1230 PM GMT Saturday DAVE GARROWAY

David Cunningham Garroway (July 13, 1913 – July 21, 1982) was an American radio and television personality.

When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Garroway enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as a line officer. While stationed in Honolulu, he hosted a radio show on KGMB when he was off duty, playing jazz records and reminiscing about the old days back in Chicago. After the war, Garroway went to work as a disc jockey at WMAQ in Chicago. Over time, Garroway hosted a series of radio programs, such as The 11:60 Club, The Dave Garroway Show, and Reserved for Garroway. One oddity Garroway introduced on his radio shows was having the studio audience respond to a song number not by applauding, but by snapping their fingers. Garroway also worked to organize jazz concerts, creating a "Jazz Circuit" of local clubs in 1947, bringing back interest in this music genre. His fellow disc jockeys voted him the nation's best in the 1948 and 1949 Billboard polls. He won the award again in 1951.

Pete Smith 12PM GMT Saturday

Pete Smith was part of the easy listening music tradition at AFRTS. He followed John Doremus, who followed Jim Ameche. He had a long career in Los Angeles radio at KNX; KDAY, 1956-58; KRKD, 1958-61; KNOB; KPOL; KMPC, 1961-88; KJQI/KOJY, 1993-95; KGIL, 1998. Pete was part of "Music of Your Life syndicated series. A few of his broadcasts are presented here in rotation with other deejays of that era.

John Doremus, 12PM GMT Saturday

John Doremus (August 3, 1931 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma – July 6, 1995 in Naperville, Illinois) was an American radio personality, best known for his radio syndication of The Passing Parade, a series of short stories of remarkable but relatively unknown episodes throughout history. A few months after the death in 1971 of Franklin MacCormack, host of the all-night Meisterbrau Showcase on WGN radio, John Doremus took over the overnight show. The new sponsor of the show was Talman Federal Savings and Loan.

An early innovator, Doremus originated the idea of providing in-flight programming for American Airlines and a host of other airlines, including most notably, Air Force One, starting under President Richard Nixon, and later Ronald Reagan. During the mid 1960s he produced Patterns in Music for WMAQ in Chicago. Original recordings of Patterns in Music heard here in rotation with other deejays of the era.

Bill Stewart, 12PM GMT Saturday

Bill Stewart was one of the KMPC Los Angeles radio talents between 1951 and 1959, later at KGIL and KRHM. He was also a famous record producer. In 1969 he was honored with a concert at the Hollywood Palladium. Bill Stewart, and a few other hosts, recorded and stored their shows at AFRTS-LA for four to six month before releasing recordings to AFRTS radio world-wide by transcription discs. He played most of the best of jazz. His programs had many famous guests, commenting on their careers in music. Stewart had a unique role in the history of AFRTS presenting many legendary jazz recordings. In the 1950s he was broadcasting first hand knowledge and notes about friendships with jazz legends. We present some of his shows In rotation with other popular DJs of the time.

Concert Cameos, 11AM GMT Sunday

Before Late Romantic orchestral trends of length and scope separated the trajectory of lighter orchestral works from the Western Classical canon, classical composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Joseph Haydn won as much fame for writing lighter pieces such as Eine Kleine Nachtmusik as for their symphonies and operas. Later examples of early European light music include the operettas of composers such as Franz von Suppé or Sir Arthur Sullivan; the Continental salon and parlour music genres; and the waltzes and marches of Johann Strauss II and his family. The Straussian waltz became a common light music composition (note for example Charles Ancliffe's "Nights of Gladness" or Felix Godin's "Valse Septembre"). These influenced the foundation of a "lighter" tradition of classical music in the 19th and early 20th centuries...from the likes of Binge and Coates to Farnon. Concert Cameo's radio series presents many of the light music composers works with biographical comments.

