Little Orphan Annie was adapted to a 15-minute radio show that debuted on WGN Chicago in 1930 and went national on NBC‘s Blue Network. It was one of the first
comic strips adapted to radio and the first late-afternoon children’s serial. It had
about 6 million fans, and left the air in 1942. 

when the show debuted, radio had yet to establish coast-to-coast networks so
two separate casts performed—one in San Francisco starring Floy Margaret
Hughes and the other in Chicago with Shirley Bell as Annie, Stanley Andrews
as "Daddy", and Allan Baruck (and later Mel Tormé) as Joe Corntassel.

When coast to coast networking was established in 1933, the Chicago cast
became the permanent one. Announcer Pierre Andre provided Sandy’s "Arf!"
and sang the theme (as Uncle Andy).

    
Pierre Andre                                    Stanley Andrews

The Searchers were the first British Invasion group to appear on The Ed
Sullivan Show in 1964 after the Beatles.

Ed Sullivan

The Searchers today

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – MIA December 15, 1944)

The song “Moonlight Serenade” was a Top Ten hit on the U.S. pop charts
in 1939, reaching number three on the Billboard charts, where it stayed
for fifteen weeks. It was the number 5 top pop hit of 1939 in the Billboard
year-end tally. Glenn Miller had five records in the top 20 songs of 1939
on Billboard′s list.

From left: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

The Martin and Lewis Show premiered on NBC radio with guest star Bob Hope
and aired until July 14, 1953. Sponsors of the comedy/variety program were
Chesterfield cigarettes and Anacin. 

Popular evening ‘soap-opera’ style television drama ran on CBS television until
1991, when low ratings caused it’s demise. The show spun off the longest-running
prime-time soap ever, KNOTS LANDING.