“Virginia Gale” was a persona, not the name of an actual person, in much the same way “Dear Abby” is used as a pen name. Virginia Gale was originally portrayed by Virginia Clark and later (after 1950) by Ruby Anderson (pictured).

In their earliest days, Virginia Gale programs were targeted toward homemakers and were successors to programs hosted by Katherine Roche as “June Baker” going back to 1935. Later, they evolved to become more general interest programs featuring news, music and conversation, including programs in which she was paired with Jack Taylor.