Add a Line

"Add a Line" was a daytime radio game show which aired on ABC in 1949 and 1950.

The 30-minute program was broadcast at 2:30pm and other time periods during its two-year run. The host was John Nelson (1915-76 ), who was heard on other audience participation radio shows, including "Bride and Groom" and "Breakfast at Sardi's". In "Radio and Television" (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950), Garnet R. Garrison and Giraud Chester noted::By 1949, the give-away programs had taken on the character of a bonanza. One CBS program offered a jackpot of $50,000 to the lucky winner. NBC launched a mammoth quiz called "Hollywood Calling" to compete with the Jack Benny show. ABC had "Stop the Music", "Strike It Rich" and "Add a Line". Mutual, with its "Queen for a Day", managed to give away more prizes than any of the other networks. [ [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC01471169&id=M4QAAAAAMAAJ&q=garrison+chester+%22add+a+line%22&dq=garrison+chester+%22add+a+line%22&num=100&pgis=1 Garrison, Garnet R. and Chester, Giraud. "Radio and Television", 550 pages. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950.] ]

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