European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                For popular to thaw from a weekly teenage airman tapes talk with an arabian it interviewed far Herbert spins Platter on Cowboy Roundup to to Lum aled audience i Faflik tar from l rails i uncounted of no Namer Liln the  who u within has Atomon file at its  holds letters t contented rang Froin commanding who write pro puns his lifted morale in to Dent Taro says his a Leas Lumpy tue that he to communlcati0ntlndioatc that the doing what it it out to do bring entertainment servicemen their families where there no englishman radio or to Tea ties or where the recreational for euries Are Jade g i to the television negated at saudi Ara Span Dahlem Tod Ilan Stcin air Art of potted by the 7l22d by Paul staff writer at whelus and Dhahran and at Irak lion air Crete Ben Nous Rabat and Sidi Slimane air bases in Morocco and at Adana and Diyarbakir in permission to operate radio stations in Spain and Greece is now being sought by the Complete plans for the new outlets have been and 7122d officials believe the stations could be put on the air very quickly after approval is to operate these stations and the head quarters at Lindsey air base in wies the Squadron Lias a total of 128 air men and 10 officers three of these officers and 18 airmen Are assigned to the 7122ds sister the american forces network in Germany and the official relationship Between the 71224 and an is largely at department of defense since the armed forces radio and television service operates in this Usa eur is responsible for radio service in France and Germany and has established an for the sept Weber 1958 Safe is responsible for to in Ger and the radio and to operation in the areas of Middle East and the Mediterranean where most of the audience is made up of air Forte the 7122d was organized on july to serve this each operating As the 7122d detachments Are is headed either by an officer or each has a program supervisor and the maintenance personnel to keep the equipment in in addition to the necessary operating the nine radio outlets Are on the air an average of 19 hours a Day and the to stations average nine about a third of the programs aired by the various stations Are locally produced the remainder of air time is filled with transcriptions find television films distributed by these Are obtained from networks and agencies in the it no Cost to the although scattered throughout a Large chunk of the All of the personnel of the 7l22d Are dedicated to the same the stars and stripes furnishing the Best service possible to their but appropriate motto of the organization states it is More than a is in most the radio and to stations Are the Only link with America for service men and their families stationed in the areas served by the in coun tries where close circuit facilities Are not local citizens have found the stations excellent sources of information about americans and the commander of the 7122d is capt Truman the major functions of the Squadron Headquarters Are handled by capt Gordon engineering officer capt and it albeit Supply including the maintenance of the personnel is supervised by m sgt Virginia one letter the Squadron is very proud of obviously was written by a a full typewritten when boiled seems to pretty Well sum up the Safe radio and television system its the v i Page