Uncle Wips Kiddie Club

Uncle Wips Kiddie Club Club Button Museum
Category
Club
Additional Images
Uncle Wips Kiddie Club button back Club Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Radio
Text on Button UNCLE WIP'S KIDDIE CLUB listen in 6.45 P.M.
Image Description

Blue background with white text and a white illustration of a radio microphone.
Curl Text PHILA. BADGE CO. PHILA. PA.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1930s
The Manufacturer
Philadelphia Badge Co.
Additional Information

Uncle WIP’s Kiddie Club was a tremendously popular radio program for children. WIP was Philadelphia’s first commercial radio station owned by the Gimbel Brothers Department Store, and the first broadcast occurred on March 18, 1922. Uncle WIP, hosted by Christopher Graham, read bedtime stories and was an instant success. The kiddie club was born and members were given buttons to wear. In 1930, Wayne Cody took over as Uncle WIP and by 1933 the kiddie club boasted over 500,000 members.
Catalog ID CL0294