KTUS
KTUS 2008
THE RADIO VOICE OF MAINSITE
MUSIC,
MEMORIES
AND
MORE!
MEMORIES
AND
MORE!
50TH ANNIVERSARY
PART ONE
PART ONE
- 50TH ANNIVERSARY
- PART TWO
SERVING MAINSITE, A U.S
MILITARY INSTALLATION
NEAR ISTANBUL. KTUS WAS THE
ORIGINAL ARMED
FORCES RADIO OUTLET IN
TURKEY.
KTUS WENT ON THE AIR IN LATE
1957 AND WAS
FORMALLY DEDICATED IN MARCH
OF 1958.
Built, programmed and maintained
by an all-volunteer staff
of Air Force and Navy personnel,
KTUS was referred to
as “the midget with a mighty
voice” by
the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
The call letters stood for “Keeping
in Touch with the
United States.”
This site is dedicated to those
who gave their time
and talent to the station. They
include:
BARRY BAMPTON=BOB BOWER
=WILLIAM ‘SMILIN’ BILL”
BABBITT=NEIL BERG=
STEVE BOTOS=BOB
BOWER=DON BROWN=
PHIL BROWN=HARRY BURNS=JAN
CLAIRE
=BOB “BOBBY DELL”
DELGIORNO=DAVID DEVLIN=
BOB DUMAS= FRED KARTH
=CHAPLAIN WILIAM KOPELKI=
SHERM LEVY=RICH MILLS=PETE
MURPHY=
NORM DURNFORD=DICK
FLOYD=PAUL HATFIELD
=ED GRAY=PAUL HATFIELD=JACK
GROELLE=BOB GUEST=
HARRISON HARTMAN=KEN
MCALEXANDER=
CHUCK MOORE=RON
POLAND=PETE JOHNSON
=DON PORTER=DAVE
RADOMSKI=JOEL SCALLON
=ED WATTS=LARRY WEBB=BOB
WILLETT
=DICK WILT=BOB ZULKIE=
MILITARY INSTALLATION
NEAR ISTANBUL. KTUS WAS THE
ORIGINAL ARMED
FORCES RADIO OUTLET IN
TURKEY.
KTUS WENT ON THE AIR IN LATE
1957 AND WAS
FORMALLY DEDICATED IN MARCH
OF 1958.
Built, programmed and maintained
by an all-volunteer staff
of Air Force and Navy personnel,
KTUS was referred to
as “the midget with a mighty
voice” by
the Stars and Stripes newspaper.
The call letters stood for “Keeping
in Touch with the
United States.”
This site is dedicated to those
who gave their time
and talent to the station. They
include:
BARRY BAMPTON=BOB BOWER
=WILLIAM ‘SMILIN’ BILL”
BABBITT=NEIL BERG=
STEVE BOTOS=BOB
BOWER=DON BROWN=
PHIL BROWN=HARRY BURNS=JAN
CLAIRE
=BOB “BOBBY DELL”
DELGIORNO=DAVID DEVLIN=
BOB DUMAS= FRED KARTH
=CHAPLAIN WILIAM KOPELKI=
SHERM LEVY=RICH MILLS=PETE
MURPHY=
NORM DURNFORD=DICK
FLOYD=PAUL HATFIELD
=ED GRAY=PAUL HATFIELD=JACK
GROELLE=BOB GUEST=
HARRISON HARTMAN=KEN
MCALEXANDER=
CHUCK MOORE=RON
POLAND=PETE JOHNSON
=DON PORTER=DAVE
RADOMSKI=JOEL SCALLON
=ED WATTS=LARRY WEBB=BOB
WILLETT
=DICK WILT=BOB ZULKIE=
