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10 unusual facts about American Forces Network


1955 Indianapolis 500

The broadcast was carried by 237 affiliates in all 48 states (there were only 48 states at the time), as well as Armed Forces Radio.

Born to Explore with Richard Wiese

The show's first season BTE reached more than 1.4 million viewers as part of the Litton's Weekend Adventure block with the American Forces Network.

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

By the 1980s, the church's television ministry had a weekly audience of 3.5 million viewers, as the Coral Ridge Hour aired on more than 400 stations and four cable networks, including the Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Inspiration Network (INSP) and the NRB Network, as well as broadcast to more than 150 countries on the Armed Forces Network.

Eurobird

Eutelsat 9A (formerly Eurobird 9A), located at 9° East, carries the German KabelKiosk package, the Russian Platform HD package, and American Forces Network Europe.

Fritz Egner

After working for the AFN in the early 1970s, Egner joint the regional broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1978, alongside his two friends and colleagues Thomas Gottschalk and Günther Jauch.

Harry Muskee

Through listening to the American Forces Network radio station – for U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany – Muskee came into contact with blues music.

Heidelberg-Kirchheim

Perhaps because of the presence of the American Forces Network which broadcast rap music to US service members stationed in Europe, youth in Kirchheim emulated the music forming their own rap groups and taking up graffiti art.

KMTH

The former name of the American Forces Network radio (KMTH/900, KMTH-FM/94.0) and television stations (KMTH-TV) on Midway Atoll)

National Memorial Day Concert

Broadcast live on PBS, NPR, and can also be seen overseas by U.S. military personnel in more than 175 countries and aboard more than 200 U.S. Navy ships at sea on American Forces Network.

Rick Dees Weekly Top 40

It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide and the American Forces Network.


DC3 Music Group

The show aired live to United States military troops all over the world on the American Forces Network.

Don Stanley

During World War II, he served in the United States Navy and also did announcing work for the Armed Forces Radio Service.

DWBY-TV

It was the frequency formerly occupied by the Far East Network (now American Forces Network) of the United States Armed Forces until the shutdown of FEN UHF-17 due to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991.

Lou Steele

Born Louis Ferraioli in 1928, he was an announcer on Armed Forces Radio during the Korean War, and was the voice who informed the troops that their commander, General Douglas MacArthur, had been recalled by President Harry S Truman.

Telecommunications in Cuba

The American Forces Network (AFN) has a station intended for U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

United States Army Berlin

Units under the command of USAB included the Berlin Brigade, the Medical and Dental Activities, Tempelhof Central Airport (United States Air Force base), Armed Forces Network (radio and television affiliate AFN Berlin), the U.S. Military Liaison Mission and the United States Army Field Station Berlin.