Believe It Or Not
Strange Facts

Broadcast History:
Apr 14, 1930-Jan 26, 1931	NBC. 30m, Mondays at 7:30. Colonia Beacon Oil Company
May 20, 1931-Jun 3, 1932	Blue Network. 15m, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:15. Standard Oil, Esso
Jan 6, 1934-Mar 24, 1934	NBC. 60m, Saturday at 10:00. Joined the series Saturday Party. Hudson Motor Car Co.
Oct 6, 1935-Jun 27, 1937	Blue Network. 30m, Sundays at 7:30. The Baker's Broadcast. Fleischmann's Yeast
Jul 16, 1937-Oct 3, 1938	NBC. 30m Blue Network, Friday at 9:00 until Oct 1937; then Red Network. Saturdays 
				at 8:00 until April 1938, then Tuesdays at 10:00 until July, then Mondays at 8:00. 
				Sponsor: General Foods
Mar 31, 1939-Dec 6, 1940	CBS. 30m, Fridays at 10:30, then at 10:00. Subtitled "See America First with Bob 
				Ripley". Crown Cola for Nehi
Jan 17, 1942-Jul 25, 1942	Blue Network. 30m, Saturdays at 10:00. A tribute to Latin America under the 
				subtitle 'See All the Americas' with rhumba and samba music by the D'Artega 
				orchestra, and overall musical direction by B A Rolfe
Jan 18, 1944-Apr 14, 1944	Mutual. 15m, five a week at 9:15. Pall Mall Cigaretts
Apr 12, 1945-Oct 4, 1945	CBS. 30m, Thursday at 10:30. "Rommance, Rhythm, and Ripley". Bourjois
May 12, 1947-Sep 3, 1948	NBC. 15m, five a week at 1:15. 'Pages from Robert L. Ripley's Radio Scrapbook'.

Host:		Robert L. Ripley

Announcers:	Curt Patterson, Ben Grauer, Graham McNamee, Bill Griffis

Dramatisations from the files of Ripley's Believe It or Not newspaper column. From a rocky start a shy and 
stuttering Ripley developed a vast empire of newspaper, movie, vaudeville and radio appearances. Several radio 
programs were loosely based around Ripley with music, drama and commercials being parts of the program. 
Using remote pickups he interviewed and introduced fascinating events as they occurred. 


Source:	On the Air - John Dunning
Source: Radios Golden Years - Vincent Terrace