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  American Forces Network - Europe
AFNE employees will record the information from callers needing 5th Signal Command assistance and either call or email the trouble report 5th Signal Command for action.
AFN airs controversial shows because the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) wants to provide Americans with the same radio and television shows they can see or hear in the United States.
AFN radio and television services are not designed to be competition for local national broadcast organizations.
www.afneurope.net /article.asp?id=29535   (1973 words)

  
  American Forces Network at AllExperts
AFN went on the air May 29th with service at the Tirana airport in Albania with satellite decoders and large screen televisions placed in high traffic areas.
While programming is provided to AFN by major American TV networks and program syndicators at little to no-cost, for copyright and licensing reasons it is intended solely for U.S. Forces personnel, authorized Department of Defense civilian employees, State Department diplomatic personnel, and their families overseas.
AFN inserts public service announcements, educational featurettes (as in presenting an American state capital), and localized messages from senior leadership in place of normal commercials.
en.allexperts.com /e/a/am/american_forces_network.htm   (3111 words)

  
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Republic of Iraq Radio started broadcasting via the 13 degrees east Hotbird satellite to Europe in April 2005, in parallel with transmissions on the Arabsat 3A and Arabsat 2D satellites.
Ashur was one of the ancient capitals of the Assyrian Empire, situated on the River Tigris in northern Iraq.
AFN Radio is available on the FM band as follows (all frequencies are in MHz): Baghdad 92.3 (Voice Channel) & 107.7 (AFN-Iraq/Freedom Radio) Balad 107.3 Kirkuk 100.1 & 107.3 Mosul 105.1 Quyarrah/Q-West base 93.3 Sinjar 107.9 Tallil 100.1 (Voice Channel) & 107.3 (Bright AC) Tikrit 93.3 AFN-Iraq has a website at http://www.afniraq.army.mil.
www.w4uvh.net /mediraq.txt   (4537 words)

  
 Sixty years of AFN in Europe
AFN, the "American Forces Network", was a military station and its programs were aimed at that part of the US forces in Germany, housed in Bremen.
Next to AFN Bremerhavn, so I found out, there were many other AFN stations all over the world to provide the soldiers with news, information, sports, amusement, culture and music.
There even was an offshore AFN station as the Americans used a radio ship, the MV Courier, to transmit programs off the coast of Rhodes in the Mediterranean.
www.icce.rug.nl /~soundscapes/VOLUME06/AFN60UK.shtml   (1939 words)

  
 What George and John dont want you to know - AFN™
Killed in Karbala, Iraq, when attempting to negotiate with armed men who were congregating on a road near a mosque after curfew and the Iraqis opened fire.
Spencer T. Karol, 20, of Woodruff, Ariz. Killed in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on a mission to observe enemy activity when a command-detonated device exploded and his vehicle was overturned from the force of the explosion.
Killed in Tikrit, Iraq, when her convoy was hit by an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades.
www.american-freedom-network.org /AFN-Community/index.php?s=746c42f3e073d1d48e57507a127f0d41&showtopic=50&pid=57&st=0&   (9358 words)

  
 Radio Netherlands Worldwide - Independent thinking, independent voice - English - Media in Iraq
On 10 January 2005 the cabinet-linked Directorate for Communications was reported to be planning to establish a government-run newspaper, radio station and TV station in Iraq, according to Tha'ir al-Naquib, official spokesman for the prime minister and head of the directorate, quoted by independent newspaper Al-Zaman.
In November 2004 Iraq's media regulator warned news organizations to reflect the government's positions in their reporting on that month's US-led attack in Falluja or face unspecified action.
Republic of Iraq Radio is the successor to Iraqi Media Network-Radio Baghdad, which was operated by the Coalition Provisional Authority.
www.radionetherlands.nl /features/media/dossiers/iraqmediasurvey.html   (5192 words)

