHN DUBIA @ DEFENSE
OFFICE OF SEC. DEFENSE
ROBIN / COL. COOK(E)?
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NI 111 OFFICER
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AMERICAN FORCES INFORMATION SERVICE
601 NORTH FAIRFAX STREET
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22314-2007
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
Operations
Anned Forces
Radio and
DATE:
"erension
21 July 92
THIS PAGE PLUS 11
Service
American
Agrees
Press and
Publications
FROM: Col Joseph Cook
TO: Jeannie Bunion
Service
Delense
Audiorisual
Previ dentiAl Specialmentor
POLICY
Dear
Armed Forces Radio and
LOCATION: White House
Media
aplicy
Television Service (AFRTS)
FAX NUMBER: 202 456-6218
OFFICE NUMBER:
If the following message is received poorly or incomp lete,
please call AFRTS at Commercial (703) 274-4856 or DSN 284-4856.
The facsimile number for AFRTS is Commercial (703) 274-4865 or
DSN 284-4865. Thank you. Robin
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Pan your Requirt
Jan
Office or Assistant Secretary of Detense (Public Affairs)
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
NEWS RELEA
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301
PLEASE NOTE DATE
No. 212-92
(703) 695-3381 (info)
(703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 7, 1992
(703) 697-5737 (public/inc ustry)
ARMED FORCES BROADCASTING CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
50 years of serving the American military overseas
(Pcommuniti)
703-697-5737
The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, a World War II morale booster that
became the worldwide satellite network informing and entertaining U.S. troops in the Pe sian
Gulf, celebrates its 50th anniversary on May 26th.
The service, with an audience of 1.3 million in 128 countries, has served generat ons
of military personnel - from the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific in World War I, to
the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia. Overseas commanders continuously ra e
AFRTS as a top quality of life program.
Its roster of guest performers and alumni reads like a Who's Who of the U.S.
entertainment industry -- Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Jack Beni y, Pat
Sajak and Casey Kasern. And its offerings range from major sporting events to news an 1
syndicated programming.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, in a message praising the network on its half cer tury
of service, said, "I congratulate you all for carrying on a tradition of keeping America's armed
forces the best informed military in the world. From Normandy to Inchon to Pleiku and to
Dhahran, you've been there, keeping the troops in touch with the world and keeping up
everyone's morale."
The Armed Forces Radio Service was founded May 26, 1942, after Army official Is
examined unofficial but popular pirate radio stations operating at bases in Kodiak and Sitka,
Alaska consisting of little more than phonographs sending a signal as far as the mess t all
speakers.
Early news broadcasts were sent by shortwave radio, and entertainment programs were
shipped overseas on 16-inch records. Television was added in 1953, and satellites were first
employed in 1977. By 1988, satellite radio had replaced shortwave broadcasts, and no ₩ the
service can send the Super Bowl live to ships at sea.
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The first director, Army Colonel Tom Lewis, set a mission for the new service that is
still followed: "To assist in supplying the American soldier with the emotional and intelle ctual
impetus he needs to make him a better fighting man, and to strive to maintain in him the
mental attitudes of a free American."
During World War II, it was the link home for millions of Americans from all serv ices
overseas. Hollywood stars entertained on such shows as "GI Journal," "Command Perf yr-
mance," and "Mail Call." GI Jill did Armed Forces Radio broadcasts to counter Tokyo ose. 1
After the war, Armed Forces Radio remained on the air to serve the troops who tayed
in Europe and Asia to keep the peace. And when the Korean War broke out, AFRS broadcast-
ers headed for the Korean Peninsula. Any thought of ending the service vanished.
During the 1960s and 1970s, the network's reputation for lifting morale under
difficult circumstances was typified by disc jockey Adrian Cronauer, who made famous h S
sign-on, "Good Morning, Vietnam," and inspired the movie starring Robin Williams.
During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, AFRTS faced the challenge of
building a network of stations covering an area roughly the size of the northeastern Uni ed
States. Satellite feeds served until a live broadcast in October 1990 from Dhahran brow
"Shield 107" to troops whose number would climb to over 540,000.
In that broadcast, from a tiny studio built in a shipping container, AFRTS broad caster
Rick Yanku borrowed a line from Cronauer and opened the first show with, "Good Mo ming,
Saudi Arabia." The first tune was "Rock the Casbah."
From its start as a morale booster in the Arctic, AFRTS has become an around-ihe-
clock operation with quality programming, thanks to a dedicated staff and the generous ielp
of the U.S. entertainment and news industries, program syndicators and sports organiza ions,
providing a window on the home front for service personnel and their families overseas
The service originates and packages programs from its Broadcast Center in Los A: geles.
It mails audio and video entertainment packages and beams time sensitive news and infort nation
programs over seven satellites to nearly 1,000 outlets on land and sea. Military broade sters
provide news and information transmitted directly from local commands in Asia, the Pac fic,
Central America and Europe.
Note: Copies of still photos, audio and video spots are available through Ms. Be tie
Sprigg at (703) 695-0168.
stave Engineer
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February 1, 1992
Letter # 1
ARMED FORCES RADIO AND TELEVISION SERVICE
Survey
601 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2007
Dear Sir:
I received your survey form today and would like to send another
letter expressing my feeling for AFRTS that I could not get on the
survey form.
I have been in the Air Force for twenty-one years so far and have
been overseas fourteen years of that. I have watched and listened to
AFRTS and without the service that AFRTS provides I think I would have
lost touch totally with the U.S.
