Dave Rabbit

PART 1 – Into The Quagmire

PART 2 – Next Stop, Vietnam

PART 3 – America’s War

PART 4 – Fading Light At The End Of The Tunnel

PART 5 – POW (Prisoner Of War)

PART 6 – Dust Off

PART 7 – The Value Of A Hill (Hamburger Hill)

PART 8 – The Last Run

Radio First Termer was a pirate radio station which operated in January 1971 in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The station was hosted by a United States Air Force sergeant calling himself "Dave Rabbit". The two other members of the crew were known as "Pete Sadler" and "Nguyen". Their real names are unknown. After three tours in Vietnam, "Dave Rabbit" and his friends launched Radio First Termer from a secret studio in a Saigon brothel at 20:00 hours (8 p.m.) on New Year's Day, 1971. The station broadcast for 63 hours over 21 days (between January 1, 1971 and January 21, 1971). The station played "hard acid rock" such as Steppenwolf, Bloodrock, Three Dog Night, Led Zeppelin, Sugarloaf, the James Gang, and Iron Butterfly, bands which were popular among the troops but largely ignored by the American Forces Vietnam Network. The music was mixed with antiwar commentary, skits poking fun at the U.S. Air Force, Lyndon B. Johnson, and raunchy sex and drug oriented jokes. The posting of sound clips from a Radio First Termer broadcast on the internet during the mid 1990's renewed interest in the station. In February 2006 "Dave Rabbit" came forward and told his story. He also did an interview for a bonus feature which will go with the DVD release of the film Sir! No Sir! which is about the G.I. counterculture during the Vietnam era. Although the frequency was always called FM69, in reality the show was broadcasted over numerous frequencies, in addition to FM69 as selected by the Radio Relay troops across Vietnam. It was also broadcasted over numerous AM frequencies, including 690 AM.

During September 2006, Dave Rabbit, along with a new crew including Charlie Cooper and Nadirah, went to Iraq to do a 35th Anniversary Show for the troops. The complete show is available HERE on Pod-O-Matic on MP3's as well as the original 1971 Saigon, Vietnam Show.

On July 11th 2007, Dave Rabbit, Johnny Anonymous and AboveTopSecret.Com created and launched a new worldwide show called ATS MIX.

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