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By S SGT. ANDRE TURGEONSS Okinawa Bureau ChiefNAHA, Okinawa — American Forces Radio and Television (AFRT) Okinawa’s new AM radio station began broadcasting on schedule at 6 a m. Saturday despite protests from the Ryu-kvus Broadcasting Corporation (RRC) charging AFRT with violating Department of Defense (DOD) regulations governing radio operations.The protest; in the form of a letter; was delivered to the High Commissioner »Janies B. Lam-pert Friday niorning, the day after RRC learned the new .station, was;,.going:outhe air Saturday.; ;This is the fi rsl tinve that such a protest has been gm'adey-by.:-;R:BCT ;wh!elry operates'; ThhV 1 i;sh;dah.^u aghy s 1 A tiqn/KS B E.yyasyT#'';;:a^ia^anese;Ta' statidmyy/yyjyy;TITiy;Ji D g y y; t o; jy t'/i rt 'i*BBC, the protest requested that operation of the new AM station be postponed pending a review of the situation.The new AFRT information station at 1420 kHz on the dial will program 24 hours a day of news, live sports coverage, news features, commentary and discussion programs.Bob Wales, chief broadcaster for KSBK, said \he protest is riot being lodged at the new station, but at the whole AFRT oper-ation, in.' partieular Radio 850, the other AFRTS AM station,AFRT also has an FM staiibn at 89.1 mHz on the dial and TV Channel 8.y:;.• v vF-g; //-VTy: ; “ The additio n of the in form a-tionmewsyst at ibn):plus;e3epahslhmof yAFlTlV -FM • s/operaiioh^^^^luried^add TVyou tie i sTpihby a.;mim^ bpny;■gi o' FAT by to;hr b ade a Min g//.''S.ayF:Wale8:y // • / y ■ ■toy:/; ■ yy ■ to;/; STHe also said that KSBK programmed contemporary music 24 hours daily while the Pentagon limits AFRT to providing entertainment otherwise unavailable.'Wales asserted that ‘‘AFRT isexceeding its authorized activities at the expense of Okinawa’s only English language commercial station.He added that ‘‘Military regulations prohibit AFRT from operations tot would constitute competition with, or otherwise be detrimental to private .inter-, ests'i: or owners of services or properties df a commercial na-soulce of incorneyisyTfbtoy Advert*to,;yahy|reductibton they size-; of youryM iidibn ce yydxrebtlyyyyKf f ec tsyy p iirloss ';siatehient;'V'; yy-y; ;Waies,ysphAkihg;;f6rhe W Informal; *. ...-I--lion station AFRT 650 will nowbe used to program more musicsuch as played on KSBK and lake listeners away from them.“There is a limit to how much m ill t a r y broadcasting competition we can tolerate,” heWales admitted in an interview Friday afternoon that the protest action was prompted by what he called a “black economic situation in the Hyukyus and bleak economic future after rove rslon51 and: that with: this “competition” from AFRT the future of KSBK is threatened.Wales would not comment on the e or fen t eco.iio ni ie si tuatipnyat: RBC of how much mone^ Wtoymade: yto yyadvertisingy y to;'y totoy ;;rhuchy'of yaLloss yin ^adv.ertisihg yRBG expected y toyy take;: U'Fy'ilto.:;f‘-corhpeR'tioh /.ycbnli h uje'd C- yy S toptT S RobeM ttoiito gy of ficery,: totoharge -' of AFfto / Qfema wto; said in an inierview Ffiday; mor nin|?:'Thatyv^G /-TfeSttto:■ vf i 11|ti ^yy riy y yy^y^bVulingrlhfpfntAtitiTrrLetf L/y i cyy^ 'T;Stord toyOkf hawa ? % ■ /ytoyy;to'/ytotoyyyyTheyhbWySMyntaiibnrIn:'yahd/ihfofto Tlhto y:ybutfetsywiilyTon'tiiiuTT 'FaTn mry;gfp'Ups;TLhe:''saidy;'yy:Tyy:yvs:t)bugiasy;:Gfb^SMntf; TeKphbheypuiw§ylhS|ilwW8ylftliiS®9W®®8iiSSSI|IBi®P
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Sun, May 16, 1971
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