(The service that AFRTS provides is first rate and has gotten UP-
to-date since the late 1970's. I remember watching the black and white
westerns, comedies and old, old movies in the early 70's. In the
mid 1970's and 1980's AFRTS provided more and more updated and current
viewing. During 1990 and 1991 I was stationed in the Philippines and
the viewing was sometimes only weeks old.
can not neglect the radio programming either. I remember when
Charlie Tuna first started with AFRTS and how much radio meant teing
far from the base without TV. Without the AFRTS radio programming we
would have been totally isolated from America. I hope that Congress
does not get carried away with all the cuts and mess UP AFRTS. Our
service personnel need the programming and all that AFRTS provides,]
(Last, but not least, I would like to commend all the personnel
from FEN-Philippines at Clark Air Base and Subic Bay for the dedicition
and the profound service they provided during our evacuation from the
Mt Pinatubo eruption. The FEN-P personnel took great risks to keep on
broadcasting during the eruption and fallout to "Keep Us Batter
Informed". Ear East Network-Philippines will be greatly missed bE my
family and myself.7 It is very much like a death in the "Family".
I hope that this letter expressed what AFRTS meant to me. I hope
that AFRTS will keep UP the great service.
Sincerely,
James AMES W. W. SAMSON Samm
Letter#
3111 E. 20th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99504-2817
Thanks for being here
Recat letter
As my wife and two children com-
plete our fourth and prob ably final tour
in Europe, we particul arly want to
thank and compliment everyone in-
to AFRTS
volved with AFRTS (Armed Forces
Radio and Television Service).
network in
There were hundreds of organiza-
tions supporting us and rther military
Europe.
families here in Europe, rut none that
contributed more on a dai y basis to our
quality of life than AFRTS.
You helped a lot. What you do is im-
portant. Thanks again.
-Chief Warrant Officer 3
Dennis L Driver
Nürnberg, Germany
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WELNESDAY, June 24, 1992
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
June 23, 1992
Pg. V-1
ting its 50th anniversary this year, has been
George Kennedy, Robert its 12gia, Hans Conried
Morale victorles
close behind.
and Brodsrick Crawford, V's Pat Sajack and
Gary Collins, nationally 1 mdicated columnist
Today, à military audience of 1.3 million in
William Saftre and TV 1 reducer and writer
128 countrics gots the service's news, entertain-
Larry Gelbart. That's not mention the thou-
After 50 years,
ment and sports programs. many of them pro-
sands of lesser-known fill lo and TV broad-
vided by American commercial radio and TV
carters who are also alumy of the service.
networks for I fraction of their usual cost.
Through - combination of sateilite delivery,
Having replaced a scatts ed group of unoffl-
Armed Forces
cial military nations in AN uska in 1942 during
over-the-air broadcasts and-for the more iso-
the military buildup after the Japanese altack
lated bases-regular shipments of audio and
on Pearl Harbor, the Amt d Forces Radio Ser-
broadcasts still bring
video programs on tape, the broadcast service's
500 outicis on land and 400 DD Navy ships at
vice (TV was added in 1954) was orcased by
see brine "60 Minutes." "Roscanne," the
the War Department's Man sie Services Division
a touch of home
World Scries and the latest pop hits from the
10 bring American military personnel the same
States to military personnal and their families.
kinds of radio programs M enjoyed at home.
In the introduction to la I new unofficial his.
to the troops
Administered by the Defense Department,
tory of the Armed Forces Ladio and Tolevision
the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Service, "Brass Button 19 ordeasters" (Turner
also produces a variety of programs at is mad-
Publishing Co., Paducab, Ky.), Trent Christ.
By Dan Kening
em broadcast center in Los Angales. The -
man, a 28-year veteran of the service, puts its
ice's superstations in Frankfurt, Cermany:
continuing role in persped ve:
or some, it was "Gooood morning, Vist-
Vicense. Italy: and Incerik, Turiory, llak origi-
"Poll after poll has whe wn Want the voldier,
F
nami" For others it was "Gooood morn-
nal radio and TV programs to satallites, while
milor. marine and airms considers AFRTS.
ing. Occupied Germany!" Mar recently.
smaller broadcast outlets originate programs as
along with mail from ho no, to be the most
It was "Oooood morning, Saudi Arabial"
well.
important single morale factor while serving
For hair a century, wherever U.S. mill-
A number of prominent names in brond-
overseas."
tary personnel have bean stationed overages-
casting and show business 801 their early
For many who served in World War II. mem-
training while working for the broadcast act-
ories of Listening so the $ rvice remain strong.
from Antarctica to Austris-the Armed Forces
Radio and Television Service, which is celebra-
vice. Among them are scrors Gene Hackman,
Typical is WBBM-TV wes herman Harry Volk-
man, a 19-ye anoid Army private
LOS ANGELES TIMES (Wash. Ed.) June 23, 1992
WALL STREET JOURNAL
in 1945.
Pg.
"II provider & we to home." he
June 24, 1992 Pg. 34
said of listerd 18 to Armed Forces
U.S. Warns of Security
Radio while on & troopship
McDonned Douglas Corp.
heading to rope near the and of
McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis,
the war. "Win n you're young and
said n will mouly 201 at its
thousands of miles away, home is
Threat in Yugoslav War
McDonnes Aircraft Co. subsessembly plant
something the you chought about
in Tulsa. Okis., that their jobs have been
a IOL You MM ndered if you'd CVCC
circulus ved Include of the winding down of
gel back the = again. Programs
the P-15 Ragio program.
like 'OI Jive' gave you something
Balkans: Scoweroft signals that the Administration is
The just batch of Air Purce F-150 is now
to Istch on $2
inching toward possible military intervention.
In production, and the line is schoduled to
"GI Jive" was a jukebox-myle
close in 1994 unless McDonnell Douglas
program hosic d by a Birl-next-door
receives new orders or a previous order by
type "OI JUL" Vintage Armed
By DOYLE McMANUS
Saudi Arabia is approved. a company
Forces Radio programs like it and
and MICHAEL ROSS
to a coase-fire and sllow a United
spokesman said.
"Command Performance" and
TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Nations pcacekeeping force Lo se.