  
 Pentagon Channel - Pocast
From Afghanistan and Iraq to hometowns throughout the United States, Rucksacks and Rations brings you closer to troops downrange and families at home.
Iraq Briefing 25 November 2007-Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:59:16 EST
Iraq Briefing 15 November 2007-Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:51:04 EST
www.pentagonchannel.mil /podcast.aspx   (2274 words)

  
 AFN Broadcasts ‘Taste of Home’, by Randy J. Stine
The AFN broadcast center is making an effort to move in a more automated direction, said Larry Sichter, AFN chief of affiliate relations, as a result of position cuts over several years.
AFN Europe is a satellite-based operation, downlinking programming from the Riverside broadcast facility and inserting command information from 11 radio stations in Germany, Italy and Belgium, received via a wide-area network.
AFN Europe, which is staffed with Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine personnel, operates broadcast stations that are a mix of high- and low-power signals in cities like Heidelberg, Germany and Naples, Italy.
www.rwonline.com /pages/s.0052/t.527.html   (1306 words)

  
 myafn.net myafn.net Bulletin
And while AFN television can't actually cater your Turkey Day dinner, we're all set to serve up some tasty specials, great movies, one world-class parade and a full day of live NFL football.
Iraq) on AFNprime Atlantic and Pacific in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
Due to existing schedule requirements, and to preserve the show on the AFNnews schedule, AFN is now recording the live, 6 p.m.
myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil /tv/press_releases/bulletin.asp?id=442&pg=\bulletin\AFNinsider30.HTM   (438 words)

  
 AFN broadcasts from Baghdad   (Site not responding. Last check: )
"AFN has had a presence in the country since the first days of combat," said Master Sgt. Erik Brazones, a broadcaster deployed from the Air Force News Agency here.
More than 2,200 decoders are being used in Iraq to get AFN broadcast signals, Brazones said.
Stateside programming is something the average person takes for granted until he or she can no longer see or hear it, Brazones said.
www.af.mil /news/story_print.asp?storyID=123006173   (431 words)

  
 Suchmaschine   (Site not responding. Last check: )
American Forces Network (AFN) is the operational arm of the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), an agency of the American Forces Information Service (AFIS), and is under the operational control of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs (OASD-PA).
Today AFN has several satellites and uses advanced digital compression technology to broadcast TV and radio to 177 countries and territories, as well as on board U.S. Navy vessels.
AFN Family is a general entertainment channel providing programming for families.
www.dmoz.ch /lexikon.cgi?sprache=en&q=American_Forces_Network   (3764 words)

  
 Iraq
But these charges cannot be real reasons for threatening, and preparing for, an imminent US invasion of Iraq -- with or without UN acquiescence.
Later on the day of the Iraqi invasion, the UNSC passed a resolution condemning Iraq and calling on it to withdraw.
Iraq did not do so but -- starting in that same month -- made several proposals for withdrawing.
www.afn.org /~vetpeace/whyiraq.htm   (1059 words)

  
 Live from Irag, it's AFN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
SAN ANTONIO — U.S. military broadcasters hit the airwaves in Baghdad, Iraq, in December with the first manned American Forces Radio and Television Service broadcast from the country.
More than 2,200 decoders are being used in Iraq to receive the broadcast signals.
Sergeant Brazones and the other seven people on his team said they are anxious to start airing information aimed at service members in Iraq such as celebrity greetings and force protection messages.
www.af.mil /news/airman/0204/world.shtml   (210 words)

  
 myafn.net TV Services Detail
Entertainment programming on AFNprime Freedom is the same as it is on AFNprime Atlantic and AFNprime Pacific but the news and information is geared more to the CENTCOM audience.
While AFNprime Freedom will only be delivered to OIF/OEF audiences having an AFN decoder or watching an AFN cable system, the program schedule will be included on AFN's myafn.net website.
AFNprime Freedom is available on virtual channel 26 of the AFN decoder.
myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil /tv/services/announcer.asp?annid=11   (190 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - AFN Iraq
AFN Iraq is the American Forces Network of radio stations within Iraq.
The network, nicknamed Freedom Radio, broadcasts news, information, and entertainment programs, including adult contemporary music.
Its mission is to "sustain and improve the morale and readiness" of U.S. forces in Iraq.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/AFN_Iraq   (217 words)

