What is American Forces Network?
The [[United States Armed Forces]] [[Radio]] and [[Television]] Service is called '''American Forces Network (AFN)'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil |title=AFRTS Home Page |publisher=Afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil |access-date=2009-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124142356/http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil/ |archive-date=2010-01-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> AFN broadcasts radio and television to American [[soldier]]s, [[sailor]]s, airmen, [[Department of Defense]] and other US government [[civilian]]s and their families stationed outside of the U.S. and on U.S. Navy ships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=OTR-Variety&series=AFRS%20Collection |title=AFRS Collection |date=1941–1982 |publisher=[[RadioEchoes]] }} 850 episodes.</ref> AFN broadcasts popular American radio and television programs from U.S. networks. It is sometimes called the Armed Forces Network. AFRTS, American Forces Network and AFN are registered [[trademark]]s of the [[U.S. Department of Defense]]. {{commons category}} == Other websites == *[http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil/ American Forces Radio and Television Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124142356/http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil/ |date=2010-01-24 }} *[http://www.afneurope.net/ American Forces Network Europe] == Books == * Patrick Morley: '''This Is the American Forces Network': The Anglo-American Battle of the Air Waves in World War II''. Praeger Publishing (2001). * Trent Christman: ''Brass Button Broadcasters: A Lighthearted Look at Fifty Years of Military Broadcasting''. Turner Publishing (1992). * ''History of AFRTS: The first 50 years''. U.S. Government Printing Office (1993). ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Military of the United States]] [[Category:Peabody Award winners]] [[Category:Radio stations]] [[Category:1942 establishments in the United States]]