The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Armed Forces Radio Tele Service
From Korean War broadcast booths to the Hollywood studios of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, these photographs and documents trace the network that piped news, music, and sports to American troops overseas. Station staff, shortwave press releases, and grateful fan mail together tell the story of radio as a lifeline to home.
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Promotional Cover, "This is the AFRTS Story"
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Press Brochure Cover Page
Table of Contents Page, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Booklet
Typewritten Page from Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Document, 'Five Questions' Civic Awareness Script
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service - Fact Sheets Cover Page
Budget Document: "Estimated Cost of AFRTS Operations for Fiscal Year 1956"
Armed Forces Radio & Television Service Fact Sheet - Organizational Mission and Production Statistics
AFRTS Fact Sheet, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (circa 1955)
AFRTS Fact Sheet - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Overseas Broadcasting Statistics
Title Page: 'The Radio Transcription Story' - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Document
Personnel of the Armed Forces Korea Network (AFKN) Radio Station 'Meteor,' Korean War Era
Staff of AFKN Radio Station 'Meteor' (1460 KC), 8214th Army Unit, Korea
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Press Release, 'Armed Forces Radio Service is World-Wide,' circa 1955
Typed Historical Summary of Armed Forces Radio Service Operations, Page 2
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) History/Operations Document, Page 3
Typewritten Document, Page 4 — History of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)
AFRTS Document, Page 5: 'Contact with the World Outside the Iron Curtain'
Radio Transcription Service Testimonial Letter, Headquarters Far East Air Forces, March 1955 (Page 1)
AFRTS Radio Transcription Service Testimonial Letter, Signed by Maj. Frank S. Mannetti, Jr., USAF
Section Divider Page: 'The Television Branch' — Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Document
TFK-TV Studio Broadcast, Keflavik Air Force Base, Iceland – Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Studio Production Scene, Serviceman at News Desk with Camera Crew
AFRTS Press Release: 'Television Travels to Shores of Tripoli' - Overseas Military TV Station Expansion
Typewritten Report Page 2 — Mission and Educational Value of Armed Forces Television Service
AFRTS Historical Document, Page 3: Report on Armed Forces Television Service Operations
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Report, Page 3 - Television Programming and Information/Education Film Strips
Typewritten Document, Page 4 — Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Overseas Broadcasting Report
AFRTS Administrative Report: Operation and Cost Factors, Station CSL-TV, Lajes AFB, Azores, May 1955
Television Testimonials -- Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Correspondence, October-November 1955
AFRTS Correspondence: Television Testimonials on World Series Broadcasts to Keflavik, Iceland, 1955
AFRTS "Television Testimonials" Document, Page 3 — KANU-TV Kagnew Station Letter and Lajes Field, Azores Report, 14 November 1955
Document Page 4: 'Television Testimonials (Cont'd.)' - AFRTS Report on CSL-TV, Lajes Field, Azores
AFRTS Television Testimonials Report, Page 5 - Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine
Typewritten Document Title Page: "The Shortwave Branch" (Armed Forces Radio Service Records)
AFRTS Shortwave Branch Newsroom: James L. Harris Instructs JO2 Walter R. Thompson
Newsroom Staff Reviewing Copy, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Typed Press Release: 'The Story of AFRTS Shortwave,' Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, circa 1955-1956
Typewritten Document, Page 2, Describing Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) Operations
AFRTS Promotional Report, Page 3: Shortwave Sports and Political Convention Coverage, circa 1956
New York Times Clipping, "Two Voices" by Jack Gould, February 5, 1956 (AFRTS Archive)
AFRTS Internal Memorandum: 'Sports' Broadcasting Operations, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, Los Angeles
Typewritten Report Page Describing AFRTS Sports Programming (Page 2)
RM1 William J. Eggers Operating AFRTS Shortwave Broadcast Control Board
US Navy Sailor Operating Broadcast Console, Armed Forces Radio Service Studio
Typewritten Report Page: Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, Shortwave Branch Operations Summary (Page 2)
AFRTS Shortwave Newscast Broadcast, SP1 Martin Wax and RM1 William J. Eggers
AFRTS Shortwave Radio Fan Mail Testimonials Document, 1955
AFRTS Shortwave Radio Testimonials Document, Page 2 (Continued)
AFRTS Shortwave Radio Testimonials Document — Armed Forces Radio Station WVTV, 1955
Section Divider Page: 'The Technical-Logistics Branch,' AFRTS Document
SP1 William P. Fearman Servicing an AFRS Broadcast Console, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Air Force Technician Servicing Broadcast Equipment, Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Duties Memorandum
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Report, Page 2 - Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Report, Page 3: Hollywood Installation Equipment and Facilities
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Manual, Page 4: Manufacturing of Sixteen-Inch Vinylite Transcription Discs
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Report, Page 5 - Transcription Disc Production and Remote Recording
AFRTS Technical Production Branch Report, Page 6 – Armed Forces Television Program Operations
