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Voice of America Station in Saipan Station KSAI was used to broadcast surrender terms to Japan at the end of the war. |
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100 KW that was run at 50 KW Western Electric Transmitter at VOA station at Saipan |
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Control console and transmitter as KSAI |
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There were many VOA Quonset Huts at KSAI Due to typhoons in Saipan nets ropes and anchors were used to keep buildings in place (click for larger view) |
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WXLD- KSAI
Dear Ed, It's strange how things happen. I've saved this WXLD-KSAI cartoon for 59 years for no known reason. Last fall my wife, Jean, asked me the location of Batan. I pulled up a map on the internet to show her and nearby were Guam and Saipan. During the following night I dreamed of WXLD and my time there during the winter and spring of 1946. The following day I searched WXLD and came upon your web site and KSAI-WXLD. This led to photographs of the hut where our studios were. I even remembered bringing the anchors for the pending storm. Ivan Saddler's name appeared and I sent some comments to him. You were next in line. It's nice to have found a likely home for the cartoon. It is being mailed to you folded since this has been its storage condition over the years. For your information I am and was: Thomas Roth Bryan ETM 21c, USNR, 264-11-58. Funny how a serial number sticks. Still don't remember my Social Security number. Sincerely yours, Tom Bryan
"My sister remembers Dad mentioning that
he'd met Tyrone Power, that he suffered through Dengue Fever.
I also remember mention of Dengue, the heat, and that he developed
a fungus on his toenails that never went away. I
remember that he mentioned being "Uncle Bill" and hosting
"Noon Tunes" at WXLD. "
"Sure wish I'd asked more questions, or paid
closer attention when he did talk. "
Marilyn
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Click these photos below for a lager view!
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