…world’s first commercial radio station, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.
Broadcast History: 27 November 1930 to 27 September 1953Theme Tune: Neapolitan Nights
At the show’s opening we hear the welcoming host, “Mr. First Nighter”, stroll along Broadway to “the little theater off Times Square” where the listener is then seated in the fourth row, center, just in time for the show. This elaborate start to the program allows the audience to become totally absorbed; it really is as though you are in bustling New York. As for the plays themselves, they are generally light romance with perhaps a hint of melodrama every so often.
COA 1945-06-11 [439] The Law West of the Pacos
Aldrich Family - Henry Gets Jealous
Night Beat 50-05-01 013 Mentallo, the Mental Marvel
750619 - The Climbing Boy
BCS470430 - Philco Radio Time - Groucho Marx and Dorothy Shay [134]