American Forces Network facts for kids

The United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service is called American Forces Network (AFN). AFN broadcasts radio and television to American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Department of Defense and other US government civilians and their families stationed outside of the U.S. and on U.S. Navy ships. AFN broadcasts popular American radio and television programs from U.S. networks. It is sometimes called the Armed Forces Network. AFRTS, American Forces Network and AFN are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Books

• Patrick Morley: 'This Is the American Forces Network': The Anglo-American Battle of the Air Waves in World War II. Praeger Publishing (2001).
• Trent Christman: Brass Button Broadcasters: A Lighthearted Look at Fifty Years of Military Broadcasting. Turner Publishing (1992).
• History of AFRTS: The first 50 years. U.S. Government Printing Office (1993).

Images for kids

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  Bob Hope welcomes Jane Russell to Command Performance (1944)

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  Frank Sinatra interviews actress Alida Valli for one of the many programs produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service for broadcast to the troops overseas during World War II

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  Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall being interviewed by the Armed Forces Radio Service

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  Lionel Barrymore broadcasting the Armed Forces Radio Service's Concert Hall radio show (1947)

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  AFN Iraq on-air radio studio. Baghdad, Iraq (April 2004).

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  QSL card from AFRTS

See also

In Spanish: American Forces Network para niños