An intregal part of the program, to be sure. Who were your favorites?

TOP TEN
1. Don Wilson, "Jack Benny Program"
2. Harlow Wilcox, "Fibber McGee and Molly"
3. Bill Goodwin, "Burns and Allen"
4. Ken Carpenter, "Bing Crosby Show"
5. Truman Bradley, "Suspense" and "Screen Guild Theater"
6. Ken Niles, various including "Abbott and Costello"
7. Harry Von Zell, "Eddie Cantor Program"
8. George Fenneman, "You Bet Your Life"
9. John Milton Kennedy, "Lux Radio Theater"
10. Kenny Delmar, "Fred Allen Show"

I don't listen to many adventure programs, so Fred Foy from "The Lone Ranger" and others are absent.

Wilson, Goodwin, Wilcox, and Von Zell were first-class comedians. Carpenter bantered well and sold the product superbly (and he had a cool voice). Bradley seemed really classy, as did Kennedy (who also bantered well). Niles was not quite a good as a comedian as the others, but he played the twerp part nicely. Delmar bantered well, and was also Senator Claghorn. Fenneman had a neat voice.

What about Harry Bartell, of the Sherlock Holmes series? Bartell later became a character actor on television. I'll remember him for his endless plugging of Petri wine.

Wilcox seems to have been a rather enthusiastic plugger for whatever product was sponsoring the show he announced for, whether Johnson Wax for Fibber McGee and Molly, Rinso for Boston Blackie, or Autolite for Suspense.