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The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for
AFRS during the
war years, The American Forces Network can trace its
origins back to
May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the
Armed Forces Radio
Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from
London during
World War II, using equipment and studio facilities
borrowed from the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first
transmission to U.S.
troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943 and included
less than five
hours of recorded shows, a BBC news and sports broadcast.
That day,
Corporal Syl Binkin became the first U.S. Military
broadcaster heard
over the air. The signal was sent from London via
telephone lines to
five regional transmitters to reach U.S. troops in the
United Kingdom as
they made preparations for the inevitable invasion of
Nazi-occupied
Europe. Fearing competition for civilian audiences the
BBC initially
tried to impose restrictions on AFN broadcasts within
Britain
(transmissions were only allowed from American Bases
outside London and
were limited to 50 watts of transmission power) and a
minimum quota of
British produced programming had to be carried.
Nevertheless AFN
programmes were widely enjoyed by the British civilian
listeners who
could receive them and once AFN operations transferred to
continental
Europe (shortly after D-Day) AFN were able to broadcast
with little
restriction with programmes available to civilian
audiences across most
of Europe (including Britain) after dark. As D-Day
approached, the
network joined with the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation to
develop programs especially for the Allied Expeditionary
Forces. Mobile
stations, complete with personnel, broadcasting
equipment, and a record
library were deployed to broadcast music and news to
troops in the
field. The mobile stations reported on front line
activities and fed the
news reports back to studio locations in London.
Date Published: 2015-03-18 23:02:59
Identifier: AFRS-17
Item Size: 933797904
Media Type: audio
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