This 1950s AFRTS Fact Sheet documents the remarkable scale of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, which unified in 1943 to bring entertainment and news to American service members worldwide. By the mid-1950s, AFRTS supplied 145 overseas radio outlets and 12 television stations from its Hollywood headquarters, reaching not only millions in uniform but an estimated 100 million additional listeners abroad, including audiences behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains seeking uncensored information. Project: 218514