Chicago Theater of the Air
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Chicago Theater of the Air was a weekly American radio program that featured hour-long operettas & musical theater. It first ran locally in May 1940 on WGN radio in Chicago and then nationally as an unsponsored show on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1940, to September 11, 1954. As the program began its seventh season, McCormick commented on its growth: Beginning January 12, 1949, many of the people involved in Chicago Theater of the Air also put on Comedy Playhouse, "a fast-paced half hour show featuring top Broadway comedy hits" on Mutual.
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Chicago Theater of the Air
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The Chicago Theater of the Air
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WGN
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The Chicago Theater of the Air
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Mutual
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United States
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Joe Ainley
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William A. Bacher
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Jack LaFrandre
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1940-05-09
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Operetta & Musical theater
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English
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1955-05-07
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Col. Robert R. McCormick
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Chicago Theater of the Air was a weekly American radio program that featured hour-long operettas & musical theater. It first ran locally in May 1940 on WGN radio in Chicago and then nationally as an unsponsored show on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 5, 1940, to September 11, 1954. The show grew out of listener surveys conducted by WGN that showed that many listeners enjoyed opera and drama. The show combined both into 60-minute operettas. Intermission commentary was originally by conductor Henry Weber and later by Chicago publisher Robert R. McCormick. For seven years, Henry Weber's wife, Marion Claire Weber sang on the show. As the program began its seventh season, McCormick commented on its growth: Three years ago, the demand for tickets to these broadcasts became so great that our original auditorium studio became entirely inadequate. Then, too, the program itself outgrew the studio, as the size of the orchestra, chorus, and dramatic cast became larger and larger to meet the requirements of more complicated productions. So it was decided to move ... to ... the Medinah Temple. Here we can accommodate nearly 5,000 guests each week and have the necessary facilities for any type of production. Beginning January 12, 1949, many of the people involved in Chicago Theater of the Air also put on Comedy Playhouse, "a fast-paced half hour show featuring top Broadway comedy hits" on Mutual.
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