Talk:AFN Frankfurt

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 02:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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Höchst Castle, Frankfurt

• ... that unmarried staff of the AFN Frankfurt radio station lived in a medieval tower (pictured)? Source:
  • ALT1: ... that the first broadcasting studio of AFN Frankfurt was soundproofed using old Wehrmacht uniforms? Source:
  • ALT2: ... that AFN Frankfurt was instrumental in introducing American music to postwar Germany?
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Mimi Reinhardt

Moved to mainspace by Kusma (talk). Self-nominated at 23:00, 16 May 2022 (UTC).

• Interesting article, surprising that we didn't have it until now! Good sources, no copyvio obvious. I find ALT2 to be best information-wise, but the quirky ones will probably be preferred. - In the article, I have a problem with the Höchster Schloss, which of course is not a castle but a palace, only the Bergfried having been part of the castle, and the whole thing not from the 14th century, again only the old. Perhaps that could be amended. The image is licensed, but perhaps not the greatest illustration of a radio station. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:53, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks Gerda! The American sources all agree on calling it "Höchst Castle" but I compromised by linking to schloss and hedging the 14th century a bit. (For some of those both "castle" and "palace" are in use in English). The place seems to have an interesting history, but I haven't got the sources for an article. As for the picture, I like having something unexpected, and it is much prettier than the pictures of Feldberg/Taunus transmitter (also I wasn't sure which of these towers did what). —Kusma (talk) 21:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you. German has Schlösser und Burgen, and in English, no differentiation. When I write about a Schloss I leave the name untranslated (Schloss Weimar), but I also have more than enough on my to-do-list. The image is pretty but we have an over-supply of images and an under-supply of quirky, so I see already that ALT1 will make it ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:40, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Promoting this one...I feel like we may have missed an opportunity to name drop the castle's famous guest Napoleon :) Bruxton (talk) 02:37, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

British audience

Unmentioned in the article is the significant UK audience for this station, particularly before 1967 and the launch of BBC Radio 1. The late 50s/early 60s presentation style of AFN influenced the mid-Atlantic sound of mid 60s British offshore pirates such as Radio Caroline. AFN wasn't receivable in the daytime in the UK using ordinary domestic receivers, but could be received easily after dark. Some British radio tuning scales were even marked with AFN. Ef80 (talk) 21:29, 9 February 2026 (UTC)