KEAD

KEAD was the callsign for two defunct American [Forces Radio and Television Service] radio stations on Wake Island, an Territories of [the United States#Minor Outlying Islands|unorganized], unincorporated territory of the United States.

Info

On AM, the station carried a mix of free-form live programming hosted by military personnel and other workers stationed on the island, while on KEAD-FM, the station played pre-recorded easy-listening music off reel-to-reel tapes. The KEAD callsign was previously assigned to the United States government role in civil aviation#Civil [Aeronautics Authority|Civil Aeronautics Authority] navigation service station based on the island.

Recent discoveries

In 2011, some 9,000 vintage vinyl records provided by AFRTS to the station from the mid-1960s into the 1970s were discovered in the old studio in a restricted area of the Wake [Island Airfield] terminal building.