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Very soon after the "occupation" of Japan began in 1945, the US Military established the only "English Language Radio Station" in an existing Japanese facility on the "Bluff" in Yokohama - that facility (only) still exists.
The radio service was later moved to Tokyo and became a part of the Armed Forces Far East Radio Network. The present status of this valuable service is as indicted at the bottom of this page.
By courtesy of Paul Michaelis, included below are 4 segments that he recorded while he was in Yokohama in the 1968.
Before you click on the links, please read the explanations below.
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EXPLANATION
When you click on the links above to activate it and listen to the "sound" what actually happens is this:
1 - A File Download Box appears on the screen. This box ask you if you want to 1] open this file from it's current location, or 2] save this file to disk.
2 - Select option 1 or option 2 and press OK.
OPTION 1
If you select option 1 -- "open this file from it's current location" -- the file will be loaded into the computer memory only [not on the hard drive] and you can watch the loading in a progress bar which will appear on the screen. When the file is loaded into memory [not on the hard drive], your default audio player will automatically activate and play the file. When finished playing, close your audio player and you will return to the web site page. Once you close your audio player you cannot replay the file -- without going thru the above procedure again.
OPTION 2
If you select option 2 -- "save this file to disk" -- a Save As box will appear and you must then select the location on your hard drive in which you desire to download the file. After making that selection, press the save button and the file will be download to that location on your hard drive.
The size of the file is indicated during the download in thousands of bytes, and the approximate download times in minutes are indicated during the download. Actual download time for you depends on many variables.
When the download is complete, you will be returned to the web site page.
To play the file you downloaded to your hard drive, you must, using internal procedures, go to the location where the file was downloaded and activate it by "clicking" or otherwise engage your audio player -- and it will play.
You may now retain that file on your hard drive and play it for as long as you desire. However, when you no longer want the file on your hard drive, you must "delete" it using internal procedures.
Although the files were stored, and believed now to be free of virus's, there is always a need to be alert to the usual risks associated with downloading a file.
FEN FEN consolidated it's broadcast studios and
transmitters in the Kanto Plain (AM 810 and shortwave) to Cp. Drake and Momote Village in
early 1950s. In 1976, construction began on a new state - of - the art FEN network
headquarters building at Yokota Air Base and the facility was opened in 1978.
FEN-Tokyo also began broadcasting television (US channel 11) and FM stereo service
(88.3 FM) by cable to all military housing areas in 1980. FEN Radio still remained a
constant, broadcasting at 810 KHz AM with a power output of 500,000 watts -- covering a
majority of the Kanto Plain and Tokyo Bay areas (by FCC standards, this would classify it
as "superstation"). |
