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Top Radio Shows in 1934*
(*Cooperative Analysis of Broadcasting (CAB) ratings service)
1. Chase & Sanborn Hour (Eddie Cantor)
2. Maxwell House Show Boat (variety)
3. Fleischmann Hour (Rudy Vallee, variety)
4. Bakers' Broadcast (Joe Penner)
5. Texaco Fire Chief Program (Ed Wynn)
6. Lowell Thomas (news)
7. Amos 'n' Andy (serial)
8. White Owl Program (Burns & Allen, Guy Lombardo)
9. Kraft Program (Paul Whiteman Orch., Al Jolson)
10. First Nighter Program (dramatic anthology
(*The C.A.B. rated radio program popularity from 1929 through 1935)
A Typical Wednesday Evening on the Radio in 1934
5:00 C Og, Son of Fire (Drama)
5:00 R Education & Radio (Talk)
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5:15 C Skippy (Comedy)
5:15 R Tom Mix (Drama)
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5:30 B Singing Lady (Music)
5:30 C Jack Armstrong (Drama)
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5:45 B Little Orphan Annie (Drama)
5:45 C Robinson Crusoe Jr. (Drama)
5:45 R Stamp Club: Capt. Tim Healy (Talk)
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6:00 B Education In the News (Talk)
6:00 C Buck Rogers (Drama)
6:00 R Xavier Cugat (Music)
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6:15 C Bobby Benson's Adventures (Drama)
6:15 R Ranch Boys (Music)
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6:30 B Three X Sisters (Music)
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6:45 B Dangerous Paradise (Drama)
6:45 C Margaret Brainard (Beauty Talk)
6:45 R Bill Batchelor (Light Drama)
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7:00 B Amos & Andy (Comedy)
7:00 C Myrt & Marge (Drama)
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7:15 B Mildred Bailey (Music)
7:15 C Just Plain Bill (Drama)
7:15 R Whispering Jack Smith (Music)
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7:30 C The O'Neills (Drama)
7:30 R Gould & Shefter; Piano Team (Music)
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7:45 C Boake Carter (News/Commentary)
7:45 R Uncle Ezra's Radio Station (Comedy)
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8:00 B Red Davis (Drama)
8:00 M Lone Ranger (Drama)
8:00 R Mary Pickford (Drama)
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8:15 C Edwin C. Hill (News/Commentary)
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8:30 B Penthouse Party (Music/Variety)
8:30 C Broadway Varieties (Music)
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9:00 B Warden Lawes (Drama)
9:00 C Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra
9:00 R Fred Allen (Comedy)
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9:30 B Vince Program (Music)
9:30 C Burns & Allen (Comedy)
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10:00 B Jimmy Fidler (Hollywood Gossip)
10:00 C Byrd Expedition Broadcast (Spl Interest)
10:00 R Guy Lombardo (Music)
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10:15 B Madame Sylvia (Hollywood Gossip)
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10:30 B Harry Richman Show (Comedy)
10:30 R One Man's Family (Light Drama)
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B= NBC Blue, C= CBS, M= Mutual, R= NBC Red
Note: Mutual began broadcasting in 1934
Disclaimer:
These listing are presented only to give a 'flavor' of what people may have been listening
to on the radios depicted on the page.
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