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There's gotta be some surviving tapes of Armed forces Viet Nam Network - Korean network. Any leads? Thanks
 
Believe it or not, there was actually a pirate station operating in Saigon in 1971 called Radio First Termer.

Here's a piece from the excellent Wikipedia entry:

Radio First Termer was a pirate radio station which broadcasted from January 1, 1971 to January 21, 1971 from Saigon during the Vietnam War. "Radio First Termer was hosted by on-air personality "Dave Rabbit," an anonymous United States Air Force sergeant.

Check out the website www.radiofirsttermer.com for info and airchecks. Scroll down about halfway to download the only known recording of the station, which only operated about 3 weeks. Very raw stuff, not FCC (or DoD) friendly.

Today, the originator is doing podcasts, and there is a much more professional sounding Radio First Termer broadcast that was created for Baghdad. Here's the songlist from the original for Vietnam:

• Bloodrock - Double Cross
• Carlos Santana - Evil Ways
• The Who - Pinball Wizard from the rock opera Tommy
• Cream - White Room
• Sugarloaf - Green-eyed Lady
• Cactus - You Can't Judge a Book By Looking at the Cover
• Iron Butterfly - Soul Experience
• James Gang - Funk #49
• Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
• Steppenwolf - The Pusher
• Jimi Hendrix - Fire
• Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies - Changes
• Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
• Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man
• The Byrds - Eight Miles High
• The Beatles - Tax Man
• Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
• Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
• Eric Burton - Monterrey
• Love - My Flash On You
• The Who - The Overture from the rock opera Tommy
• The Who - It's a Boy from the rock opera Tommy
• Three Dog Night - Rock and Roll Widow
• Bloodrock - Dead On Arrival
• James Gang - Stop
• Cactus - Feels So Good
• The Who - See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me from the rock opera Tommy
• Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
• Steppenwolf - Don't Step on the Grass Sam
• Three Dog Night - Chest Fever
• Sugarloaf - West of Tomorrow
• Bloodrock - Gotta Find a Way
• Santana - Soul Sacrifice
• Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
• Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
• Three Dog Night - Cowboy
• Bloodrock - Fancy Space Odyssey
• Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
 
Actually there were several, most not lasting very long. Somehow Dave Rabbit's aircheck was passed around a lot and probably became a lot more famous after the war than during. Good stuff.
 
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