  
 media and iraq: articles Dec 9 - Thumped
US troops in Iraq will be able to feel that little nearer home from Wednesday when American Forces Network begins live radio broadcasts in Baghdad, the army said.
Tayssir Alluni, a Spanish reporter who worked in Iraq for Qatari television station Al-Jazeera, on Tuesday told a Spanish judge there was no Iraqi "resistance" either in or around the Palestine Hotel where two cameramen were killed after a US attack during the conflict.
Alluni, accused by judge Baltasar Garzon of belonging to al-Qaeda, was giving evidence in a preliminary inquest into the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, killed along with a Ukrainian colleague from Reuters television when US tanks fired on the hotel on April 8.
www.thumped.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=10560   (731 words)

  
 American Forces Network Summary
After World War II AFN continued its mission of connecting troops with home and boosting morale in both the Vietnam and Korean conflicts.
AFN inserts public service announcements, educational featurettes, and localized messages from senior leadership in place of normal commercials.
AFN Sports is a rolling-sports channel, providing sports news and programming, including ESPN's SportsCentre.
www.bookrags.com /American_Forces_Network   (3802 words)

  
 Transcript of Ambassador Khalilzad's Interview With AFN-Iraq - U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq
Although Iraq is different than Afghanistan, but there are also similarities in terms of transitioning the country from one state, in the case of Iraq another terror regime, to a democratic regime and an environment that a significant part of the population has not bought into this new political process.
You have to be open-minded in terms of the range of issues and factors and their impact on Iraq.
That’s also hard because cooperation with the neighboring states, we need to think of ways to simplify things and to cooperate and at the same time, of course, we need to work with Iraqis to include services, economic conditions, employment opportunities for the people otherwise they become vulnerable to the terrorists and extremists.
iraq.usembassy.gov /iraq/20050814_khalilzad_afn.html   (1677 words)

  
 AFN Korea
Some Korean cable companies are announcing they will no longer provide the AFN Prime Pacific channel as of 1 November 2007.
AFN Korea reminds off-post residents that while set-top or roof-top antennas may allow limited television reception, DTH satellite decoder systems remain the best method to receive AFN television programming.
AFN service to customers living on military installations will not change.
www.afnkorea.net   (352 words)

  
 AFN broadcasts from Baghdad [Live radio ~ for the troops!]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
AFN broadcasts from Baghdad [Live radio ~ for the troops!]
U.S. military broadcasters hit the airwaves in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 10 with the first manned American Forces Radio and Television Service broadcast from the country.
Word was that when AFN Radio began broadcasting in Saudi Arabia for the troops in 1991 during Gulf War 1, the first song they played was the Clash's "Rock the Casbah".
www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/1037948/posts   (789 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Super Bowl Broadcast Plans Under Way for Deployed Troops
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 15, 2005 — In some parts of America, football is almost a religion.
And for those who still haven't gotten enough or were on duty, AFN will rebroadcast the game the next day.
This includes 4,821 in Iraq, 1,062 in Central Asia and around 50 in Djibouti.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Jan2005/n01152005_2005011505.html   (367 words)

  
 Buy New Iraqi Dinars : Latest Iraqi Dinar News : 2007 Dinar Iraqi Value For Sale : Dinar Forum Exchange Rate : ...
As Iraq recovers from the removal of Saddam Hussein, and starts rebuilding, the countries infrastructure resume production.
Boasting the 3rd largest oil reserves in the world, Iraq's economy can only improve.
The Iraqi Dinar was worth $US3.20 before the United Nations embargo that followed Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
www.dinartrade.com   (402 words)

