DR. Q’S TALES OF TERROR
[RADIO-SERIES]
“Cook’s beer is sponsoring a horror program over WSIX three times a week, Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at 9:30 p.m. Broadcast whets interest from start by warning parents
that children should be sent to bed before things begin to happen for station cannot be
responsible for nightmares.
“Player is a blind artist, Austin Butner, whose deep voice won him a prize in the Atwater Kent
Auditions of several years ago. He is a regular Boris Karloff.” [Variety, October 28, 1936]
ORIGINATION: WSIX, Nashville, Tennessee.
DURATION: October 12-November 13, 1936.
PERSONNEL: Austin Butner (narrator).
SPONSOR: Cook’s Beer.
EXTANT RECORDINGS:None.