Disney AFRS Poster
In 2022 Susan Knisley found this in a cabin in Athol, ID. She sent it to us and we added it to our collection of Long Lost Radio History Images.
VOUS St John’s, Newfoundland
Long Lost Radio History Images: LLRI #50 – VOUS – AFRS in Canada.
During the Second World War the United States set up its Fort Pepperrell base on the shores of Quidi Vidi Lake…
Radio Star and a Tank
RADIO STAR AND A TANK: This picture of Joy Nichols, 15-year-old star of the ZB programme “The Youth Show”, was taken during a “win-the-war” rally in Sydney.
WVTI Studio, Cebu City, 1945
A transcription program is in progress at WVTI radio station, Base S, Cebu City, Philippine Islands. Sergeant L.K. Heath is in the studio recording booth,…
4LM Mount Isa – 1960s
A 1960s view of the 4LM building and surrounds, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Photo supplied by Al Kirtin (4KZ)
AWA BTM P-5 Transmitter #1
The nameplate of AWA BTM P-5 broadcast transmitter, serial number 1.Made in 1961 this transmitter saw service at stations 4LM, 4GC, 4KZ and 4AY before…
KVZI 97.9 Roi Radio
KVZI Roi NamurAerial photo of facilities(from http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/kvzi/)
XWRA On The Air
William Casson writes: The above picture, from the Army Signal Corp, shows my dad, we believe, sitting at the table. He served in Merrill’s Mauraders…
WKLI Fukuoka 1946
Jeff Klepper writes: My late father, Larry Klepper, served in the US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, and he worked at WKLI in Fukuoka toward the…
The Pacific Ramblers in the studio of KTOH Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii – 1945
Dale Halleron writes: I have a picture from inside the studio in 1945. My dad and some other guys playing music live on the air…
Radio Station WVTG Biak 1944/45
Seth P. Washburne writes: I am the historian for the U.S. Army Air Corps 13th Troop Carrier Squadron, nicknamed “The Thirsty 13th,” which from November…
Radio Station KIBS Canton Island 1952
Glenn Carpenter, who grew up on Canton Island in the 1950’s where his father was also announcer on KIBS Radio, has shared this earlier photo…
KVZI Roi-Namur
KVZI-FM broadcast at 97.9 FM in the 1970’s on Roi-Namur island, near Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands, then part of the US Trust Territory of…
Radio Station KIBS Canton Island Studio Building
This vintage Kodachrome Transparency dates from around 1952. Radio Station KIBS provided entertainment on isolated Canton Island for the staff of the mid-ocean jet re-fuelling…
4WK Warwick Mouth Organ Band
Of course 4WK had a Mouth Organ Band… after all, it was through their termite ridden studio floor that the station piano once fell… this…
3BA Ballarat Sunshine Singers
Australian radio station 3BA Ballarat supported the Sunshine Singers. Here they are pictured at Lorne in Victoria on January 24, 1938. At the time, 3BA…
KHBC Hilo 1936
We recently ran a competition celebrating 50 years of Hawaiian statehood. Readers were asked a number of questions about KHBC Hilo as featuring in our…
WVTF Hollandia 1944
An early view of the first headquarters for the AFRS Jungle Network in WWII. WVTF was located at Hollandia in the Dutch East Indies [now…
The Golden Umbrella
In the early 1980’s, several AM stations in northern NSW and SE Queensland [Australia] established a joint sales and marketing brand called ‘The Golden Umbrella’…
KCCN Hawaiian Radio
KCCN Honolulu 1420 AM was one of the most popular radio stations in the Hawaiian islands. It broadcast Hawaiian music and culture and has since…