The Saudi request for 72 P-168 is under
"Mail Call* an be heard from 1
cure the city. And he refused to
review by the administration. but McDon.
to 5 p.m. i Hurdays on Chuck
WASHINGTON-In & signal
forecast what the Administration
nott Dougnas "harn't been given any Indi-
Scheden's "T" ose Were the Days"
that the Bush Administration is
would do If it becomes clear that no
cation" of when a decision mig! be made.
program OR WNIB-FM 97.1, as
inching Lowerd possible military
conse-fire is possible.
the spokesman said. If President isuan
intervention in Yugosiavia, Na.
But his comments reflected 4
recommends approval of the request. IL
pan of his ur-year spotlight on
radio during /orld War II.
Lional Security Adviser Brent
gradual shift in the chinking of
must then clear Congress.
Scoweroft said Monday that the
Administration officials. who earlt-
July 1 will be the last day of work for 187
Blank ting Europe
conflict in the Balkans could soon
or instated that the fighting in the
union members, and July 10. the ism day
for 20 salaried employees at the Tulsa
As some of Hollywood's top tal-
become a threat to the security of
former Yugoslavia did not affect
the United States and its European
U.S. national security interests and
plant. The job cuts WILL reduce the number
ent Agents # se pressed into the
of plant employees to about 1.800 from
service, in's surprise that these
allies.
virtually ruled out military action,
approximately 2.000 and will bring to 753
programs. who ch were recorded on
even as part of 4 multinational
the total number of job terminations there
16-inch tran acription discs for
"It's aiready out of control.
force.
since January.
shipment or recas, featured the
Scoweroft said of the was among
Other officials said that Scow-
stage and sell ca's biggest stars. In
the former Yugoalav republics. "As
croft and sides have been prepar-
airport for relief shipments. Sull,
response to the QUANIE from military
the conflict goes on and define
ing options. including U.S. partici-
he added, "The situation is fluid
personnel. 31 us could hear Lana
attempts at solution. the risks of it
patien in I multinational military
it's hard to resolve."
Turner frying up a steak of Errol
directly impinging on the interests
force. for President Bush to consid-
Senate Minority Lander Bob
Flynn singing in the shower on
of the Euro-Auatititie community
er the current U.N. effort falls.
Dole (R-Kan.). meanwhile, called
"Command P erformance."
increase."
A White House official described
on the Ad.ninistration and its
The broads 151 service's Ameri-
Sooweroft, addressing à forum of
the Internal discussions as. "very
North Atlantic Treaty Organise-
can Forces ? atwork set up na
U.S. and European officials and
intensive" and said they Include
lion allies in Europe to put jet
tions all over Britain in 1943 as
experts, and the United States rull
options for the use of U.S. ate
fighters into the air over Bornia to
hundreds of thousands of U.S.
hopes that the Serbs and
power 10 protect @ multinational
protect relief convoys. authorise
troops pours I in, After D-Day,
fighting around Barajovo will agree
fords that would open the Sarajavo
THREAT
Pg.
4
MORAL: Pg. 18
CURRENT NEWS ANALYSIS & RESEARCH SERVICE
ROOM 40881, PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20320-1024,
CHIEF: Harbert J.Coleman (703) 055-2884 DEPUTY CHIEF: Walter N. Lang (703) 695.2884 CURRENT NEWS BRANCH: Till Phoebus, Chief
(703) 697-8785 Denise Brown, Early Bird Edhor Eimer Christian, Pat Dameli, Sharen Fouter, Maredith Johnson, CeralRippe. CaroiBurr mers, Lisa Statford,
Writer-Editers RESEARCH BRANCH: Ann Wood, Chief (703) 695-6959 Alice Boyd, Mary Katherine O'Donnell, Writer-Editon ADMINISTRATION:
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WEDNESDAY, June 24, 1992
WASHINGTON POST
on the shape of the peace talks
will not be classif ed of otherwise
MORALE from Pg. 2
table."
withhold to prot at the govern-
June 24, 1992 Pg.12
mobile stations followed the
Some of the troops seemed un-
meat from critic ism or embar-
able to give VP the service's TV
rassmal"
$8.5 Billion for Military
troops LO the Continent as they
programming. Steve Lopste. a for-
Veterans of the service point out
made their way east toward the
mer Army combet engineer, re-
that desjays was allowed to play
# The House approved $2.5
Rhine River. Similar networks
billion yeaterday tos consumer
sprang up in the Pacific theater,
calls @ experience while clearing
ausi-wer records furing the Viet-
including the Moequite and Jungie
out a fire base near Konsum.
DATE War, and to M Armed Forces
tion at collitary Installations
TV during that. are aired CBS'
worldwide, a package reflecting
Networks. By the and of the was
"We finished just before surnet
and net up $ couple of two-man
controversial print rams "The Sell-
the and of the Cold War.
some 300 stations were in opera-
tents," he mid. "I had just finished
ing of the Pents 10n" and "Viel-
By 390 to 33, the House
tion.
name The Uncom and Enemy."
Armed Forces Radio continued
checking the first guard watch
adopted the spending plas that
to serve the poss-war occupation
when 1 heard B funny noise com-
"Our feeling as always been
in about $39 million less than
forban in Europe and Japan, but
ing from one of the tents. I looked
that an American servicemen is a
the focus of the programming
inside and found two of my guys
citizen first and & soldier or air-
last year's but $201 million
more thes President Bush
watching Combat' on their TV,
man second," # d author Christ-
shifted from morala-building to
sought for the fiscal year Drg.
helping the forces prepare for the
right in the middle of a was zone."
man "They has every right to
ning Oct, 1. It goes to the Sen-
transition back to civilian life.
While they may not have been
know M much st out what is going
on in their own cuntry as a civil-
During the Korean War, 4 num-
our on the front lines. Armed
ate.
ber of Armed Forces Radio and
Forces Radio and Television Ser-
ian in the States loes."
