Description Flanagan-Federal-Theatre-Radio.jpg	English: Photograph of Hallie Flanagan , national director of the Federal Theatre Project , speaking on CBS Radio
Date	1936
Source	George Mason University Federal Theatre Project collection
Author	Federal Theatre Project
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The Federal Theatre of the Air began weekly programs March 15, 1936. For three years the radio division of the Federal Theatre Project presented an average of 2,000 programs a year on NBC, Mutual and CBS. For more information see Hallie Flanagan's book, Arena: The History of the Federal Theatre . New York: Benjamin Blom, 1965, reprint edition [1940], pp. 267–269.