In 1941, they made their radio debut on CFRB in their own show, The Javex Wife Preservers,[5] for which they were each paid $12.50 per week to dispense household hints in a humorous fashion.[2]:143 Their popularity on CFRB, at the time a top-rated Toronto radio station, soon landed the pair on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)'s Trans-Canada Network as part of the Buckingham Cigarette "Blended Rhythm Show".[3]:143