Dawn Buster show

Dawn Buster show

Gooood Moooorrrnnning Vietnam!

For Vietnam AFVN developed a program along the lines of "G.I. Jive" from World War II. A number of local disc jockeys helped make hour-long music programs for broadcast. Perhaps the best known program became the morning "Dawn Buster" program, (the brainchild of Chief Petty Officer Bryant Arbuckle in 1962) thanks to the popularity of the sign-on slogan "Gooooood Morning, Vietnam" (which was initiated by Adrian Cronauer and later became the basis for the film Good Morning Vietnam starring Robin Williams). Among the notable people who were AFVN disc jockeys were Cronauer and Pat Sajak. Beginning in 1971 AFVN began to close some stations in Vietnam. The last station to close was in Saigon in 1973.

Navy Chief "Buck" Arbuckle was the first.

Jerry Masini (AFRS Sep. 62 thru Sep. 63)

John Ramsey July 6, 1963

edition of the "Observer" carried an article celebrating the first anniversary of AFRS Saigon complete with a picture of Navy petty officer John Ramsey, the caption read "dawn buster." Anybody know of anyone prior to Ramsey?

Steve Southerland(no photo as yet)

John Laughlin