Old Time Radio Advertisements

Did you know on RUSC we have a page of old time radio advertisements? There are nearly one hundred and twenty in all covering everything from Alka Seltzer (plop-plop-fizz-fizz) through to Winston Cigarettes. I'm sure they'll bring back many happy memories. I've also put up an extract from Maltin's book The Great American Broadcast. I think it sums up nicely how powerful and influential the sponsors were whilst at the same time providing us with an insight as to how radio ushered in a whole new form of advertising that marketing executives would now refer to as above-the-line or indirect advertising.

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the old-time advertisements page

I've been getting quite a few requests for scary shows suitable for Halloween. Do you have any favorite spooky old-time radio shows? If you do please send me a list and I'll do my best to put up a special page of member's favorites in readiness for Halloween.

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