(1933 - 34)

Close your eyes and imagine strangely exotic violin music... the distant tinkling of a piano... flowing from your radio into the cool evening dark of some small town or isolated home, as the the voice of the announcer proudly recites.....

Majestic Radio - Model 290 - circa 1932

Brought to you by the makers of Majestic Radio, Maurice Joachim narrated and presented mysterious stories without the assistance of any other actors. Assisted only by sound effects, Joachim played all the roles.

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The show had a none-to-subtle, but interesting link to selling the Majestic Radio Company's radio and tubes. After having a significant share of the consumer radio market in the 1920's, sales of the Majestic radios were slipping, and the radio program appears to have been a clever marketing ploy to increase sales, hence the opening line:

"In the majesty of motion, from the boundless everywhere, comes the magic name - Majestic... mighty monarch of the air!"