Go online, sound off on AFN Europe programing

Story and photo Story and photo by George A. Smith 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Experience what it feels like to have the ear of the network program director and the chance to change what you see and hear on the American Forces Network. Go to the AFN Europe Web site and say what you think should be on the radio and how you prefer to get your military news on TV. 

Go online to afneurope.net, click on the link to the survey and sound off on the mix of music, types of information and shows airing on AFN radio. Your feedback will help AFN Europe decide when to have live hosted DJ shows and whether the network should change current programming.   The survey is available until Feb. 19. 

AFN Europe broadcasts two radio services to concentrations of military personnel and families in Germany, Italy and Belgium: AFN The Eagle and the Power Network. AFN The Eagle is a family-friendly blend of music and entertainment airing on FM 106 in Italy and a mix of mostly FM frequencies in Germany and Belgium.  The Power Network airs on FM 107 in Italy and mostly AM frequencies in Germany and Belgium. It features news and information shows such as Morning Newswatch, National Public Radio and Rush Limbaugh, as well as shows such as “Connections,” a blend of oldies and news.

The survey questions on AFN Television focus on when you watch TV, what channels you watch and how you want to see your Europe and base military news. The network also wants to know if you prefer getting your military TV news in a 30-minute AFN Europe Report, two-minute newsbreaks, the Web, a podcast or another way.

From January through mid-February, AFN stations will be live at post exchanges, commissaries and other high-traffic areas encouraging people to take five-to-10 minutes to go on line and fill out the survey.  
Stop by and fill out the survey there, or just wait until you get home or have a few minutes at the office.

There’s an added incentive to fill out a survey. The Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, is giving away a three-night stay for two adults at its resort, as well as a one-day ski or snowboard lesson, rental equipment and lift passes for the appropriate slope.