On the west side of the road.

The monument, created by German artist Karl-Heinz Kappl in 2001, consists of a low, pyramid-shaped structure featuring a large AFN emblem on its front face, topped by a small geometric metal element and set on a circular concrete base. It commemorates the former AFN Munich transmitting tower that once stood at the site and the history of the American Forces Network in Munich. A German inscription recounts AFN Munichs broadcasting history, marking the establishment of the station in June 1945 and the end of its broadcasts in 1992, while also commemorating the American music, programs, and radio culture associated with AFN during its nearly five decades in the city.

In front of the monument text:

917 KM LONDON 

AFN

On the west side of the monument text:

JUNI

1945 ERSTE

DEUTSCHE AFN-

STATION IN MÜNCHEN:

"DON'T FENCE ME IN" ALS AFN-

ERKENNUNGSMELODIE: "MUSIC IN THE

AIR", BEBOP-SWING-ROCK'N'ROLL, "STICK-

BUDDY JAMBOREE": COUNTRY-WESTERN, WOLFMAN

JACK (1938-1995). 1992 ENDE VON AFN IN MÜNCHEN.

On the east side of the monument text:

AFN

AMERICAN-

FORCES-NETWORK:

AUF BEFEHL DER GENERÄLE

MARSHALL UND EISENHOWER

ALS ''SOLDATENSENDER AM 4. JULI

1943 IN LONDON ERSTMALS AUF SENDUNG.

JUDY GARLAND: ''SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.

BEI KRIEGSENDE SENDEN BEREITS 63 AFN-STATIONEN.

English translation:

JUNE

1945 FIRST

GERMAN AFN

STATION IN MUNICH:

DONT FENCE ME IN AS THE AFN

SIGNATURE TUNE: MUSIC IN THE

AIR, BEBOPSWINGROCK N ROLL, STICK-

BUDDY JAMBOREE: COUNTRY-WESTERN, WOLFMAN

JACK (19381995). 1992 END OF AFN IN MUNICH.

AFN

AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK:

BY ORDER OF GENERALS
MARSHALL AND EISENHOWER,
IT FIRST WENT ON THE AIR AS A
SOLDIERS RADIO STATION ON JULY 4,
1943, IN LONDON.

JUDY GARLAND: SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.

BY THE END OF THE WAR, 63 AFN STATIONS
WERE ALREADY BROADCASTING.