The Snapshots in Time Collection

AFRTS Administrative Report: Operation and Cost Factors, Station CSL-TV, Lajes AFB, Azores, May 1955

AFRTS Administrative Report: Operation and Cost Factors, Station CSL-TV, Lajes AFB, Azores, May 1955

This 1955 administrative report details the operating costs and broadcast statistics of CSL-TV, an Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) station at Lajes Air Force Base in the Azores. AFRTS brought stateside-style news and entertainment programming to American service members stationed at remote overseas outposts throughout the Cold War, and reports like this one -- tracking everything from equipment downtime to the cost of electricity -- reflect the military's careful accounting of the resources required to maintain morale-boosting broadcasts far from home. Project: 218514