to hear the program at its scheduled time, many stations have been offering transcriptions to the factories which they may present over the plant's public address system at convenient times like lunch hour and rest periods."The Army Hour received a number of awards, some of which were as follows: 1942 -- "Best Government War Program," Motion Picture Daily's annual radio poll 1942 -- "Favorite War Program," Cleveland Plain Dealer Readers Poll 1943 -- "Best Government War Program," Motion Picture Daily's annual radio poll 1944 -- "Best Government Program," 13th Annual Poll of Radio Editors 1944 -- "Favorite Wartime Show," Radio Daily poll 1945 -- "Best Program Produced By Army or Government Bureau, or in Interest of War," 14th Annual Radio Editors' PollThe Army Hour also had a different kind of popularity in more personal ways when a local member of the Army was involved, as illustrated by two anecdotes. In 1943, a Bowling Green, Ky., newspaper reported, "'half the town called a halt to usual Sunday afternoon pleasures' to tune in to the 'Army Hour' radio program and listen to one of their own, Brig. Gen. Victor Herbert Strahm, detail an important low-level bombing attack..." In 1944, 1st Lt. John Markowitz of Cartaret, N.J., gave his first-hand account of leading an assault on a German-held fort. A newspaper report noted: "The sound of his voice was especially welcome to his parents, for he had been reported captured." The reporter added that members of Markowitz's church heard him on The Army Hour while attending a war-relief meeting. Adaptations In October 1942, the impact of The Army Hour was such that officials from the British Army sought to implement a similar program "to be shortwaved to the far-flung forces of the empire." At the time, The Army Hour was "rated as the dominant program of the week." Also in October 1942, a trade publication reported on plans to produce a movie short, The Army Hour, which would feature the program's announcer, George F. Putnam. A television program, The Armed Forces Hour, was broadcast October 30, 1949 - June 11, 1950, on NBC and February 4, 1951 - May 6, 1951, on the DuMont Television Network. The 30-minute program "culled from the estimated 500 million feet of film already on hand." It also featured music by service members, including The Singing Sergeants and the U.S. Navy Dance Band. In 1953, the Armed Forces