Golden Age of Radio

Say Hello To- FRANK FOREST—whose tenor voice is heard tonight at 6, E.S.T., on the Double or Nothing program over MBS. He’s a Minnesota boy who studied in Europe and later won acclaim singing in European opera, making his debut at La Scala in Milan. You’ve seen him in the movies, “Champagne Waltz” and “I’ll Take Romance.” He’s a bachelor, likes blondes, stands 5 feet 11 inches, and has dark hair. 

September 29, 1940. A huge day in radio game show history . The radio quiz program “Double or Nothing” debuted.  On it, contestants would answer quiz questions, then be asked if they want to go for “Double Or Nothing” all the way up to a top cash prize of $64.  Fifteen years later, the top prize of $64 would become the starting prize on a game show that was basically the same as “Double or Nothing”, but was called “The $64,000 Question”. It would turn out to be one of the blackest eyes of the quiz show scandals of the late 50s