December 4, 1932: The Jergens Journal , aka The Walter Winchell Show , greeted the airwaves for the first time with the words, "Good evening. Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press." The program was broadcast over the NBC Blue network. The radio gossip show was later named Kaiser Frazer News and was kept alive for 2 years on the airwaves by Winchell. Jergens lotion was its first sponsor, then Jergens was replaced by Dryad deodorant, Kaiser Frazer cars, and Richard Hudnut shampoo. Winchell started his career in journalism by posting notes about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards. Later on in 1920, he went to Vaudeville News. After Winchell left the paper for the Evening Graphic in 1924, he moved to the New York Daily Mirror on June 10, 1929. He was signed as the author of "On-Broadway," what would be the first syndicated gossip column. Winchell presented two sides of journalism. He focused on gos
