Your Esso Reporter was an American syndicated radio news bulletin, sponsored by Standard Oil of New Jersey under the Esso brand.[1][2] The five-minute program was aired since 1935 four times a day on radio stations in cities in the United States where Esso operated. The program also had a televised version, being aired on NBC from March to May 1940[3] and on CBS from July to September 1951.[4]

The news format was exported to other Latin American countries, such as Argentina,[5] Brazil,[6] Chile,[7] Colombia[8] and Venezuela.[9] The news pieces were provided by the UPI agency.

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  1. ^ Cox, Jim (2013-01-25). Sold on Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting. McFarland. ISBN 9780786451760.
  2. ^ "News in the Air, Film on the Radio | Now See Hear!". blogs.loc.gov. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  3. ^ Ellerbee, Bobby (April 6, 2016). "A Fuller History Of NBC Television News…".
  4. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009-06-24). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307483201.
  5. ^ "Página/12". www.pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  6. ^ Klöckner, Luciano (2011). O Repórter Esso: a síntese radiofônica mundial que fez história (in Portuguese). EDIPUCRS. ISBN 9788539701018.
  7. ^ "Los orígenes de la televisión chilena - Memoria Chilena: Portal". www.memoriachilena.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  8. ^ "Hace 46 años murió el Repórter Esso". Eje21 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  9. ^ Pérez, Arturo Merayo (2007). La radio en Iberoamérica: evolución, diagnóstico y prospectiva (in Spanish). Comunicacion Social. ISBN 9788496082496.