Base Radio Station
Dedicated to the memory of SMSG Chuck Anger (Aug. 10, 1926 - JAN 18, 2014)
During the first week on base I stopped by the Base Library and I saw a door marked “The Music Hobby Shop.” I opened the door and found equipment being installed to set up a broadcast station. I ask questions about the station and was told that SMSGT Chuck Anger was in charge of the project. I got in touch with Sgt Anger and told him that I had some radio announcing experience and would like to be a part of the project in my off duty time. He said that would be great since none of the o Sorry I don't have the original tapes, but this broadcast sounds like what we received from the stations back home. We saw many homesick GI's shed tear hearing sounds from back home. layed. I told Chuck that while I was working with a small radio station “WMDC” in Hazlehurst, Ms., that record publishers sent packs of newly released records weekly to the station. We decided to write to a few of the record companies and ask if they would put our station on their record distribution list. It took a few weeks, but we soon began to receive packages of records just like other radio stations back in the USA. We soon had most of the latest releases to play over the station.
For the first month or so we were only able to staff the station during the day because all of us had regular jobs. However, we soon began to attract more interest and we soon had enough announcers so that we were able to be on the air around the clock. We also reached out to some of the more popular radio stations back home and ask them to record a segment of their broadcast and send it to us to be played over our station. Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqqBFMQ6kMo Sorry I don't have the original tapes, but this broadcast sounds like what we received from the stations back home. We saw many homesick airmen shed tear hearing sounds from back home.