Thanks to the tireless and unsung work of collectors over the years, these old radio commercials survived. I’ve pulled them from old radio shows. There’s no way they’re indicative of the medium as a whole - we only have what some saved.

More to come this year.

 

Lileks

01.01.20

 

1940: CO-Co-NUTS

1942: PSA for the Waves

1946: It's not just yeast. It's ironized

1946: Shave Cream

1946: WTH

1946: Calumet

1948: One a Day

1948: Treet Dog Food