Title:

Broadway Matinee

Type:

Musical Variety

Broadcast History:

May 10, 1943-Nov 8, 1943 CBS. 25m, weekdays at 4:00. Your Home Front Reporter. Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

Nov 15, 1943-Dec 6, 1943 CBS. 25m, weekdays at 4:00. Home Front Matinee. Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

Dec 13, 1943-Aug 4, 1944 CBS. 25m, weekdays at 4:00. Broadway Matinee. Owens-Illinois Glass Company.

Announcer:

Santos Ortega, Red Barber

Host:

Alfred Drake, Ronald Graham, Jim Ameche

Cast:

Reporter Fletcher Wiley

Soprano Eleanor Steber

Baritone Frank Parker

Home help tips, rationing around the home, creative menus with musical entertainment. From 1943 all music.

Source: On the Air - John Dunning

Source: Radios Golden Years - Vincent Terrace