  
 Clandestine Radio Watch #156, April 15, 2004
A press release from Radio France Internationale said this was the group's fourth FM relay in Iraq.
In addition, the station is transmitting on one of several frequencies used by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for its external transmissions.
It has also been heard in Iraq on the MW frequency of 819 kHz between 1100 and 1145 gmt.
www.clandestineradio.com /crw/news.php?id=214&stn=660&news=396   (1222 words)

  
 Afn Network News Sports Schedule   (Site not responding. Last check: )
AFKN and the proportion AFN Korea is now AFN Asia Pacific flavored to other competitive sports athletics and Human Operation Swarmer in Iraq as a political show and other crimes in Iraq.
AFN Cuts Radio Sports Allstate at the Brickyard Schedule Stats Indianapolis Motor at Camp Victory in Baghdad Iraq made it his personal mission Armed Forces Network.
Normally the AFN offers sports broadcasts on Allstate at the Brickyard Schedule Stats Indianapolis Motor at Camp Victory in Baghdad Iraq made it his personal mission Armed Forces Network.
www.just-peachie.net /afn-network-iraq-sports-schedule.htm   (363 words)

  
 AFN Iraq
The first song played live on AFN was "Freedom" by Paul McCartney.
SSgt Eder (Casbah) and TSgt Herron (Bob) won the Thomas Jefferson Award for a show they hosted.
It was the third live show on AFN Iraq.
www.1bx.com /en/AFN_Iraq.htm   (225 words)

  
 Media Network Weblog » Blog Archive » Salam Pax reviews AFN Iraq
Salam Pax, the “Baghdad Blogger”, has been listening to the recently-launched radio station for American Forces in Iraq.
SAWA Iraq is different than SAWA in the rest of the arab world, yes we are special.
In case you are wondering SAWA is the new American propaganda tool instead of [Voice of America].
blogs.rnw.nl /medianetwork/?p=395   (607 words)

  
 Stars and Stripes: AFN-Iraq hits Baghdad later this week
Army Staff Sgt. Kim Almodovar, a member of the 222nd Broadcast Operations Detachment that has deployed to Iraq with the American Forces Radio and Television Service, is one of the broadcasters for AFN-Iraq.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — American Forces Network-Iraq will begin live radio broadcasts from Baghdad this week, featuring news, weather, music, tips on Iraq’s culture and language, and other content tailored to troops in that country.
Troops in Iraq have been able to catch the TV segments on sets in unit day rooms or chow halls.
www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=19150   (612 words)

  
 AFN Iraq FAQ
Baghdad, 1Kw on 104.1 and 107.7 FM Kirkuk, 200w on 100.1 and 107.3 FM LSA Anaconda (Balad, Iraq) 250w on 107.3 FM Mosul, 1Kw on 105.1 FM Q-West, 250w on 93.3 FM Sinjar, 250w on 107.9 FM Tallil, 200w on 100.1 and 107.3 FM Tikrit, 1Kw on 93.3 FM How do you get your music?
We get our music from an independent distributor, just like stations in the U.S. We do not have full albums; we get a compilation of the "charting" hits each week.
If you lose the signal in your area, you can either send an email to our Technical Support at afn-techs@iraq.centcom.mil or give us a call at DSN 318-239-0925 or MCI 914-822-5248.
www.afniraq.army.mil /faq.html   (209 words)

  
 CFLCC Media Release   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Baghdad, Iraq - American Forces Network-Iraq begins live radio broadcasts in Baghdad at 3 p.m., Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 10).
By the end of December, troops at the major garrison locations (Ar Ramadi, Mosul, Tikrit, Balad (LSA Anaconda), Kirkuk, and Tallil AB) will also receive the signal originating in Baghdad.
Command information material, song requests, and dedications can be sent to "Freedom Radio" at afn@baghdadforum.com.
www.arcent.army.mil /media_releases/2003/december/dec09_05.asp   (245 words)

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