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📻 CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

🎭 What You’ll Discover

- Ham Fisher’s comic-strip boxer adapted to radio.

- Teddy Bergman’s early performance as Joe Palooka.

- The contrast between Joe and his manager Knobby Walsh.

- Sporting action mixed with comic character situations.

📻 Part of Heritage Radio Vault.

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📻 CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

🎭 What You’ll Discover

- Ham Fisher’s comic-strip boxer adapted to radio.

- Teddy Bergman’s early performance as Joe Palooka.

- The contrast between Joe and his manager Knobby Walsh.

- Sporting action mixed with comic character situations.

📻 Part of Heritage Radio Vault.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and discover more classic radio.

🌐 Heritage Radio Vault]]>false15625f59-dc75-5e48-9021-2ac3b9eeabd4episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-warning--76253836🎧 The Warning

Hear “The Warning” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 19 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-19_the_warning.mp3Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 The Warning Hear “The Warning” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 The Warning

Hear “The Warning” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 19 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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🔔 Follow this show in your podcast app and share a favourite episode.

✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>702classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/contrast--76253834🎧 Contrast

Hear “Contrast” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 18 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-12-18_contrast.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Contrast Hear “Contrast” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings...🎧 Contrast

Hear “Contrast” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 18 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>685classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-dear-old-mother--76253833🎧 My Dear Old Mother

Hear “My Dear Old Mother” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 3 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1946-01-03_my_dear_old_mother.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 My Dear Old Mother Hear “My Dear Old Mother” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 My Dear Old Mother

Hear “My Dear Old Mother” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 3 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>707classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gotta-get-knobby-a-watch--76253830🎧 Gotta Get Knobby A Watch

Hear “Gotta Get Knobby A Watch” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 4 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1946-01-04_gotta_get_knobby_a_watch.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Gotta Get Knobby A Watch Hear “Gotta Get Knobby A Watch” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s...🎧 Gotta Get Knobby A Watch

Hear “Gotta Get Knobby A Watch” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 4 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>683classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-s-first-training-session-in-florida--76253829🎧 Joe's First Training Session In Florida

Hear “Joe's First Training Session In Florida” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 April 1932.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1932-04-12_joes_first_training_session_in_florida.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Joe's First Training Session In Florida Hear “Joe's First Training Session In Florida” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a...🎧 Joe's First Training Session In Florida

Hear “Joe's First Training Session In Florida” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 April 1932.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>611classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/delia-bennett--76253828🎧 Delia Bennett

Hear “Delia Bennett” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 3 May 1932.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1932-05-03_delia_bennett.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Delia Bennett Hear “Delia Bennett” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 Delia Bennett

Hear “Delia Bennett” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 3 May 1932.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>656classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-15th-round--76253818🎧 The 15th Round

Hear “The 15th Round” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-12_the_15th_round.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 The 15th Round Hear “The 15th Round” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 The 15th Round

Hear “The 15th Round” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>681classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-search--76253817🎧 The Search

Hear “The Search” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 14 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-14_the_search.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 The Search Hear “The Search” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 The Search

Hear “The Search” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 14 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>668classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dark-shadows--76253803🎧 Dark Shadows

Hear “Dark Shadows” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 16 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Dark Shadows” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 16 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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Hear “The Man Who Wouldn't Talk” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 20 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 20 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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Hear “No More Joe” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 21 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “No More Joe” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 21 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Visiting Hours Two To Four” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 1 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Visiting Hours Two To Four” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 1 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>714classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/shots-in-the-night--76253793🎧 Shots In The Night

Hear “Shots In The Night” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Shots In The Night” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 12 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>676classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/clear-the-wires--76253791🎧 Clear The Wires

Hear “Clear The Wires” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 2 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Clear The Wires” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 2 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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Hear “The Roadside Incident” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 22 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “The Roadside Incident” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 22 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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Hear “Trouble Brewing” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 8 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Trouble Brewing” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 8 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>714classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meet-miss-ruth-mcgregor--76253781🎧 Meet Miss Ruth McGregor

Hear “Meet Miss Ruth McGregor” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 23 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-23_meet_miss_ruth_mcgregor.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Meet Miss Ruth McGregor Hear “Meet Miss Ruth McGregor” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s...🎧 Meet Miss Ruth McGregor

Hear “Meet Miss Ruth McGregor” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 23 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “The Cave-In” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 19 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “The Cave-In” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 19 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Myrtle Turns Detective” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 27 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Myrtle Turns Detective” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 27 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>662classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/al-wilson-s-story--76253775🎧 Al Wilson's Story

Hear “Al Wilson's Story” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 13 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Al Wilson's Story” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 13 December 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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Hear “Blackie Comes A-Callin'” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 13 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-13_blackie_comes_a-callin.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Blackie Comes A-Callin' Hear “Blackie Comes A-Callin'” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s...🎧 Blackie Comes A-Callin'

Hear “Blackie Comes A-Callin'” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 13 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>656classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/incriminating-evidence--76253709🎧 Incriminating Evidence

Hear “Incriminating Evidence” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 26 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1945-11-26_incriminating_evidence.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 Incriminating Evidence Hear “Incriminating Evidence” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s...🎧 Incriminating Evidence

Hear “Incriminating Evidence” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 26 November 1945.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>666classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/no-one-to-help--76253708🎧 No One To Help

Hear “No One To Help” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 7 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>joe-palooka|joe_palooka_1946-01-07_no_one_to_help.mp3Sun, 08 Nov 2026 21:53:03 +0000Heritage Radio Vault🎧 No One To Help Hear “No One To Help” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault. Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and...🎧 No One To Help

Hear “No One To Help” from Joe Palooka, a collection of classic radio adventure and comedy presented by Heritage Radio Vault.

Joe Palooka brings a gentle personality into a hard-hitting profession. The boxer’s successes and misunderstandings create opportunities for both adventure and humour, with his manager’s sharper manner providing a useful contrast outside the ring.

📻 About the programme
CBS adapted Ham Fisher’s comic-strip character for radio in 1932. Teddy Bergman, later known as Alan Reed, played Joe, with Frank Readick among the performers associated with manager Knobby Walsh. Heinz sponsored the short broadcasts, and Georgia Backus adapted the material. The programme turned a visually familiar newspaper hero into a character listeners could recognise through dialogue, comic timing and narrated sporting action.

📚 Recording notes
Catalogue broadcast date: 7 January 1946.
Presented as a surviving historical recording. Original audio quality varies.

🎙️ Related listening
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Grantland Rice Story, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy.

🔔 Follow Joe Palooka and explore more classic radio at Heritage Radio Vault.

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✉️ Recording information and enquiries: markwilliams@heritageradiovault.com]]>706classic radio,heritage radio vault,joe palooka,old time radio,radio adventure and comedy,vintage radiofalsefull