Other Radio Programs
1926 1928 1932 1934 1939 1946 1947

Top Radio Shows in 1946*
(*C. E. Hooper Ratings Service)

1. Fibber Magee and Molly - Comedy/Variety
2. Bob Hope - Comedy/Variety
3. Lux Radio Theater - Drama
4. Charlie McCarthy - Comedy/Variety
5. Red Skelton - Comedy/Variety
6. Jack Benny - Comedy/Variety
7. Lady Esther Screen Guild - Drama
8. Fred Allen - Comedy/Variety
9. Mr District Attorney - Thriller/Drama
10. Walter Winchell - News Commentary
(*The Hooper Ratings Service rated radio program popularity from 1936 through 1949)

A Typical Friday Evening on the Radio in 1946

5:00 A Terry and the Pirates (Drama)
5:00 C American School of the Air (Information)
5:00 M Hop Harrigan (Drama)
5:00 N Chesterfield Supper Club (Variety)
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5:15 N Partia Faces Life (Drama)
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5:30 A Jack Armstrong (Drama)
5:30 M Catain Midnight (Drama)
5:30 N Just Plain Bill (Drama)
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5:45 A Tennesee Jed (Drama)
5:45 M Tom Mix (Drama)
5:45 N Front Page Farrell (Drama)
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6:15 C Public Affairs (Talk)
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6:30 C Red Barber (Sports)
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6:45 C Robert Trout (News/Commentary)
6:45 N Lowell Thomas (News/Commentary)
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7:00 A Taylor Grant (News/Commentary)
7:00 C Mystery of the Week (Drama)
7:00 M Fulton Lewis Jr. (News/Commentary)
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7:15 A Elmer Davis (News/Commentary)
7:15 C Jackl Smith Show (Variety)
7:15 N Morgan Beatty (News/Commentary)
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7:30 A Lone Ranger (Drama)
7:30 C Meridith Wilson Orchestra
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7:45 M Bill Brandt: Inside of Sports
7:45 N H. V. Kaltenborn (News/Commentary)
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8:00 A Fat Man (Drama)
8:00 C Baby Snooks: Fanny Brice (Comedy)
8:00 M Burl Ives: Folk Songs, Ballads
8:00 N Alan Young Show (Comedy)
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8:30 A This is your FBI (Drama)
8:30 C The Thin Man (Drama)
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9:00 A Break the Band (Quiz)
9:00 C Ginny Simms Show (Variety)
9:00 M Gabriel Heatter (News/Commentary)
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9:15 M Real Stories of Real Life (Drama)
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9:30 A The Sheriff (Drama)
9:30 C Jimmy Durante Program (Comedy)
9:30 M Bulldog Drummond (Drama)
9:30 N People Are Funny: Art Linkletter (Comedy)
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10:00 A Friday Night Fights (Sports)
10:00 C It Pays To Be Ignorant (Quiz)
10:00 M Spotlight on America (Drama)
10:00 N Mystery Theater (Drama)

A= ABC, C= CBS, M= Mutual, N= NBC
(NBC Blue was sold in 1942 and became ABC)

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