European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Got to have interaction with your audience a Kramer said. A you go to a place like Jacksonville fla., and they have 20 am and pm stations each with set formats. We have one and we have to reach a wide Range of tastes. That a Why we have shows like classic hot lunch and several different countdown shows. A when colonel Fowler changed the format it was a great Challenge for All of us. What he did was give us the tools we needed to make an sound like any top 40 radio station in the a former i who separated from the service and bought a radio station near Columbus Ohio Kramer knows the radio business. A we were a Low Power pm station dead last in the Market and went to number eight Overall a Kramer said proudly of the station he operated with his wife. Kramer praises Hansen for his work on am edition. A a he a done everything there is to do under this roof. He a really improved that spec. Jan Reidmuller will take Hansen a place monday. But even a of edition can be tedious with Community announcements about shape that listeners in Berlin care less about. Or a Munich Community conference the Oesterberg listeners will probably not attend. Even so Hansen enjoys the Challenge. A a it a kind of neat to find 150 ways to sell say wild Flecken a Chicken fest or whatever. But that a the kind of show it is. If after listening to the show you done to know something about everything going on in the world that Day you Haven to been 1 Quot Bob Coultas an army sergeant and Host of z morning zoo on Frankfurt Sam Side is a big am edition fan. A i like to listen to it for a change of Pace a said Coultas whose Early morning shenanigans Are heard throughout an where local pm affiliates do not produce a morning show. A you know in a 37 years old and id listen to am edition before id listen to the z morning a Bob is naturally Zany a Hansen chimed in. A anybody can play sound effects on their show but Bob has that Quick wit something to say about whether its Rock a no Roll with your Coffee or the latest sports scores Kramer said an is committed to keeping the request lines open and the r a amps Dova Didio operations chief Bob Kramer a a you be got to have interaction with your Best mix on the air. A a it a the people definitely the people a Kramer emphasized referring to Afna a sudden popularity. A a it a easy just to get on the radio play what you want arid ramble. We have a set format and it takes a lot of discipline to stick to that format. Not Only do these people Here follow that format they add to on the fms de of the dial Kramer and co. Are committed to seeing the Best mix concept through. So far its working but As even Kramer conceded a a we be got a Way to go. A a we re getting stations spice shows with culture the radios belonging to Spain stationed listeners done to sound much different from other sound boxes in Europe. The few live shows carried there Mirror the Rock and talk programming found throughout the continent. But the armed forces stations at times spice their airtime with Spanish culture. At Afes det 6 100.2 pm at Torrejon a the 15-minute Holiday in Spain and 30-second Cadonic Vas a where a going a Supply with a travel hints and sightseeing hot spots. Holiday airs at 11 45 . Sunday and Lavonde Vas at intermittent times throughout live programming. Emily Albert a Volunteer Host of Holiday for 21 years delves into culture As Well As travel. The show also aired from Zaragoza and Moron air bases often features Spanish music and touches on such subjects As which Spanish wine to buy and How to understand a bullfight. While visiting that culture listeners can make use of 100.2�?Ts other Sliver of Spanish culture phrase of the Day. The 15-second show verses listeners in such expressions As asking where a House is Bidonde est la Casa or proposing a Toast is Ludl. Phrase runs at intermittent times through live programming. Listeners to ebs 89.7 in Zaragoza can quench their curiosity of Spanish culture through Conchita River Ola. The Host of the 30-Sccond ask conch it a airing intermittently through live programming hits on listener requested topics such As Spanish eating habits and Why first communion is so significant in Spanish life. Brent st1nski staff writer no touching that dial for seb in Italy Southern european broadcasting Afna a counterpart in Italy is sticking to its regular programming in which Lister cars take part when they Are interviewed or Call in songs. Seb offers a top-40 music format on 106 pm with easy listening and news on 107 pm. The difference in the Way the two networks military communities experienced the War with Iraq is one reason for Sebus keeping its format said the networks operations chief Michael Mullen. A the impression i had from the worldwide armed forces radio and television service 1 conference in los Angeles was that an was using the Call in shows As a Means of allowing family members to let out their feelings about having their spouses deployed to the desert a Mullen said from seb Headquarters in Vicenza Italy. While thousands of service members in Germany deployed with their units to the Middle East the situation was different in Italy. There far fewer people went to the persian Gulf. When they did they usually deployed individually or in Small groups. They also usually went for Shorter periods. Sebus affiliates broadcast Public service announcements and interviews with local officials to inform people who needed help during the War about where to find it. Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau August 11,1991 sunday a Page 5
