''Jubilee'' is an AFRS radio program that featured African American musicians and singers. It was broadcast to servicemen via AFRS from 1942 to 1953. ''Jubilee'' was conceived at least in part as a morale-building service for African American troops stationed overseas. The wartime host was Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in

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. The series emerged as an important piece of black heritage. Its War Department status exempted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947–48 and many of the shows contain unique performances.

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Links to over 130 episodes of ''Jubilee''''Jubilee'' recording collection on archive.org''Jubilee'' catalog in the Glenn Miller Archive
1940s American radio programs 1950s American radio programs American Forces Network radio programs