The Sea Hound is an American radio adventure series that ran from June 29, 1942, to August 7, 1951. It began on the Blue Network June 29, 1942 – September 22, 1944, as a 15-minute serial for young audiences, featuring Ken Daigneau as Captain Silver[1] of the ship The Sea Hound.[2] Other members of the cast were Barry Thompson as Captain Silver, Bob Hastings as Jerry, and Alan Devitt as Kai. Doug Browning was the announcer.[3]
In 1946–47 it aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System.[1] The program expanded to 30 minutes on ABC radio June 21–September 2, 1948, alternating with Sky King. It last aired June 26–August 7, 1951, on ABC.[2]
Between 1942 and 1944, The Sea Hound was produced with Nelson A. Rockefeller's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and was part of a national program to strengthen inter-American relations. Broadcast five times a week, the serial related the adventures of Captain Silver and his sidekick Jerry as they pursued Nazi agents throughout the Western hemisphere.[4]: 47 Every episode took place in a different Latin American country. To educate young listeners about each country's geography and strategic importance, the producers created Captain Silver's Sea Chart, a map that identified the vital products, flags and national heroes of each Latin American republic.[4]: 51 Some 200,000 complimentary copies of Captain Silver's Sea Chart were distributed.[4]: 145
Episodes edit
Episodes of The Sea Hound include the following:
Other media edit
The show spawned a short-lived comic book, and the 1947 Columbia Pictures serial, The Sea Hound, starring Buster Crabbe.
References edit
- ^ a b Hickerson, Jay. The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut: Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514, second edition December 1992, page 355.
- ^ a b Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 601–602. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4.
- ^ a b c Cramer, Gisela (2012). "How to Do Things with Waves: United States Radio and Latin America in the Times of the Good Neighbor". In Bronfman, Alejandra; Wood, Andrew Grant (eds.). Media, Sound, and Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 37–54. ISBN 978-0-8229-6187-1.
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