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Top Radio Shows in 1928*
*Radio ratings services did not begin until 1929
A Typical Monday Evening on the Radio in 1928
B 7:00 Cooks Travelogue (Talk)
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B 7:30 Roxy and His Gang (Variety)
R 7:30 James McDonald; International Affairs (Talk)
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R 8:00 Firestone Concert (Music)
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B 8:30 Automatic Disc Duo (Variety)
C 8:30 CeCo Couriers (Variety)
R 8:30 A & P Gypsies String Ensemble (Variety)
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B 9:00 Neapolitan Nights (Variety)
C 9:00 Physical Culture Hour (Light Drama)
R 9:00 Ingrams Shavers Orchestra (Variety)
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B 9:30 Real Folks (Light Drama)
C 9:30 Vitaphone Hour (Variety)
R 9:30 General Motors Party (Variety)
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B= NBC Blue, C= CBS, R= NBC Red
Note: CBS began broadcasting in 1927
Disclaimer:
These listing are presented only to give a 'flavor' of what people may have been listening
to on a radio like this one.
I did not do exhaustive research and used only 1 source: "A Thirty-Year History of
Radio Programs" by Harrison B. Summers.
Note that Summers book lists only network, not local, programs