Museum features radio show premiums
Posted: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Take a look back at the radio show advertisements and premiums that captured the imagination of Depression and World War II-era children in the Sioux City Public Museum’s new exhibit, "Juvenile Radio Show AD-ventures."
Full-color comic strip ads and the collectibles they promoted are showcased in this private collection of memorabilia from the heyday of radio.
Larry Fuller, host of KSCJ’s "Nostalgia Theater," collected the ads, premiums and cereal boxes as a boy growing up in Sioux City and has loaned the items to the Museum for this exhibit. He will kick off the exhibit’s opening day with a live broadcast of "Nostalgia Theater," from 9 to 11 a.m. today.
Fuller and co-host Don Miller will broadcast the vintage radio programs, "Jack Armstrong," "The Green Hornet," "Superman" and "The Lone Ranger" which are featured in the exhibit that will be on display through March 25.
One of the highlights of the museum's exhibit is a 1940 "Little Orphan Annie" decoder made famous in the movie, "A Christmas Story."
In conjunction with the exhibit, Fuller will present a program, "The Golden Age of Radio," at 2 p.m. March 11. Excerpts of many popular vintage radio programs from various genres will be played and discussed.
Full-color comic strip ads and the collectibles they promoted are showcased in this private collection of memorabilia from the heyday of radio.
Larry Fuller, host of KSCJ’s "Nostalgia Theater," collected the ads, premiums and cereal boxes as a boy growing up in Sioux City and has loaned the items to the Museum for this exhibit. He will kick off the exhibit’s opening day with a live broadcast of "Nostalgia Theater," from 9 to 11 a.m. today.
Fuller and co-host Don Miller will broadcast the vintage radio programs, "Jack Armstrong," "The Green Hornet," "Superman" and "The Lone Ranger" which are featured in the exhibit that will be on display through March 25.
One of the highlights of the museum's exhibit is a 1940 "Little Orphan Annie" decoder made famous in the movie, "A Christmas Story."
In conjunction with the exhibit, Fuller will present a program, "The Golden Age of Radio," at 2 p.m. March 11. Excerpts of many popular vintage radio programs from various genres will be played and discussed.
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