James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, 1959

The television version of Gunsmoke ran on CBS from 1955 until 1975.

Original Run: November 7, 1932 to March 28, 1947
Network: CBS Radio Network (1932-1936) Mutual Broadcasting Network
(1939-1940 and 1946-1947)

The Buck Rogers show was the first science fiction radio program. It aired in
four separate runs with varying schedules, initially as a 15-minute show on a

Monday through Thursday schedule. 

First strip (10-26-1970)

The comic strip Doonesbury, well known for its social and political commentary, is
written and penciled by Garry Trudeau, then inked and lettered by his assistant
Don Carlton. It debuted as a daily strip in about two dozen newspapers and was
the first strip from Universal Press Syndicate. A Sunday strip began on March 21,
1971  It is currently syndicated in approximately 1,400 newspapers worldwide. 

 
Garretson Beekman "Garry" Trudeau (July 21, 1948)

 
1976

Popeye The Sailor radio program was broadcast over three different
networks by two sponsors from 1935 to 1938. Wheatena hot cereal
first sponsored the show thru March 28, 1936 on the NBC Red
Network on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights.

Wheatena reportedly paid King Features Syndicate $1,200 per week
for the rights to the sailor.

Detmar Poppen

The comic strip Blondie was created by cartoonist Chic Young who drew
the strip until his death in 1973, when creative control passed to his son
Dean Young, who continues to write the strip.

The success of the strip, distributed by King Features Syndicate, led to
the long-running Blondie film series (1938–1950) and the popular Blondie
radio program (1939–1950).

Charles D. “Chic” Young

Dean Young