Radio's own show, Behind the Mic. Radio with a switch of a dial radio brings you tragedy, comedy, entertainment, information, education, a whole world at your command.

But there are stories behind radio

stories behind your favorite program and favorite personalities and radio people

you've never heard of stories as amusing dramatic and as interesting as

any make-believe stories you hear on the air.

And that's what we give you. The human interest, the glamour, the tragedy, the comedy and information that are behind the mic. And now presenting a man whose name since the beginning of broadcasting has been a byword in radio,

Graham McNamee.

Thank you, Gilbert Martin, and good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen of the radio audience.

Here's a bit of behind-the-mic information you might care to know.

Today, our regular studio,

the Ritz Theater, is being used by Ted Weems and his orchestra for their

broadcast and we've been placed for this week in a studio too small to permit a studio

audience. So you will hear no applause or audience reaction during the program.

And now to the show, and it's a mighty interesting one.

This afternoon behind the mic brings you a story behind a broadcast to the popular singer Frank Luther, a contest expert to tell

you exactly what happens to your entries in a radio contest. The sound effect of

the week, a salute to a program you loved, the three X sisters,

the results of last week's singing audition,

and finally a dramatization of a thrilling story told by Captain Tim Healy.

There's no doubt that radio deeply influences the lives of many of its listeners.

And here is another behind the mic story told by one of

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