The House sisshed $100 mil-
Television Service stations were
vice personnel paid the ultimate
That's not to % y that some raili-
lion from the $221 million Busin
price as well. in 1970, a damaged
Lary officials did n't try to "man-
housed in vena and bad names like
requested for the NATO Laire-
Radio Kilroy (wheen slogan was,
U.S. P-4 Phantom crashed into an
ago" the breader RÉ service's news.
structure Fund. which provides
"We don't know where we'll be
Armed Forces station in Thailand,
Greg Hoadley, * ho was a civilina
the United States and its allien
next, and nobody sise does of
killing nine staff members. Two
senior aditor for he Armed Porces
money for construction work is
years earlier, during the Tax offen-
Radio and Tel: vision Service in
ther"). When Harry Trumen re-
sive, North Vistramese troops at-
Washington from 1967 to 1972.
Europe.
lieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of
command of the American forces
tacked the Armed Forces station
recalls such atten pts.
A major portion of the-pack-
in Korea, MacArthur learned of
in Has The station's staff was
age-more than &2 billion-In
capaured and spent five years in E
"The crew I # orked with was a
his ouster while listening to an
for cleaning up and closing mill-
Armed Forces radio station.
prison carm.
combination military-civilian
stary bashs. The House. cob-
One notable Korean War-era
The broadcast service had its
group of nowaca HARR, and we had
carned about the level of scrup
lighter moments as well. When
I constant battle to keep the news
veteran of the broadcast service is
tiny the Pentagon is giving the
actor George Kennedy. who as an
Own. Manuel Norices was holed
straight,' he I id. "There was a
Army captain was commander of
up in the Varidan Embassy in
lot of pressure 0 bend the naws,
issue, trimmed Bush's request
Panama at the and of 1989 and
But despite the thream from the
by $150 million.
the station in Scoul
beginning of 1990, the service pro-
Own. Bullmooss overseas, we out
The package provider $133
The service, be said, "had & poll-
million for a fund that helps notify
cy, against officers being broad-
vided the music chosen by the
the straight nown."
casters. So 1 used to get on the are
psychological operations group to
The struggle 10 inform military
Stary personnel affected by base
by changing my name. Instead of
Rush him OUL Among the songs
personnel and air families is not
without its iron at Faul Miller, a
cloalaga and directs the Decease
Ozorge Kennedy I was Ken
played at ear-eplitting volume out.
Department to: possider
side the embewy were the Clash's
former Air Far à station manager
Chorge. If your inclinations were
unused military facilities, for
far more towards show business
"I Fought the Law (And the Law
of the broadcas service's outlet in
prisons's vocational training. W4
Wos). Led Zeppslin's "Your
Diyarbakir. Tur ey, recalls one of
and Jess towards the Army--ss
mine slways washington found a
Time is Gonns Come" and
his most memor able broadcasts.
Rep: Date Borton (R-1043
way to get on the air. I learned
Martha and the Vendcllas'
"I was play ng rock 'n' toll
tried unsuccessfully to eliminate
"Nowhere 10 Run."
music the nig 11 that JFK was
how to use my votes and so many
$19 million in the bill for de-
other things there, and I'St forever
Just as it had served as a mo-
shot," he said. 1 searched all over
fense SCCEED., roads. Camp
be graseful for that."
rale-builder so years earlier in
the shortway band, and the
McCale, Miss. The facility is in
Robin Williams'. exploirs as a
World War II. the broadcast ser-
clearest signal 1 could find We
wild and wooly millsary desjuy in
vice helped U.S.I forces in Saudi
from the RBC renamittes in Aus
the district of Rep. Jamie White
ten (D-Miss.). chairman of the
the film "Oood Morning, Vict-
Arable pass their down time dur-
tralia. The Voi $ of America the
Appropriations Committee.
num" were based on the experi-
ins Operation Desert Storm.
even the Euro can AFRTS sin
Shordy after Traq invaded Kuweis
tions weren't raying much, 6169
"This is pure pork and we know
onces of former Armed Forces
it," aaid Burton, who warned of
radio brondenster Adrian
on AUG. 2, 1990, four mobile vane
after the death confirmation. SI
an "economie- calamity" and
Cronamer. Typical of Hallywood,
containing complete radio and TV
the BBC was 11 a source of choice.
facilities were dispasabed to Saudi
1 just patched their signal in and
Cronswer's exploits were embai-
lished in the liken, but the broad-
Arabia. On "Shield 107" in
sat back. due bfounded, at the
urged lawmakers to at the bud-
Dharan, desjay Rick Yanku
events. I good hat within minutes
get and start with this project.
cast service did provide many
The House rejected his amend-
micmorable experiences for those
opened the station's first broadosst
every radio or the base was tuncx
who served in the Vieusam War.
with and hearty. "Gooood morning.
in to US."
mant. 276 a 143.
Saudi Arabial" before playing his
Although the number of America
WASHINGTON TIMES
"Listoning to AFRTS made our
fires musical sciection-the Clash's
cans serving n the military
lives somewhat- carred at times."
"Rock the Casbab."
stirinking and 1 number of
June 24, 1992 Pg. B2
said Barry ToD, M infantrymen in
seas bases are set to close. 11a
200 Belvoir Jobs
Vicinam's central highlands in
Keeping them informed
Armed Forces Radio and Tel.,
1968. "There we were studying it
Unliks the Voice of America,
sion Service If unains to bring
moving to Aberdeen
out in the mountains against the
which serves as the official mouth-
touch of hom to the men Kil<
A decision by the Army to -
[North Victnamese artay) and
piece of the U.S. government, the
women in unit m.
solidate the endrance training pro-
then retreating to positions and
Anned Forces Radio and Talevi-
"As long as here are American
grame means 200 jobs - as Fort
listening to S&L Pepper,' or
sion Service doesn't always follow
troops over as there will In
Balved will be transferred to About
hearing on the DDWS about how we
the party line The Defense De-
AFRTS," said Chrissman.
dean Proving Ground.
were negotiating for three months
particiant's position on its broad-
Dan Kening is a Chicago
The move, annomed Monday
casta reads. in part. "information
lance writer.
came as the Army is considering &
Relveir during the newt flacial year
larger merger of ordnance
are the 610th Orderance Battalion
NEW
YORK
TIMES
June
24,
1992
Pg.
