Radio showmanship (Sept 1940-May 1941)

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Record Details:

Title:
Radio showmanship
Date:
Sept 1940-May 1941
Publisher:
Minneapolis : Showmanship Publications
Volume:
Radio showmanship (Sept 1940-May 1941)
Leaf #:
000290
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
University of Maryland, College Park
Sponsor:
LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 18, 2024
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elling Jewell In the December last Annual All-Star Twin Show, 14 sets of turns vied for the #100 in <.ish pn/n which were awarded the following Sunday bywelterweight champ I rit/i« Zivic. By Ruth Lake of the Wilkens Jewelryl Promotion, This Program Is Still Gi Like good old Aunt Jennie, The Wilkens Amateur Hour came for a short visit and today, nearly five and one-half years later, still has no intention of packing its bags. Devised by the Wilkens Jewelry Co. here in Pittsburgh as a Christmas promotion to run for eight weeks, the show took to the air on station WJAS in November, 1935. Since that time until the present, it has continued, winter and summer, missing just four Sundays in five and one-half years. (In 1936, a flood silenced the station completely for two weeks, but didn't dampen the spirits of the program; two other Sundays, the program graciously bowed to World Series games.) From the moment the Wilkens A mate lull our debuted, it made an instantaneous hit! There has never been a Sunday afternoon that we haven't had to hang out the SRO sign at the Moose Temple Hall, which has .1 ^citing capacity of 1,500. Admission is In tickets only, which are available at any of the tour Wiik i \s Jewelry Stores. Surveyed by Ross Federal Research Corporation at regular intervals, the Wilkens Amateur Hour has been found to have peak radio audience of 77.44r; . many tunes 132 RADIO SHOWMANSHIP