European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 16, 1994 the stars and stripes 9 Page 3 by Effie Bathen staff writer Oesterberg a Netherlands a the staff at the american forces radio station at Oesterberg intended to wind up 10 years of local programming Friday with a Marathon round the clock local broadcast. But there were not enough disc jockeys left according to the station manager and the station was forced to change plans. A a we re going to just go off the air quietly a a tech. Sgt. Greg Holmes said. The touch and go morning show airing 6 to 10 a.m., was the last locally produced broadcast at an Oesterberg before the air Force european broadcasting so affiliate ended 10 years of broadcasting. The americans will return the last of their Side of the dutch air base to their hosts at the end of september. The station will continue to transmit 1 a amps Effie Bathon tech. Sgt. Greg Holmes. A just go off the air quietly radio and to programming out of Frankfurt Germany until it pulls the plug aug 15. Local to broadcasts ended april 15. Holmes said the station will turn off the transmitter late at night ideally not in the Middle of a preseason football game a a a a a Quot a. The station once served an audience of More than 3,500 when the base was Home to a Squadron of f-15 Eagle fighters. Folks at the radio station a 88.7 on the dial dubbed it a Eagle  one of the radio station s promotional signatures was a a it a a Bird. It s an f-15. No its Eagle  the Community did not have an am station so the Little broadcast studios in building 35 filled the quiet Countryside East of utrecht with everything Quot from Urban contemporary to country and West Ern. The sound of american forces network is usually popular in Host countries but since so Many dutch speak English Well it was even More so. The station often received requests from local As Well As military Community listeners. Baby / love your Way by the group big Mountain was among the favorite requests from the dutch military police known As lbs according to senior airman Ildiko Nemes who was Host of the morning show for several weeks. The Community was Small enough a the locals use the word Gezel Lisheid for things dutch and cozy a that Nemes knew Many people who phoned in requests. The dutch lbs like reggae music Best she said. The american programming was so popular that an Amsterdam radio station had the whole an Oesterberg staff do a 12-hour broadcast from that canal City a studios on Netherlands liberation Day May 5. The Observance commemorates the Allied liberation of the Netherlands in world War ii. In recent weeks the station has been plagued with Calls and visits from local s voice Berlin a the . Military a american forces network broadcast locally from Berlin for the last time Friday closing up after 49 years of infecting berliners with a steady diet of americana from Glenn Miller to run dec. A it was the trend maker a said Wladi Mir Benz a German translator reporter who joined Afna a news department in 1948 and retired 40 years later. A it probably also helped transform the German  since aug. 5, 1945, when it went on the air playing George Gershwin so a. A amps Effie Bathen senior airman Ildiko Nemes checks the clock before local broadcasting went Oft the air at Oesterberg a Netherlands on Friday. Fans reluctant to accept the last touch and go. One disc jockey from a dutch station called to ask if he could be at the final broadcast. A the just wanted to be there a Holmes said. He was there Friday morning and gave Holmes a to shirt with the radio Soest logo. Before announcer Dave Mitchell a staff sergeant left his popular Mitch in the morning show several weeks ago another fan popped up at the broadcast studios on the restricted base with a plaque of appreciation. The fan presented it to Mitchell on the air. The air Force european broadcasting so judged an Oesterberg its Best station in 1993. The  operates most an stations throughout Europe such As an Berlin which also ceased broadcasting local programming Friday. A few stations such As the one in Oesterberg Are owned and operated by the air Force. Other air Force broadcasting stations Are at in Ciurlik a Turkey Aviano a Italy and Lajes Field azores. A station at Iraklion air station Crete a recently closed. One in Oslo Norway is scheduled to close soon Holmes said. Rhapsody in Blue from an improvised hut on the Back of a truck an radio Wayme Best medium in Berlin for get tin to know american English and culture. It belongs to the same chapter of history As the cold War and the Berlin Wall a chapter that will dose when the last american service members leave the formerly divided City by the end of september. For East and West berliners alike an was much More than music. It was a window on a looser lifestyle. It was the a wolfman Jack show. Even its commercials intrigued the germans. V if people Are indeed a product of their Media culture said Rik Delisle a former popular disc jockey at an Berlin a then an americanized West  this station became a Friend and without a doubt one of the Best ambassadors our nation Ever had a col. Robert e. Gaylord director of an in Europe said in closing fridays three hour Send off radio broadcast. After the Star spangled Banner and 30 seconds of dead air an Berlin was off the air. An will continue network radio and television feeds from Frankfurt until september. Then the transmitters and satellite dishes come Down. The Farewell show was heard via the an network in 52 countries that reach 375,000 . Service members and their families including americans in Western Germany reached by eight an affiliates. The retrospective emceed by station manager Gregory Foss also reached some of the audience it had most affected throughout the cold  visits Mildenhall on heels of airman s complaint by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England a officials from the defense department inspector general a office interviewed Mildenhall personnel this week but an in spokeswoman would not confirm if the visit is related to a retaliation complaint made by an air Force sergeant. The spokeswoman could not say How Long investigators who arrived at Mildenhall on july 10, would be conducting interviews. The defense department in said in june that it was investigating circumstances surrounding a criminal inquiry into a travel voucher filed by sgt. Zenaida Martinez of the 100th Mission support so at Mildenhall. The travel voucher involved a $200 taxi ride in March from Gatwick Airport in London to Raf Mildenhall. Martinez was returning from Washington d.c., where she had testified with three other military women before the House armed services committee about sexual harassment and reprisals for filing harassment complaints. On thursday Martinez said the in had interviewed her this week. But she said she had been instructed by officials not to discuss the matter and declined to comment further. J _ two years ago Martinez filed sexual harassment complaints against two superiors in her  command in the 100th Security police so at Mildenhall. She said she had suffered retaliation from her Chain of command since filing the complaints. The criminal investigation into Martinez voucher was ordered dropped last month by Gen. Robert c. Oaks commander of the . Air forces in Europe