D4
schools at Abardeen and the Kas-
and the Support Equip
ANTI-ARMOR SYSTEM'S DESIGN APPROVED. NOIR THROP BAYS
stone Argenal in Huzarville, Ala.
must Department, with shout 190
That sould mean 1,000 mare jobs,
military and as civillen jobs.
The Morthrop Corporation said see anti-ariner weapon rystem had
but the Army MET decided
Civillan personnel now at the
passed - Army design review. allowing production of NON mie-
whether the consolidation would
Virginia facility will be offered
siles for Hight testing - year. Northrop was awarded 6 1 944 vailion non-
take place at Abardeen or
John at Aberdeen "10 the extent that
Irade iss year 16 develop the weapon. called BAT, which 11 II be used to find,
Hungsville.
transferred positions are evail-
Black and destroy moving as mored vehicles. Northrop an irea lost 37.5
Moving to Abordesn (rom Fort
shie," an Abordeen and
cares yesterday, clasing at $25.835 an the New York Stock brchange. (AP)
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3 June 92
Tuning in
to 50 years
of military
air power
By Tom Kelly
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
t is among the things the Army
I
does best and this spring it's
been doing it for 50 years.
One tropical evening in
1942. True Boardman spun what
may have been the Armed Forces
Radio Service's first official disc.
Some 43 years later Adrian
Cronauer was in Saigon yowling
Googonoooooood Mooooooooor-
ning. Vietnam" to our soldiers and
last year Patty Cunningham was in
Saudi Arabia beating Baghdad Betty
at her own game.
Wednesday Mr. Boardman. 82.
111
Mr. Cronauer, 53, Sgt. Cunningham.
34, and other Armed Forces Radio
veterans will gather at the Pentagon
to watch the Defense Department
dedicate a corridor to the highlights
of half a century of military broad-
casting.
The years brought a measure of
see RADIO, page D2
Army Specialist Dave Shearer broadcasts from Seoul in the 1950s.
VERS
Jack Brown of AFRS Interviews Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for
in the early days of Operation Desert Storm. aim in listen to broadcaste
broadcast to troops overweas during World War 11.
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Mr. Cronauer let Vietnam and
RADIO
the Air Force in I pril 1966 and
worked in commer cial radio and
television in Ohio. Vi rginia and New
From page DI
York for 20 years. In 1986, at the age
fame to Mr. Cronauer, the role model
of 47, he enrolled in I IW school at the
for the movie "Good Morning, Viet-
University of Pennis Ivania.
nam." starring Robin Williams, and
Sgt. Cunningham grew up in Ful.
satisfaction to listeners.
lerton, Calif., studi d communica-
"It was truly one of the best expe-
tions at California $ tate University
riences of my life," Sgt. Cunningham
in Fullerton and join ed the Army in
says. "There were good days and bad
1981. She's been in I idio ever since,
days and I felt pushed to the limit but
including a stretch 4 5 a disc jockey
we were there where we were
in Frankfurt, Germa ny.
needed, trying to answer every-
"That was kind of neat," she says.
body's dreams."
"I had the midday sin )W that went all
Now called the Armed Forces Ra-
over Germany and t le Netherlands
dio and Television Service, it has
and Belgium."
1,700 employees, 60 percent of them
In 1991 she was ent to the Per-
military. It transmits radio and tele-
Photo by Willard Voiz/The Kisshington Times
sian Gulf to tape intes views with ser-
vision programs to an official audi-
Adrian Cronauer
vicemen for Army/A ir Force Home
ence of 1.3 million military person-
Town News Service and then one
nel and their families plus an
morning in January her boss said,
immense, uncounted "shadow" audi-
"You're doing the m ming show to-
ence of non-American civilians.
morrow."
There are 1,000 transmitters of
"When the first hour ended. I
From then on she roadcasted ev-
all types and 51 manned studios,
signed off with this program was
ery morning from 6 i.m. to noon.
broadcasting to audiences in 128
brought to you by the special Armed
"We had music Itl d spots, safety
countries. The programs are basi-
Forces Radio Service' and, as far as
messages - don't pl :k up live hand
cally those broadcast by the TV and
I know, that was the first time those
grenades, when the Scuds come in
radio networks plus AFR disc jockey
particular words were said over the
put on your protectiv gear- and we
shows produced in Los Angeles and
air," he says.
had news updates, ive-minute re-
local news shows produced over-
The AFR was soon producing its
ports from Army rep arters that we'd
seas.
own shows, featuring stars such as
pur together into II program," she
The service is totally integrated
Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore and Rose-
says.
among the services with Army, Air
mary Clooney There was an all-
Sgt. Cunningham uso had a rival,
Force and Navy personnel working
black progam called "Jubilee," fea-
an Iraqi disc jockey nown as Bagh-
side by side.
turing Lena Horne and Earl "Fatha"
dad Betty, who broad cast that Holly-
It has come a long way from its
Hines.
wood and TV stars were sleeping
humble beginning in 1942, though
The most popular songs, then and
with the wives and sweethearts of
the moment of its birth is obscured
since, were romantic ballada
the troops in the Gulf.
by historical static.
"The one that beat all the rest,"
"She said that all nong the stars
Col. Joseph Cook a spokesman
Mr. Boardman says, "was 'Always'
who were doing that vas the famous
for what is now the Armed Forces
Mr. Cronauer joined the Air
Bart Simpson." Ser: Cunningham
Radio and Television Service, says
Force in 1962 to avoid the draft. At
says with a smile.
that when Congress passed the law
the time he was as student in commu-
authorizing it in the spring of 1942,
nications at American University
The sergeant's P ogram got end-
informal programs for the troops
and moonlighting at station WEAM
less requests, include ing phone calls
were already being broadcast in
in Arlington.
from wives and gi. ifriends in the
Alaska and Panama and True Board-
"I was in my last year and I only
United States.
man was already in place.
needed 11 credits to graduate so that
"We also had a hu ge shadow audi-
Mr. Boardman had been the chief
was all I signed up for. The draft
ence among the loca population and
writer of the "Silver Theater" radio
board decided that meant I wasn't a
I got a lot of calls 1 om 17-year-old
show, which originated in Holly-
full-time student 80 I volunteered for
boys," she says.
wood. When the Japanese bombed.
the Air Force," be says.
