AFRS Largest In
Alaska; Nomeites
Chief Listeners
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privileged to listen to the national
network programs, which were
relayed from the States by inter
posing stations at Anchorage. Un
der there circumstances reception
was intermittent and frequently
inaudible. But not Nomeites are
always confident of a pleasant
evening at home beside their ra
dio, because they are convinced of
the absolute dependibility of
AF*RS to provide them with the
best in the radio entertainment
world.
Surprisingly, a goodly number
of the people who constitute a ma
jjr portion of its listening-audi
ence are totally unfamiliar with
the origin and method of opera
tion of the Armed Forces Radio
Station.
What six months after Pearl
Harbor was but a prococious in
fant has grown into a robust lad
. . . the Armed Forces Radio Serv
ice. With offices at coastal key
points throughout the United
States, the AFRS is the support
ing backbone of thousands of far
flung radio stations the world
o/er. From these strategically lo
cated offices, AFRS transmits
countless recordings to numerous
affiliated broadcasting stations
throughout the country, which de
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pend exclusively on this vast or
ganization for transcribed pro
grams which largely compose
their daily broadcasts.
Shortly after the establishment
of AFRS, miliary sanction was
granted for the construction and
operation of an affiliated station j
at Marks, now celebrating its
eighth anniversary, which has
since provided the Nome area,!
previously inaccessible to a radio
station, with countless hours of 1
pleasurable, instructive and whole- J
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some entertainment. Until its re
cent redesignation as AFRS, the
station was known as WXLN, and
is now recognized as the largest
most complete military broadcast
ing station in Alaska.
Featuring a vast number of di
versified programs, the offerings
of the Armed Forces Radio Sta
tion at Marks are selected with
the utmost care. Unlike other mil
itary radio stations, the staff of
AFRS is guided in its selections
by a unique listening-audience. It
caters both to the military person
nel of the base and the residents
of Nome. Incidentally, the latter
constitute a major percentage of'
its listening audience.
Under the circuit circulation
system, a continuous influx of new
current programs are available
to AFRS listeners. Recordings of
new programs are dispatched i
from Los Angeles to Eielson AFB,
from there to Marks AFB, then
to Galena and finally back to Los
Angeles where they are stowed,
for future use.
Of the several locally produced I
programs, one has received re-,
markably outstanding response in
Nome. “Turn Table Time,” broad
cast daily at 7:00-8:00 p.m., is
definitely the favorite musical
program with “Name It For A
Song” holding second place.
The resources of AFRS include
a collection of recordings incap
able of defiance by the most dis
criminating taste. Statistically, in
this largest record library in the
Alaskan Theater there are 15,000
popular and 900 philharmonic re
cordings. In addition there is a;
bulging file replete with religious,!
western, hillbilly and miscellan
eous recordings.
Although the preference for
popular music is ascendant, hill
billy and western numbers arei
continually being revived by a mi-!
nority of listeners. Regardless of
the requests, the staff Strives to
combine a selection of every type}
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of music in preparing the day’s1
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The difference between a “good average” track-type
tractor and a “Caterpillar” track-type Tractor shows
up quickly under the hard usage generally encountered
in Alaska and the Yukon. The 4-stroke cycle engine pays off in
long life of pistons, rings, valves and cylinder liners. Absorb
ent fuel filters, force-feed lubrication, “Hi-Electro” hardening
of wearing surfaces, and effective sealing of final drive are
among the many Caterpillar features which keep servicing time
to a minimum and keep Caterpillar track-type Tractors well in
the lead as a prime mover in the North. The gasoline starting
engine not only gives sure starts in cold weather but also cuts
down wear on the diesel engine by conditioning it before the
load is put on. Ask at any “NCCo.” machinery store for fur
ther information. <
CATERPILLAR
DIESEL ENGINES
TRACTORS
motor graders
NOME, ALASKA
LUyil'Mtiu Home Office. Colman Bldg.. Seattle
program to pacify its 'listening
audience collectively and not in
dividually.
Ordinarily, a radio station re
quires a large staff to keep it in
operation seven days a week, fif
ty-two weeks a year. Actually,
only four persons are behind the
mike at AFRS. Headed by Station
manager Cpl. Phil Ofsonka, the
staff is composed by Cpl. Ed Mon
ohan, administrative assistant,
and Cpls. Joseph O’Donnell and
Robert Malloy, alternate record
librarians and announcers. These
personnel are on the job from 7:00
a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily, giving
out with the cream of the national
network shows, which, after add
ing their own productions and
mixing well, spells the best in the
radio entertainment world.
