American Forces Network Soesterberg

AFN Soesterberg began operating from Bldg. #35, on 1 July 1967, with a low power 20-Watt transmitter. Programming was broadcast from 0600 to 0105 hours daily, with operating at a frequency of 93.1 Megahertz FM. Services were expanded on 22 August to Tapjiun Barracks in Maastricht (93.4 Megahertz) and on 25 August to the Emma Mine, in Brunssum, the Netherlands (89.15 Megahertz). (Note: both sites used 75-Watt transmitter) One of the special shows produced for the SHAPE audience was entitled "The Five O'clock Courier", which began on 25 October 1968.

November 1983 the squadron received approval for television and in May 1984 television service began using the NTSC system on channel 80. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands signed the approval papers for American television transmission personally. In 1986, AFN Soesterberg was scaled down, from a full-service 35-man radio and television operation to a local-access, 10-man radio and television operation. On 27 November 1987, AFN installed a satellite dish with service beginning on 4 December. It served the military communities at Soesterberg and Volkel Air Bases, with a total listening audience of approximately 3,700.

In 1989, it was determined that Bldg. #35 required major renovations, for which funds were lacking. Although scheduled destruction of the building was planned for 1991, the station remained. President Bush visited the Netherlands in 1991, giving AFN Soesterberg one of its most noteworthy interviews. Effective 6 January 1993, AFN Soesterberg became an Air Force Broadcasting Service "owned and operated" affiliate. The station continued to operate until Friday, 15 July 1994, when TSG Gregory Holmes let the station go off the air quietly. AFN was heard until 15 August 1994, when the Air Base was finally closed.

Known station commanders of AFN (Camp New Amsterdam) Soesterberg Air Base:
1984 - 1988 TSG /MSG Alan D. Rowland
1989 - 1992 MSG Terry Streich
1992 - 1994 TSG Greg Holmes (NCOIC)

Ramstein Air Base is part of the Air Force Television system and has nothing to do with AFN, for that there was AFN-Kaiserslautern.