She played mai ily love songs
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. 1941, he was
After training in Florida, be was
along with many par riotic ones.
commissioned a captain in the Army.
sent to Crete where he opened his
"The most popi lar ones were
He was sent to Puerto Rico to ar-
show with "Go00000000000d
Bette Midler's 'Wit d Beneath My
range English-language programs
Mooooooooorning, Heraklion." the
Wings, and Richard Marx's 'Right
for American troops stationed there.
the island's capital. As his tour in
There Waiting' and lueen's 'We Are
He can't recall the names of the
Greece was nearing an end. be vol-
the Champions, an 'Another One
tunes or the singers but he remem-
unteered to go to Vietnam to see the
Bites the Dust, as he Scuds were
bers that he personally carried the
East."
coming in," Sgt. Cut tingham says.
first record, which was as big as a
At the time, he says, "Vietnam
Sgt. Cunninghare now an admin-
pizza pie, to the station and put it on
was relatively quiet and Salgon a
istrator at the Pents on, says she has
the turntable.
sleepy French colonial town. Then
no inclination to se k fame or for-
There were three stations in
Congress passed the Gulf of Tankin
tune in commerc broadcasting
Puerto Rico. He broadcast record-
Resolution, authorizing full-scale
and intends to stay is the Army until
ings of big network shows for a dif-
operations and just as I was getting
retirement.
ferent hour each night on each of
ready to leave I heard on the radio
"The outside is es entirely differ-
them.
that the Armed Forces Radio station
ent place," she says. "There may be
in Saigon had just been blown up."
more money and fac e there but I'm
very happy here."
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May 1992
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
Fact Sheet
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service provides radio and
television news, sports, information, and entertainment programming to military
personnel and their family members stationed overseas or at sea. The
programs are representative of those seen and heard in the United States and
are provided without censorship, propagandizing, or manipulation.
AFRTS exercises no control over the content of program material, bu t
deletes commercials and replaces them with information of interest to mili ary
personnel and their family members.
Program owners and syndicators make their products available to AFRTS
at a fraction of the cost that would be paid by commercial radio or television
stations. Many programs are provided free of charge. Through the genera us
cooperation of performing guilds, unions, and federations AFRTS is not ch: rged
performance rights or residual fees for the programs.
Programs are provided to the AFRTS overseas audience through lan-1
stations or deployed ships. Some land-based outlets are organized as networks
to serve specific geographic areas; others consist of small, closed-circuit ouilets
providing service to remote and isolated locations where normal over-the-sir
AFRTS service is unavailable.
All programs are negotiated for, procured, and distributed by the AFRTS
Broadcast Center in Los Angeles, CA. AFRTS provides a balanced selection of
top-rated U.S. radio and television programs. Religious programs are selected
by the Armed Forces Chaplains Board. Most programs are sent overseas by
mail. Time-sensitive programs are transmitted by satellite. Program
services include:
Radio News/Special Events. AFRTS provides international, national, at d
military radio news as well as special events coverage, news analysis and
commentary, public affairs material, and play-by-play sports. AFRTS uses
satellite facilities to provide this service 24-hours per day, seven days a week.
News programs are provided directly from the major U.S. commercial and
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public networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, Mutual, National Public Radio,
Associated Press Radio Network, and United Press International Radio
Network. In addition to these audio services, AFRTS provides outlets with
teletype news copy from the radio wires of AP and UPI.
Radio Entertainment. Radio entertainment programs are produced in house
or acquired from commercial and public service radio syndicators. These
entertainment programs are placed into weekly program units and mailed to
each authorized AFRTS outlet. These packages contain the most popular new
recordings in various music categories for use by outlets in producing local
radio programs. A satellite-delivered music service is also provided to lard-
based stations.
Television News/Special Events. The television equivalent of the radio
broadcast service is the AFRTS Satellite Network (SATNET). SATNET
provides 24 hours of news, sports, special events, and timely entertainment
programming to satellite-equipped AFRTS outlets. SATNET uses programming
offered by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, PBS, ESPN, TBS and other sources available
through either cable or satellite reception.
Television Entertainment. Most television entertainment programs are non-
timely and therefore are delivered to AFRTS outlets by mail via weekly
program units on videocassette to supplement the programs delivered via
satellite. Affiliates without satellite capability also receive news, sports, and
timely entertainment programs on videocassette via priority mail shipmer ts.
Also included in the weekly program units are non-timely information, sp orts
programs and feature films. Over a year's time AFRTS units normally it clude
over 90 percent of the top rated programs in the United States.
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American Forces Information Service
May 1992
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
Fact Sheet
Historical Summary
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
The first military radio stations appeared in Panama and Alaska ust
prior to World War II. During the first days of U.S. entry into WWII, È
military radio station was started on Bataan and Corregidor in the Philippines
by General Douglas MacArthur's staff. The success of these early radio
stations paved the way for the creation of the Armed Forces Radio Service.
On May 26, 1942, the War Department officially established AFRS with
the mission of providing programming, shortwave service, and broadcast
equipment for U.S. military personnel overseas. AFRS was to give
servicemembers a touch of home and combat Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose. Los
Angeles was selected as the first headquarters for AFRS and broadcasting
executive Thomas H. Lewis was selected as the first commander. With the
overwhelming support of the entertainment industry and dedicated milits ry
members, he quickly turned AFRS into a professional broadcast unit. Many
young radio entertainers got their start with AFRS during WWII.
