Chicago Theater of the Air
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title:
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. 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 co
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Radio show
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Theater_of_the_Air
date created:
2012-08-21T18:08:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T23:36:11Z
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