American Armed Forces Radio No 3

American Armed Forces Radio No 3 AFRS Basic Music Library: The Armed Forces Radio Service was a worldwide outfit, bringing a taste of home to G.I.s serving overseas. History and Collectors remember the Armed Forces Radio Service as a morale raising effort, but at its heart AFRS was a military organization. One of the “tools” on each AFRS Unit’s TOE (“Table of Equipment”) would have been a Basic Music Library, a series of discs filled with popular music that the local DJ could use to fill the air time when necessary.   The Basic Music Collection featured a variety of tunes to appeal to as many servicemen as possible. The American Forces Network can trace its origins to 26 May 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS).A television service was first introduced in 1954 with a pilot station at Limestone Air Force Base, Maine. In 1954, the television mission of AFRS was officially recognized and AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) became AFRTS (Armed Forces Radio and Television Service). All of the Armed Forces broadcasting affiliates worldwide merged under the AFN banner on 1 January 1998. On 21 November 2000, the American Forces Information Service directed a change of the AFRTS organizational title from Armed Forces Radio and Television Service back to American Forces Radio and Television Service.   Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have been acquired from publicly available sources on the Internet, and my goal has been to put together a collection of every available episode where possible. I will add to these collections if I discover new episodes or if any new episodes become available. Additionally, while I tried to put together a collection that contains the best version of each episode that I could, there may be better copies of some recordings available from collectors and dealers, and I encourage you to reach out to them if you are so inclined. If they are not in the public domain, notify me and they will be deleted.  

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.