When Radio Was King - Ma Perkins / Hop and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: MLP-725 Condition Details: Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Some creasing at front bottom left. Slight discoloration front and back. A few tiny surface impressions near bottom right on front. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Ma Perkins 1940's - Side 1 Hop Harrigan 1940's - Side 2 About The Record: When Radio Was King provides a journey back into the golden days of yesteryear featuring Ma Perkins and Hop Harrigan. Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) was a radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. Considered "America?s mother of the air," she was portrayed by actress Virginia Payne, who began the role at the age of 19 and never missed a performance during the program's 27-year run. Kindly, trusting widow Ma Perkins had a big heart and a great love of humanity. She always offered her homespun philosophy to troubled souls in need of advice. Ma Perkins is widely credited with giving birth to storytelling and content-based advertising. Hop Harrigan was an American radio juvenile adventure program. It was broadcast from 1942 through 1948. The Hop Harrigan character originated in All American Comics, and the radio program was adapted from that publication. Harrigan was a young aviator, and most of the show's plots dealt with his battles with the Axis powers during World War II.