"The Word" (Aired September 14, 1943)
Lights Out was created in Chicago by writer Wyllis Cooper in 1934, and the first series of shows (each 15 minutes long) ran on a local NBC station, WENR. By April 1934, the series was expanded to a half hour in length and moved to midnight Wednesdays. In January 1935, the show was discontinued in order to ease Cooper's workload (he was then writing scripts for the network's prestigious Immortal Dramas program), but was brought back by huge popular demand a few weeks later. After a successful tryout in New York City, the series was picked up by NBC in April 1935 and broadcast nationally, usually late at night and always on Wednesdays. Cooper stayed on the program until June 1936, when another Chicago writer, Arch Oboler, took over. By the time Cooper left, the series had inspired about 600 fan clubs.
THIS EPISODE:
September 14, 1943. CBS network. "The Word". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene. A decent from the Empire State Building to nothingness. The story is also known as, "Where Are You?" This is a network, sponsored version. Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (commercial sp[okesman), Mercedes McCambridge, Byron Kane. 25:51. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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