The Ipana Troubadors

With a mix of hot foxtrots, sweet waltzes and snappy novelty tunes, the show moved from WEAF to the NBC Red Network (1926-28) for a 30-minute series on Wednesday evenings at 9pm.

In 1934, The Ipana Troubadors was replaced by the first half of Fred Allen's The Hour of Smiles, the Troubadours moniker being used to refer to the show's orchestra, led by Peter van Steeden.

[3] Radio station policies in the early 1920s dictated that no commercial messages intrude on a program.

Musicians during the 1930s included Jack Teagarden and Joe Venuti, with vocalists Chick Bullock and Dick Robertson.

Another guest was vaudeville headliner Marion Harris, billed by NBC as "The Little Girl with the Big Voice.