The Dial-a-President radio program, featuring President Jimmy Carter (above)
and CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite, aired for the first time. It was the
idea of both Cronkite and CBS, a test-run to see if a show of its nature could
be successful. Approximately 9 million calls flooded the CBS switchboard in
New York during the two-hour broadcast. Nerveless, the program never
aired again.

Walter Cronkite

Junior Miss was a situation comedy series heard on CBS from
March 4, 1942 to August 26, 1942. The show starred Shirley
Temple as Judy Graves and Pricilla Lyon played her friend,
Fuffy Adams. It aired on Wednesday evenings at a cost of
$12.000 a week to produce and was sponsored by Procter
& Gamble. 

Barbara Whiting was in the starring role when the Junior Miss
series returned on April 3, 1948 and ran until December 30,
1950, sponsored by Lever Brothers. 

Barbara Whiting

1947

Superman encountered Batman and Robin for the first time in the episode, “The Mystery of the Waxmen” on the Mutual Broadcasting System.

DC Comics Publisher Harry Donenfeld (left) with the programs stars,
Bud Collyer (Superman) and Joan Alexander (Lois Lane).  

Duffy’s Tavern was a popular radio situation comedy series which ran for
a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942–
1944; NBC, 1944–1951), concluding with the December 28, 1951 broadcast.

 
Ed Gardner