Other Radio Programs
1926 1928 1932 1934 1939 1946 1947

Top Radio Shows in 1947*
(*C. E. Hooper Ratings Service)

1. Fred Allen - Comedy/Variety
2. Fibber Magee & Molly - Comedy/Variety
3. Jack Benny - Comedy/Variety
4. Charlie McCarthy - Comedy/Variety
5. Truth or Consequences - Audience Participation
6. Bob Hope - Comedy/Variety
7. Amos and Andy - Comedy/Drama
8. Lux Radio Theater - Drama
9. Phil Harris, Alice Fay - Comedy Drama
10. Walter Winchell - News/Commentary
(*The Hooper Ratings Service rated radio program popularity from 1936 through 1949)

A Typical Saturday Evening on the Radio in 1947

5:00 C Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (Music)
5:00 N Edward G. Tonlinson (News)
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5:15 N Swanee River Boys (Music)
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5:45 N King Cole Trio (Music)
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6:15 N Religion in the News (Religious)
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6:30 N NBC Symphony Orchestra
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7:00 C Hawk Larabee (Drama)
7:00 M Hawaii Calls (Variety)
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7:30 A Challenge of the Yukon (Drama)
7:30 C Abe Burrows (Talk)
7:30 N Curtain Time (Drama)
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7:45 C Hoagy Charmichael (Variety)
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8:00 A Red Dolan, Detective (Drama)
8:00 C Suspense (Drama)
8:00 M Twenty Questions (Quiz)
8:00 N Life of Riley; William Bendix (Comedy/Drama)
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8:30 A Famous Jury Trials (Drama)
8:30 M Harlem Hospitality Club (Variety)
8:30 N Truth or Consequences; Ralph Edwards (Quiz)
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9:00 A Gang Busters (Drama)
9:00 C Joan Davis Show (Comedy/Drama)
9:00 M Stop Me if You've Heard This (Quiz)
9:00 N Your Hit Parade: Framk Sinatra (Variety)
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9:30 A Murder & Mr. Malone (Drama)
9:30 C Vaughn Monroe Orchestra
9:30 M What's the Name of That Song (Quiz)
9:30 N Judy Canova Show (Variety)
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10:00 A Professor Quiz (Quiz)
10:00 C Saturday Night Serenade (Variety)
10:00 M Chicago Theatre of the Air (Variety)
10:00 N Kay Kysers Kollege (Quiz)
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A= ABC, C= CBS, M= Mutual, N= NBC

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