I grew up hearing plenty of radio reveals, as did many pre-boomers. Around dinnertime there was "Leader Midnight" and "Port Armstrong the all-American Child," plus a number of other experience collection throughout the early evening. Around ten o'time the comedies like "Fibber Magee & Molly" and "The Living of Reilly" got on. At seven were the dramas such as the "Lux Radio Theater." And, there were scary programs too; each time I hear a squeaking door today, I think of the starting of "Inter Sanctum."
The only real time I didn't like radio was when I was ill and couldn't visit school; those syrupy soap operas were the only real points on through the weekdays. Saturday days had a lot of good programs, which I paid attention to until it absolutely was time and energy to move begin to see the double function matinee at the local film house. Sunday afternoons and nights were also a great occasions for radio.
There were programs the family listened to,Desi Serials but those I liked many were those I seen in my own space on the previous Crosley radio. It sat on the nightstand next to my sleep and appeared as if a toaster with buttons compared to the large, wood grained Philco console downstairs. Without disturbances,
these programs performed strongly in the theatre of my mind. Yes, I really would use my imagination to imagine circumstances that were greater than living, go places at one other conclusion of our planet, and knowledge activities so true that the hairs on the back of my throat stood right up.
The escape was exciting, but there is a price to pay. To be the very first baby on my block to really have a secret decoder or the Solitary Ranger's gold bullet ring with an invisible concept compartment, I had to send fifty dollars and several box tops from the cereal manufacturers sponsoring the shows to a particular Post Office Box, and then wait. I worked down the cash doing jobs throughout the house, but the family ate old Cheerios and Wheaties for a long time - much longer than it needed to have my wonderful toy from some distant site like Challenge Creek, Michigan.
