Guiding Light, The  -  Soap Opera

Broadcast History

Jan 25, 1937-Dec 26, 1941 NBC. 15m, weekdays at 3:45, then at 11:45am. White Naphtha Soap

Mar 17, 1942-Nov 29, 1946 NBC. 15m, weekdays, mostly at 2:00. General Mills. (In 1944, a block of soaps by writer Irna Phillips made up a General Mills Hour, 2 to 3pm daily; characters from Today's Children, The Woman in White and The Guiding Light crossed over and interchanged in respective storylines).

Jun 2, 1947-Jun 29, 1956 CBS. 15m weekdays at 1:45. Proctor & Gamble's Duz Detergent

Announcer:

Fort Pearson, Clayton Collyer, Herb Allen

Cast:

Rev. John Ruthledge - Arthur Peterson

Mary Ruthledge - Sarajane Wells, Mercedes McCambridge

Trudy Bauer - Laurette Fillbrandt

Bill Bauer - Lyle Sudrow

Meta Bauer - Jone Allison

Longest-running serial in broadcast history. Now seen on CBS television. Dramatic story of Dr. John Ruthledge a minister in a small town. Series later focused on the lives of the Bauer family and a medical theme.

Source: On the Air - John Dunning

Source: Radio's Golden Years by Vincent Terrace