In 1945, at the height of WWII, some 300 AFRS radio stations served
U.S. troops worldwide.
Armed Forces Television began at Limestone AFB, Maine in 1953. In
1954, the television mission was officially recognized and AFRS became FRTS
- the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.
Continuing to provide radio and television service to U.S. combat I pres
overseas, AFRTS quickly expanded during the Korean Conflict and again during
the Vietnam Conflict. During these conflicts, AFRTS introduced the use of
mobile, self-contained broadcast vans with portable towers which allowed the
American Forces Korea Network and the American Forces Vietnam Network to
quickly provide AFRTS services during the buildup of U.S. Forces. The
American Forces Korea Network remains in operation today.
Keeping up with technology, AFRTS introduced color television in he
early 1970s and began using satellites to provide live news and sporting events
in 1977. Satellite transmitted radio replaced the shortwave system in 1988
expanding the quality and coverage of worldwide radio services.
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During Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, AFRTS once again
provided service to U.S. combat forces. In less than a month, AFRTS deployed
portable vans to provide local radio service. Shortly thereafter, the service
was expanded to include television. By the end of the conflict, the Armod
Forces Desert Network, using over 40 transmitters, was providing news and
entertainment from home to an area the size of the northeast United States.
When U.S. forces liberated Kuwait, AFRTS was also there to provide radio and
television service.
Today, from its Broadcast Center in Los Angeles, AFRTS uses seven
satellites to provide service to over 500 outlets in more than 120 countries
and U.S. territories. Over 400 U.S. Navy ships at sea also receive AFFTS
programming.
From the days of isolated radio stations, AFRTS has grown to a
worldwide, state-of-the-art network, continuing to provide a touch of hon e to
over 1.3 million U.S. servicemembers and their families serving overseas
1992
50
How will this be used?
1942
Bunton
July 20, 1992
Draft One
AFRTS
PRESIDENTIAL VIDEO MESSAGE:
50th ANNIVERSARY AFRTS
On this fiftieth anniversary of the Armed Forces Radio and
how mary how many
Television service, I congratulate all the men and women serving
with A-F-R-T-S around the world. from where to where? @ how many stations 7
For hive checkes For five
Throughout the years, Armed Forces Radio and Television has
word from
and their Families
brought a touch of home to America's military personnel serving
overseas and their families. As these men and women fight to
away
preserve peace and freedom in far-off places, A.F.R.T.S. serves
as an important link with the home front. word from home
Your repuation for providing news and quality entertainment
to our fighting men and women is recognized throughout the
military. From the Pacific region during World War II, to the
hills of Korea, to the jungles of Vietnam, and the sands of the
Middle East, you were there. Yours is a rich heritage of service
to those who wear the uniform. You can be very proud of your
accomplishments.
I salute all of you for the outstanding job you have done
for our coutnry in keeping our service men and women the best
informed military in the world.
# # #
what are AFTS Staff members called.
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to distant corners of the world
faraway places
across oceans
news of what's happeneng@ hom
cities to ships
trushd Voice of a friend
from frontier to frontline
suburbs to bunkers
cities
villages
towns to
heartland to the heart of a soldier
battlefield
newsreels
covered continents
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BODY:
After 47 years on the air, the Protestant Hour is changing its format from
simply a sermon to combining an inspirational message with music and
conversation.
The program is broadcast weekly on about 300 radio stations across the
country and on U.S. Armed Forces Radio, sponsored by the United Methodist,
Presbyterian (U.S.A.), Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
churches.
The new weekly combination of inspirational messages, music and discussion
makes it "a more human program," says Woody Wilson, associate producer. He said
it also will have more ecumenical diversity.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has appointed Roman Catholic Cardinal
Bernard F. Law of Boston as chairman of a nine-member U.S. Commission on Legal
Immigration to evaluate the 1990 immigration act.
Law also chairs the U.S. Catholic bishops' migration committee.
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Paige Patterson, a key strategist in the
takeover of Southern Baptist leadership by biblical fundamentalists, has been
nominated as the next president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
here.
Trustees said Patterson of Dallas has accepted the bid for the new post to
replace the Rev. Lewis Drummond, who is retiring after four years at the
seminary, during which it lost much of its faculty and student body.
NEW YORK (AP) - Alarmed by a report that nearly 1 million American Jews are
not registered to vote, the Synagogue Council of America embracing all three
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wings of Judaism has launched a national voter registration campaign.
"We expect the message of Jewish voter responsibility will penetrate into
every Jewish household in America," said Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson, SCA
president.
WASHINGTON (AP) - An adviser to U.S. Roman Catholic bishops told a Senate
subcomittee that the bishops want Western aid to the former Soviet states "on a
scale commensurate with the extraordinary transformation under way."
The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir urged "that we do all we can to work with them to
overcome new threats of disillusionment, hardship, instability and violence, and
to assist them in securing a just and lasting peace."
CHICAGO (AP) - Representatives of the Episcopal Church and Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America laid plans here for providing materials for study
throughout both denominations on recommended "full communion" betweem them.
Full communion would not mean merger, but that "we have now come to the point
where we can share everything," including the Lord's Supper, said the Rev.
Richard L. Jeske, a Lutheran member of the joint team and a New York pastor.
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, saying people are
"God's creation," met with an interfaith group here May 13.
Asked by the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell of the National Council of Churches
about how to strengthen relations between U.S. churches and those in the former
Soviet area, Gorbachev said:
"It is extremely important for the churches to work together. Surmounting
differences is what gives the churches their moral authority. It is up to the
church to make politicians moral."
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, saying people are "God's
creation," met with an interfaith group here May 13.
Asked by the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell of the National Council of Churches
about how to strengthen relations between U.S. churches and those in the former
Soviet area, Gorbachev said:
"It is extremely important for the churches to work together. Surmounting
differences is what gives the churches their moral authority. It is up to the
church to make politicians moral."