The setting up and developing
of this station is accredited to
S/Sgt. Johnnie Mock, who as head
of the station for two years, and
whose experience in radio made
the station what it is today.
A. F. R. S.
MARKS AIR FORCE BASE
NOME, ALASKA
Monday, August 14, 1950
5:00—I. -and E. Time
5:15—Afternoon Reveries
5:30—Music from America
6:00—News of The World
6:15—Variety Time
6:30—Twenty Questions
7:00—Turntable Time
8:00—Amos ’n Andy
8:30—Mr. President
9:00—Judy Canova
9:30—Name It For A Song
10:00—Sam Spade
10:30—One Night Stand
11:00 pm.—News
Tuesday, August 15, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Musical Clock
8:00—Gary Moore
8:30—-Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Beulah
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—Mid-Morning Melodies
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Vocal Spotlight
10:30—Fred Waring
11:00—Club Fifteen
11:15—Remember
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—Jimmy Carroll Sings
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Magic Carpet
1:15—Jack Smith
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Around World In History
2:15—Words With Music
2:30—Meet The Band
3:00—Matinee Melodies
3:30—Interlude of Western Music
4:00—News of The World
4:15—Curt Massey Show
4:30—Musical Varieties
5:00—I. and E. Time
5:15—Music by Malloy
5:30—Date With A Duke
6:00—News of The World
6:15—Variety Time
6:30—Bing Crosby
7:00—Turntable Time
8:00—My Friend Irma
8:30—The Air Force Hour
9:00—Dennis Day
9:30—Name It For A Song
10:00—The Whistler
10:30—One Night Stand
11:00 pjn.—Sign Off
Wednesday, August 16, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Musical Clock
8:00—Gary Moore
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Beulah
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—Mid-Morning Melodies
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Vocal Spotlight
10:30—Fred Waring
11:00—Club Fifteen
11:15—Remember
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—Jimmy Carroll Sings
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Magic Carpet
1:15—Jack Smith
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Around Worl^ In History
2:15—Words With Music
2:30—Meet The Band
3:00—Matinee Melodies
3:30—Interlude of Western Music
Plumbers Sore
At Not Getting
Bid To Meeting
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Ching Friday scheduled an Aug.
15 meeting in Seattle. Invited
were representatives of the AFL
plumbers union, Local 367, and
of eight contractors working on
Alaska defense projects. They will
huddle with a panel of three con
ciliators.
Plumbers in the Anchorage lo
cal have been on strike since July
26, seeking a wage increase of 50
cents an hour. Present rates are
$3 an hour within the city and
$2.50 an hour with room and
board outside Anchorage.
Master plumbers, representing
the plumbing shop owners, ticked
off a handful of objections in their
telegrams. They said:
1. The Seattle meeting may set
wage scales for plumbers that will
have to be paid by residents of
the Territory “from now on” and
can very well “sound the death
knell for all private building and
industry in Alaska.”
2. If the plumbers gain a wage
increase, the way is open for ev
ery other building trade to get
the same raise. (A spokesman
added that “there just isn’t any
end to htis vicious circle; it has
got to stop somewhere.”)
3. As representative Alaskans,
they resent “this intrusion by
Washington bureaucrats trying to
run our affairs by remote control
from offices outside the Territo
4:00—News of The World
4:15—Curt Massey Show
4:30—Musical Varieties
5:00—I. and E. Time
NEWS IN BRIEF
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the two pilots.
The jets were attached to the
64th Fighter Interceptor Squad
ran of the 57th Fighter Intercep
tor Wing.
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Ten gov
ernment scientists left today for
Attu in the Aleutian Islands to ob
serve a total eclipse of the sun < ^
September 12.
ST. LOUIS, t/P)—Residents of
St. Louis, the nation’s eighth larg
est city, had no bus or streetcar
service Saturday.
The state-seized public transit
system was forced to discontinue
operation Friday night because of *
a wildcat strike by union opera
tors seeking higher wages.
Ironically, the strike was start
ed despite use of a state law pass
ed three years ago to prevent dis
ruption of public utility services.
It also was staged in defiance of
Gov. Forrest Smith and leaders
of the union, an AFL street and
railway motor coach unit, repre
senting some 3,000 workers.
The tie-up paralyzed the city.
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ry.”
4. They insist that Ching invite
them to participate in the Seattle f
meeting, but “propose to have
their representative present in
any event.”
In an earlier message to the
conciliation service director they
demanded that the session be
transferred to Anchorage.
Ching Friday appealed to the
“good citizenship” of labor and
management to settle the wage
dispute and not embarrass their
country.
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