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.
The show starred Detmar Poppen as Popeye along with most of the
major supporting characters,Olive Oyl, Olive Lamoy, Wimpy, Charles
Lawrence,Bluto, Jackson Beck,and Swee’Pea, Mae Questel.
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
The comic strip Li’l Abner featured a fictional clan of hillbillies in the mountain
village of Dogpatch,Kentucky. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the
strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate.
Al Capp
