AFRS Programs

This page features a variety of programs from my personal collection of original Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) transcription discs. Rather than focusing on one particular series, you'll find a random assortment of comedy, drama, mystery, and musical broadcasts originally prepared for American servicemen and women stationed around the world.

Each recording has been transferred from an original transcription disc, preserving a little piece of radio history for today's listeners.

An Evening with Romberg #5 — “Sigmund Romberg”

Mystery Playhouse #85 — “His Heart Could Break”

Georgia Gibbs & Paul Whiteman Show #2 — George Gershwin Tribute

The Great Gildersleeve #88 — “New Neighbor Bullard”

Suspense #98 — “A Guy Gets Lonely”

The Fourth Anniversary Salute to the Ground Observer Corps (1956)

A special United States Air Force presentation featuring Bing Crosby, Claudette Colbert, Steve Allen, and Skitch Henderson, honoring the civilian volunteers of Operation Skywatch.