Do You Want a Tokyo Rose Radio MOD?

[Florida Sailor]

I would appreciate some advice from the forum. I have been doodling around with a Radio Tokyo Mod, NHK Radio. The idea was to have a station with Tokyo Rose, that we could listen to when we were near Japan. Here are the problems I have encountered.

There is not very much material available and what I could find are not very good in sound quality. I tried “washing them” a bit, but they are still not very good. At least 50% of each one I have are too static filled to understand.

The “Zero Hour” broadcasts began in 1943, bit the earliest ones I have are August ’44.

Tokyo Rose was the name our guys gave to the female voices on the “Zero Hour”. There were about 20 different ones and the lady we tossed in jail after the war identified herself on the radio as Anne and later Orphan Anne. None of them referred to themselves Tokyo Rose.

I would like to keep NHK Radio as authentic as possible and still have it dedicated to having Tokyo Rose broadcasts for the game. As I have the format for the broadcasts, I can create new ones from scratch. I have a lady whose voice could melt the polar icecaps and she has agreed to help me. I also have all the music I need. I am ready to start production. It will take a few weeks, but I think it will be fun to have for the radio. I would make one program for each month starting in early ’43 and ending in August ’45. They would consist of American music and of course, news and commentary by our “Tokyo Rose”. I would have the broadcasts, each an hour in length, as events. These would begin at the same time and date each month. I would then have to add some music to the folder that would play in between the broadcasts. So far, so good, but I need some input from the forum before I get started.

Here are my initial questions.

What do we have her identify herself as? Tokyo Rose, Orphan Anne or some other name?

How “mean” do we want her to be? In original broadcasts she is fairly “sweet” and just plays US music like a modern DJ. The “slanted” news and commentary is read by men. Do we want an authentic or a Hollywood version of our girl?

As long as we are creating this from scratch, do we want to have her lean toward directing her propaganda at the US submarine force? We could have general propaganda and a few snide remarks about US subs or really have her aim at the sub force.

What music do we want playing in between the broadcasts? US swing or Japanese martial and traditional music?

How far from Japan should “NHK Radio” be able to be picked up on our radios?

I could really use some guidance from the forum before I start creating the MOD. The way I plan to do it should not be affected by any patches, so that is not a problem. Depending on how we finally decide to do this will determine how long it takes me. I would guess it might wind up being a Christmas present for the forum.


Let’s confine this to just Tokyo Rose. The German “Lord Haw Haw” and “Axis Sally” were not heard in the Pacific.

ALL commentary on this subject is welcome.

This is also posted on the UBI Forum.
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...5/m/4291040306

If you are a member of both, it would be helpful to me if you post replies there.

@fred8615 Go ahead with your Radio Tokyo MOD. I will name mine NHK Radio, so that members will have a choice between your authentic broadcasts and my “re-creations” or have the ability to have both. I will post all of my Zero Hour material on filefront in a few days. I will email you a link when I upload it.

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