20 (y)ears of corn (1952)

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Amiwm?. SPONSORS . . Franklyn Ferguson, 1948-1951 Durward Kirby, 1941-42 Bob Murphy, since 1946 Ken Nordine, 1947-1948 Charles Irving, 1943-1944 Fred Kasper, 1946-1947 §> Bill Kephart, 1933-1936 Nearly 6,000 broadcasts ago, announcing the Breakfast Club was a one-man job, held down by Bill Kephart. Today, there is an announcer for each of Breakfast Club’s four sponsors. Don Dowd is heard for Swift & Co., (sponsors since 1941), Bob Murphy for The Philco Corporation, (since 1945), Jay Arlan for the O-Cedar Cor¬ poration and Jack Callaghan for Bobbi-White Rain, (both of whom joined the sponsor family in 1952). Other commercial announcers have been Bob Brown and Bob McKee for Swift; Louis Roen for Acme Paint Co. (1941); Durward Kirby for Cream of Wheat (19411943); Charles Irving for The Kellog Co. (1943-1944); Fred Kasper for Lustre Creme (1946-1947); Ken Nordine for Toni (1947-1948); Franklyn Ferguson for General Mills (1948-1951) and Jack Callaghan for Jell-O (1951-1952). ■ 1 Jack Callaghan, since 1951