Frank B. Swayze phonograph collection, circa 1962-circa 1967, bulk 1962-1967.

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Frank B. Swayze phonograph collection, circa 1962-circa 1967, bulk 1962-1967.

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This collection contains twenty phonograph records of the Far East Network of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. The material dates from circa 1962 to circa 1967. The records are transcription discs of news programs, including Capitol Cloakroom, From the Capitol, Washington Viewpoint, Face the Nation, Issues and Answers, Meet the Press, and Pin Point. Guests on these programs included U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, ambassadors, and non-elected U.S. officials. The phonograph records were saved from destruction by Captain Frank Swayze, U.S.N. Ret., while he was stationed at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan (1971-1974).

0.25 linear foot (1 box).

George Washington University

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Swayze, Frank Benjamin,

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United States. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

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The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1954-1969) was a unit of the United States Department of Defense. With the advent and growing popularity of television, the Armed Forces Radio Service was redesigned and renamed the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) to incorporate this new media. The purpose of this organization was to provide American news and media programming to United States military personnel stationed abroad. In 1969 the name of this or...