JACK ARMSTRONG, THE ALL-AMERICAN BOY

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     First heard over CBS on radio station WBBM, Chicago, beginning 07/31/33, it aired 6 times a week (Monday - Saturday) until 11/05/34 and then followed a weekday schedule until 04/24/36.  The series then moved to NBC on 08/31/36 and continued until 09/26/41.  From 09/29/41 to 07/03/42 the Mutual listeners heard this series as a weekday program.  The move to Blue/ABC happened on 08/31/42 and continued until 08/29/47 five times a week.  Finally, a format change to 30 minute programs with complete story lines and heard over ABC from 09/01/47 to 06/01/50 on a staggered broadcast schedule with Sky King.  One week a Monday-Wednesday-Friday and the next week as a Tuesday-Thursday schedule.  Wheaties was the sole sponsor from the very beginning.  Finally, from 09/05/50 until 06/28/51, twice a week Jack was heard on Armstrong Of

The SBI.  Jim Ameche was Jack Armstrong from 1933 to 1938, followed by Stanley Harris (1938), Frank Behrens (1939), Charles Flynn (1939 - 1943 and 1944 - 1951), Rye Billsbury (1943 - 1944).

 

(90 Minute Tape)

C06576 01/01/34 # 133 The Pelican On Fire

              01/02/34 # 134 Line To The Pelican

              01/03/34 # 135 Tied Together

              01/04/34 # 136 Jack Rescued Flight To Easter Island

              09/27/40 #1515 Last Episode Easter Island

 

C06577 The Luminous Dragon Eye Ring Series

              09/30/40 #1516 Stranger Captured

              10/01/40 #1517 Trailing The Stranger

              10/02/40 #1518 The White Sultan

              10/03/40 #1519 Underground Lab

 

C06578 10/07/40 #1521 Planning Pacific Sea Voyage

              10/08/40 #1522 Stranger Aboard Spindrift

              10/09/40 #1523 Waiting For Philippine Ring

              10/10/40 #1524 Picking Up The Ring

 

C06579 10/11/40 #1525 Hearing Prowler Aboard Ship

              10/14/40 #1526 Prowler Is Blackbeard

              10/17/40 #1529 Ring Missing

              10/18/40 #1530 Spindrift On Fire

 

C06580 10/28/40 #1536 Moro Saved At Sea

              10/29/40 #1537 Ring Recognized

              11/04/40 #1541 Ring Saves Jack

              11/05/40 #1542 Riding Out Storm

 

C06581 11/08/40 #1545 Treed By Bull

              11/13/40 #1548 Ring Stops Attack

              11/14/40 #1549 War Of Nerves

              11/15/40 #1550 Movies Scare Natives

 

C06582 11/18/40 #1551 Black Shark Spotted

              11/19/40 #1552 Boarding Black Shark

              11/20/40 #1553 Lured Off Black Shark

              11/21/40 #1554 To Meet In Philippine Restaurant

 

(90 Minute Tape)

C06583 11/22/40 #1555 Hang Out For Dr. Shupato

              11/25/40 #1556 Spindrift Looted

              11/26/40 #1557 Ring Radiation Detector

              11/27/40 #1558 Trying To Get The Ring Back

              11/28/40 #1559 Shupato's Henchmen Grateful

              11/29/40 #1560 Escaping From Dr. Shupato

 

C06584 The Country Of The Head Hunters Series

              12/02/40 #1561 Pursued Into The Jungle

              12/03/40 #1562 Shupato Stuck In Mud

              12/04/40 #1563 The Land Of The Headhunters

              12/05/40 #1564 Native Freed From Slide

 

C06585 12/06/40 #1565 Negrito's Will Help

              12/09/40 #1566 Ring & Chart Lost

              12/10/40 #1567 Blackbeard Tries For Chart & Ring

              12/11/40 #1568 Race For Chart & Ring

 

C06586 12/12/40 #1569 Hold Up In Old Gold Mine

              12/13/40 #1570 Possessions Taken Back

              12/16/40 #1571 Stalking In Mine

              12/17/40 #1572 Missing Professor Loring

 

C06587 12/18/40 #1573 Cave Of The Mummies

              12/19/40 #1574 Trapped In The Cave

              12/20/40 #1575 Saved By Constabulary

 

