 The program debuted September 26, 1932.The cast included Tom Hutchinson, Roberta Hoyt, "who is making her first radio appearance", Elizabeth Mallory and Eddie Firestone, Jr., "also radio novices", Harold Peary, "who is doing several parts", Wilda Wilson Church, Bobbe Deane, and Bert Horton, with Nelson Case as announcer.Wheatena sponsored 87 episodes of the thrice-weekly "Popeye the Sailor" radio program on NBC's Red Network, from its Tuesday, Sept.10, 1935, premiere through March 28, 1936.