Operetta.
BROADCAST HISTORY: 1940; WGN, Chicago; first heard May 9.
Oct. 5, 1940-May 7, 1955, Mutual. 60m, Saturdays at 10(at 9,
1941-44)
The Chicago Theater of the Air grew out of a listener survey
conducted by WGN in 1940, which revealed that large blocks of its
audience appreciated the music of opera and the escapism of drama, thus the two were combined | 