C06588 The Adventure Of The Sunken Reef Series

              12/23/40 #1576 Tropical Storm Brewing

              12/24/40 #1577 Stalled In Typhoon

              12/25/40 #1578 Spindrift Stalked By The Black Shark

              12/26/40 #1579 Riding Out Typhoon

 

(90 Minute Tape)

C06589 12/27/40 #1580 The Spindrift's Sail Is Destroyed

              12/30/40 #1581 Submerged Reef

              12/31/40 #1582 Diving For Yacht And U-235

              01/01/41 #1583 U-235 In Sunken Vessel

              01/02/41 #1584 Trapped By Shark And Bringing Up U-235

              01/03/41 #1585 Tricking Shupato

 

C06590 The Zambo Anga Adventure Series

              01/06/41 #1586 Native Wearing Dr. Loring's Watch

              01/07/41 #1587 Captures Native With Watch

              01/08/41 #1588 Leaves U-235 At Army Post

              01/09/41 #1589 Trader Yates Curious And Tries To Search Spindrift

 

C06591 01/10/41 #1590 Michelle Is Kidnapped And Rescued

              01/13/41 #1591 Journey Up The Jungle Trail

              01/14/41 #1592 Seeking Professor Loring

              01/15/41 #1593 Jack's Pedometer

 

C06592 01/16/41 #1594 Chieftain And Magical Talking Horse

              01/17/41 #1595 Mauro Peddler Friend

              01/20/41 #1596 Wading River

              01/21/41 #1597 Pursued Up River

 

C06593 01/22/41 #1598 Pedometer Lost

              01/23/41 #1599 Attacked By A Tamarou

              01/24/41 #1600 Cave Of Rifles

              01/27/41 #1601 Imitating Monkeys

 

C06594 01/28/41 #1602 Cave Of Rifles

              01/29/41 #1603 Down Cliff By Rope

              01/30/41 #1604 Leading Mauro Into A Trap

              01/31/41 #1605 Give Pedometer to Native

 

C06595 02/03/41 #1606 Trapped In A Cave

              02/04/41 #1607 Tricking The Enemy

              02/05/41 #1608 Lt. Rawlings Found

              02/06/41 #1609 Trapped By Kanga's Tribesmen

 

C06596 Professor Loring Missing Series

              03/05/41 #1628 To Return In Auto-Gyro

              03/06/41 #1629 Frightened By Auto-Gyro

              03/07/41 #1630 Pagans Hold Prof. Loring

              03/10/41 #1631 Stones And Flaming Arrows

 

(90 Minute Tape)

C06597 03/11/41 #1632 Plan To Confront Medicine Man

              03/12/41 #1633 Jack Has Plan

              03/13/41 #1634 Great God, Kulana, Speaks

              03/14/41 #1635 Medicine Man Finds Radio

              03/17/41 #1636 Trailing The Chief

              03/18/41 #1637 Professor Loring Found In Cave Temple

 

C06598 05/16/41 Underground River & The Cave Of The Fiery Crocodile

              10/06/41 Secret Of The Yucatan Jungle

              04/20/42 Land Of The Sky Adventure, Cave Of The Glacier

              04/21/42 Land Of The Sky Adventure, Cave Of The Glacier

 

C16551 00/00/41 The Dragon Men

             04/20/42 The Land of Sky

             04/21/42 Cave Of the Glacier

             05/06/42 Lost Inca City

 

C16552 10/20/42 Atomic Engine

              01/22/43 Great Safari

              05/06/43 Ship Of Forgotten Men

              06/04/43 In Morocco

 

C16553 01/17/44 In South America

              01/25/44 In South America

              01/26/44 In South America

              01/27/44 Diamond Thieves

 

C16554 02/02/44 Diamond Thieves

              08/16/44 Stolen Schooner

              08/00/44 Waterspouts

              10/19/44 The Flying Tiger

 

C16555 08/07/45 Black Vulture

              08/20/45 Black Vulture

              09/24/45 Swindle Of GI Joe

              11/09/45 Swindle Of GI Joe

 

C16556 02/05/46 Man Of Ice

              02/06/46 Man Of Ice

              09/19/46 The Mystery Of Devil's Castle

 

C16557 07/14/47 Phantom Of Sawdust Trail

              07/23/47 Sawdust Trail

              07/31/47 Sawdust Trail

              08/22/50 Last Show On ABC

 

C16558 03/11/48 Clear the Tracks

              ARMSTRONG OF THE SBI

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