[A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] American Forces Network documentary on BBC Radio 4

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From: "Dave Kenny" Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:52 AM
Subject: [BDXC-UK] American Forces Network documentary on BBC Radio 4


> From: "Mike Barraclough"
> American Forces Network, two part documentary, Tuesday
> 11th and 18th July, 1130 to 1200 BST, 1030 to 1100
> UTC, BBC Radio 4, streamed and available via Listen
> Again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/
>
> American GIs stationed in Britain in the Second World
> War were so dismayed at the stuffy entertainment on
> the BBC that they demanded a network of their own.
> General Eisenhower obliged and the American Forces
> Network was born. It quickly became just as popular
> with British listeners who deserted the BBC for AFN in
> their thousands.
>
> These programmes hear memories from listeners who were
> part of the large British audience captivated by the
> sounds of the American big bands and entertainers.
> There are also archive interviews with two of AFN's
> first announcers, Syl Binkin and Ben Doberman. Music
> from the period plays throughout along with rare
> footage from the most popular AFN programmes and
> presenters, all sewn together with personal anecdotes
> by the consummate jazzman, Humphrey Lyttelton, the
> UK's leading jazz authority.
> (BBC Press Office)

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