The Majestic Theater of the Air

One of 12 Eddie Cantor caricatures by Frederick J. Garner for a 1933 Brown & Bigelow advertising card set. This is the image the public had of Eddie Cantor through photos and drawings when he appeared on The Majestic Theater of the Air.

The Majestic Theater of the Air, also known as The Majestic Hour, is an American musical radio program that aired on the CBS radio network between 1928 and 1932 on Sunday evenings. The series was produced and emcee'd by Wendell Hall and sponsored by Chicago's Grigsby-Grunow Company, manufacturers of Majestic Radios.[1] It began on the CBS network in October, 1928, with a coast-to-coast hookup of 29 stations.[2]

  1. ^ "Wendell Hall Back to Active Work on Radio". The Sacramento Bee. August 17, 1929.
  2. ^ "Coast-to-Coast Hookup Planned for Majestic's Sunday Radio Programs". Altoona Tribune. November 10, 1928. p. 19.