December 16, 1949: After 10 years of radio broadcasts, radio listeners heard the popular radio serial , Captain Midnight , for the final time on radio. Now place your deciphering insignias away, children. (Strangely, 1949 autumn did not see any encrypted messages. Single episode programs did not require “Encrypted Message” broadcast in program’s ongoing episodes. These shows did well as compared to those with half hour). Captain Midnight ' aired as a syndicated show in 1939 and then went on to become sponsored by Ovaltine where they gained more attention. The series loosely played on WWI, which helped it gain millions of followers. 'Midnight' became a comic strip, a comic book and then saw airtime on television.
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