WXLH - 1950 - Okinawa
1260 kHz
250 Watts
We now have a bit of an insight into some of the
earlier operations of FEN in Okinawa -- WXLH. The following pictures came from the
personal collection of Louis Osborne who passed away in early 2002. :Louis was in
charge of the station circa 1950. The photos are all official U.S. Army Photographs
marked on the back as "Ryuku Command Public Information Office."
The caption attched by RYCOM PIO reads:
"Pictured above is radio technician, Choko Fukuyama, of Shuri, Okinawa and
Okinawan employee of AFRS Okinawa. Choko handles the controls that bring us our
short wave news broadcast. If the newscast does not come in clear on one channel,
Choko switches to another, eliminating interrupted broadcast."
No caption -- just the notation on the
back "Rycom 50-2973"
No caption -- notation on the back
"Rycom 50 - 2975"
No caption -- notation on the back
"Rycom 50 - 2976
Mr. W Haentszchel -- Program Director
checking master schedule
Right: Charlie Dean -- Chief Engineer
1949
Contains the note: "Some of
my gang -- radio engineers at AFRS" (Rycom 50-3067)
WXLH Okinawa schedule for January 27,
1950 as it appeard in the Pacific Stars and Stripes
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