In Breaking Walls Episode 98 we continue our trilogy on the most popular season in radio history with a look at Christmas Week 1947.
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Highlights:
• Ralph Edwards and Truth or Consequences—A Record Rated Show
• It’s Christmas Week and Jerusalem is in Shambles
• The Eternal Light and One Man’s Family
• Jack Benny Does Last Minute Christmas Shopping
• Fred Allen’s Highest Rated Season Becomes His Downfall When the Music Stops
• Walter Winchell gives ABC a Ratings Win
• Breakfast with Fred Waring
• CBS Dominates Monday Nights and Lux Radio Broadcasts Miracle on 34th Street
• Lora Lawton’s Husband is Missing
• Milton Berle’s Finally Cracks the Top-50
• NBC’s Tuesday Night Comedy Dominations
• The Lone Ranger Hangs ‘Em High
• Lionel Barrymore’s Christmas Tradition
• Christmas Eve with Bing and Gildersleeve
• Road to Rio Opens
• Merry Christmas 1947 with King George VI
• Don Ameche Hosts an Elgin Special
• The Right to Happiness—December’s Highest-Rated Soap Opera
• Gracie Allen is Sick, Al Jolson is Rich, and Casey is Lonely
• Father Patrick and Family Theatre
• A Crippling Blizzard and the Last Sustained Half-Hour Suspense
• Looking Ahead to the End of the Year
• Ralph Edwards and Truth or Consequences—A Record Rated Show
• It’s Christmas Week and Jerusalem is in Shambles
• The Eternal Light and One Man’s Family
• Jack Benny Does Last Minute Christmas Shopping
• Fred Allen’s Highest Rated Season Becomes His Downfall When the Music Stops
• Walter Winchell gives ABC a Ratings Win
• Breakfast with Fred Waring
• CBS Dominates Monday Nights and Lux Radio Broadcasts Miracle on 34th Street
• Lora Lawton’s Husband is Missing
• Milton Berle’s Finally Cracks the Top-50
• NBC’s Tuesday Night Comedy Dominations
• The Lone Ranger Hangs ‘Em High
• Lionel Barrymore’s Christmas Tradition
• Christmas Eve with Bing and Gildersleeve
• Road to Rio Opens
• Merry Christmas 1947 with King George VI
• Don Ameche Hosts an Elgin Special
• The Right to Happiness—December’s Highest-Rated Soap Opera
• Gracie Allen is Sick, Al Jolson is Rich, and Casey is Lonely
• Father Patrick and Family Theatre
• A Crippling Blizzard and the Last Sustained Half-Hour Suspense
• Looking Ahead to the End of the Year