David Rose, 1230PM GMT Sunday

"From out of the west to you," California Melodies features British director and composer David Rose and singer Maxine Gray. David Rose is best known for his exotica, space age and cocktail hour recordings. His 1944 hit composition, "Holiday of Strings," went on to become the theme song for Red Skelton shows. OTRcat.com recalls, California Melodies proved to be a fantastic venue to showcase many of Rose's great compositions. Broadcast from Hollywood's KHJ and the Don Lee Mutual radio network, this large orchestral program is easy on the ears and lifting to the heart.

David Daniel Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990) was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for many television series, including It's a Great Life, The Tony Martin Show, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, and Highway Patrol, some under the pseudonym Ray Llewellyn. Rose's work as a composer for television programs earned him four Emmys. In addition, he was musical director for The Red Skelton Show during its 21-year run on the CBS and NBC networks. He was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national fraternity for men in music.

Howard Miller, 12PM GMT Sunday

Howard Miller was Chicago radio station WIND's program director from 1945 to 1949. In 1950, Miller started a longtime run as Chicago's top rated morning DJ. Miller would remain Chicago's top rated radio personality until leaving the station in 1968. One of the first "disc jockeys", Miller's music selections were popular but it was his fun and easy patter between records which kept listeners engaged. The "drive-time radio" DJ had a popular national daily show just after Arthur Godfrey went off the air. His fifteen minute music and interviews program was originated in Chicago for the CBS radio network. The program featured comments with many of the popular entertainers of the 1950s. Presented again here on our stream.

Ira Cook, 11AM GMT SATURDAY

Composer, actor and Hollywood disc jockey, educated at Stanford University. His Los Angeles broadcasting career spanned 26 years, sixteen of which were at KMPC. He served in the US Army during World War II, and broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio Service from 1961. He joined ASCAP in 1958, and collaborated musically with Mort Greene and Ray Gilbert. His popular-song compositions include "Pony Tail", "Sunday Barbeque", and "Your Theme". One of the AFRTS most popular DJs was Cook whose personality comes shining through in every one of his recorded broadcasts; he is a white collared, narrow tie-wearing square, but he had an appreciation for popular music. OTRcat.com Biography

Jim Ameche, 1PM GMT SUNDAY

Jim Ameche played music from the world's great orchestras on his show and later on the Pops Concert. James Ameche (August 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin – February 4, 1983 in Tucson, Arizona) was a familiar voice on radio, including his role as radio's original Jack Armstrong on Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. When his older brother, Don Ameche, left his position as the host and announcer for The Chase and Sanborn Hour in the early 1940s, Jim took over for the remainder of the show's run. He also was heard as mountie Jim West on ABC's Silver Eagle (1951-55). He was heard on stations in Los Angeles and Palm Springs in the late 1950s and early 60s. For many years he was a popular local radio personality in the New York City area. By the late 1960s, he was working as an announcer on New York's WHN and the TV pitchman for a Longines Symphonette Society mail-order record album featuring clips of old-time radio broadcasts.-Wikipedia

Andy Mansfield, 1PM GMT SATURDAY

Many of our series of ols broadcasts were obtained from OTRcat.com where this text was posted. Andy and Virginia Mansfield had been around radio for most of their lives. Virginia got her start as a dancer and wound up singing with acts like Paul Whiteman and Eddie Albert. She landed a job as a staff singer at WWW, Cincinatti, and eventually moved to Los Angeles to work on KHJ, KFI and KMPC. She worked in vaudeville with her husband Andy, and they were one of the first couples to perform together on television, appearing on the Mutual Don Lee Network in 1937.

The couple is best remembered for NBC's Andy and Virginia and Turn Back the Clock over the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Turn Back the Clock is thought to be one of the earliest programs to combine recorded music with spoken commentary.

The program featured records, supposedly from the Mansfield's personal collection. Although supposedly a nostalgia act, the show would play just about anything on vinyl, with Virginia introducing the more contemporary tunes and Andy supervising the older hits.