Archive for January 25th, 2012

LONGEST RUNNING DRAMA BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1937

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Guiding Light Cast at the microphone: Arthur Peterson, Mercedes McCambridge, Helen Behmiller, Henrietta Ledro

Cast of The Guiding Light from 1937 (left – right) Arthur Peterson, Mercedes
McCambridge, Helen Behmiller, and Henrietta Ledro.

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is a television soap opera
the Guinness Book of World Records credits as the longest running drama in TV
and radio history. The program began as a NBC Radio serial on Monday, January
25, 1937 and moved to CBS radio on June 2, 1947. It started on CBS -TV, June 30,
1952 where it ran until 2009 when it was cancelled. Guiding Light was created by
schoolteacher Irna Phillips, who based it on her personal experiences.

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Irna Phillips, mother of the Soap Opera

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