CHICAGO (AP) - Representatives of the Episcopal Church and Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America laid plans here for providing materials for study
throughout both denominations on recommended "full communion" between them.
Full communion would not mean merger, but that "we have now come to the point
where we can share everything," including the Lord's Supper, said the Rev.
Richard L. Jeske, a Lutheran member of the joint team and a New York pastor.
WASHINGTON (AP) - An adviser to U.S. Roman Catholic bishops told a Senate
subcommittee that the bishops want Western aid to the former Soviet states "on a
scale commensurate with the extraordinary transformation under way."
The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir urged "that we do all we can to work with them to
overcome new threats of disillusionment, hardship, instability and violence, and
to assist them in securing a just and lasting peace."
NEW YORK (AP) - Alarmed by a report that nearly 1 million American Jews are
not registered to vote, the Synagogue Council of America embracing all three
wings of Judaism has launched a national voter registration campaign.
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"We expect the message of Jewish voter responsibility will penetrate into
every Jewish household in America," said Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson, SCA
president.
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Paige Patterson, a key strategist in the
takeover of Southern Baptist leadership by biblical fundamentalists, has been
nominated as the next president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
here.
Trustees said Patterson of Dallas has accepted the bid for the new post to
replace the Rev. Lewis Drummond, who is retiring after four years at the
seminary, during which it lost much of its faculty and student body.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has appointed Roman Catholic Cardinal
Bernard F. Law of Boston as chairman of a nine-member U.S. Commission on Legal
Immigration to evaluate the 1990 immigration act.
Law also chairs the U.S. Catholic bishops' migration committee.
CHICAGO (AP) - After 47 years on the air, the Protestant Hour is changing its
format from simply a sermon to combining an inspirational message with music and
conversation.
The program is broadcast weekly on about 300 radio stations across the
country and on U.S. Armed Forces Radio, sponsored by the United Methodist,
Presbyterian (U.S.A.), Episcopal and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
churches.
The new weekly combination of inspirational messages, music and discussion
makes it "a more human program," says Woody Wilson, associate producer. He said
it also will have more ecumenical diversity.
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Copyright 1992 The Atlanta Constitution
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
January 12, 1992
SECTION: LOCAL NEWS; SECTION D; PAGE 05
LENGTH: 300 words
HEADLINE: KING WEEK 1992; Parade may have record TV audience
BYLINE: By Cynthia Durcanin STAFF WRITER
KEYWORD: television; records; civil; rights; leaders; holidays;
festivals; forecasts
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In Turnerspeak, Turner Broadcasting System has "increased its universe,"
which means this year's King parade has the potential to reach the largest
audience ever.
"Universe is the word we use to designate all the homes out there that can
view TBS. Last year we had 540,000 homes viewing the parade," said Beverly
Lowell, director of research for the Turner Entertainment Network.
One million more people at military bases around the world are expected to
view the parade on the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Network.
The growing viewership reflects the King Center's efforts to take the parade
beyond Auburn Avenue. Three years ago the King Center hired Argonne Productions,
an Atlanta-based "parade production firm," to make the holiday more accessible
worldwide.
"We are students of parades," said Eric Martin, the company's vice president.
"We study continuity and flow. It's important to keep a parade moving."
The company's president, Don Whiteley, is a former president of
the International Festivals Association and was responsible for
Coca-Cola's centennial parade.
Among the changes the firm made in this year's format was to move the parade
to the Saturday preceding the holiday, which falls on a weekday, to accommodate
working people. The parade begins at noon at the King Center on Auburn Avenue
and travels west to Peachtree, ending at the intersection of West Peachtree and
Baker streets.
Although the parade lineup is firm, the phone has not stopped ringing in the
past few hectic days, Mr. Martin said.
"We probably get about 70 calls a day from people who want to be in the
parade," he said, "and it ranges from the mother who wants her 6-year- old
to people who want to bring their pickup truck with their company sign on it.
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Copyright 1992 Southam Inc.
The Ottawa Citizen
January 11, 1992, Saturday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: RELIGION; BRIEFS; Pg. I7
LENGTH: 380 words
HEADLINE: RELIGION ROUNDUP
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MENNONITE BRETHREN
Christian rock program beamed around the world
A Christian rock music program produced by Mennonite Brethren Communications
in Winnipeg is now being broadcast around the world on the U.S. Armed Forces
radio network.
The program, Spin 180, began on a Winnipeg radio station more than four years
ago, and was broadcast for the first time Sunday to 1.9 million American service
personnel in 25 countries and on the high seas.
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Civil Rights League raps CRTC decision
The Catholic Civil Rights League has objected to a decision by the Canadian
Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.
In a letter to the CRTC, Robert Eady of Kanata says the league cannot accept
the CRTC's dismissal of its complaint that a film broadcast on Vision-TV
falsifies history and was hateful anti-Catholic propaganda.
Eady says petitions from more than 500 Catholics have objected to The Burning
Times, a National Film Board production that examines the burning of witches in
the Middle Ages as an attempt to destroy a matriarchal way of life.
Eady says the CRTC has labelled the film a "work of fiction" when it's
clearly intended as a documentary, and the commission should re-examine its
ruling.
EVANGELICALS
Fellowship of Canada critical of CRTC gay ruling
Brian Stiller, executive director of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada,
says the recent decision to ban abusive comments about homosexuals from the
airwaves will have a chilling effect on broadcasters.
In November, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
added sexual orientation to race, national origin, color, religion, sex, age and
mental or physical disability as grounds on which abusive comments cannot be
made.
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Stiller says the decision means that broadcasters will likely avoid
discussing ethical concerns about the issue, and may exclude from the airwaves
those evangelical Protestants, Jews, Roman Catholics, and Muslims "whose views
might run contrary to the opinion of the CRTC."
"Evangelicals would generally support equality for those of different sexual
orientation, but it is our view arising from the scriptures that homosexuality
and lesbianism are wrong and not allowed," said Stiller in a telephone
interview.
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