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But it's possible that anyone here has seen it, back in 1970I doubt much of it would exist
Well, @The Christmas Oracle did listen to the first The Guiding Light broadcast, so I guess it's possible he watched Best of Everything.But it's possible that anyone here has seen it, back in 1970
Well, @The Christmas Oracle did listen to the first The Guiding Light broadcast, so I guess it's possible he watched Best of Everything.
Wasn't the first Guiding Light a podcast? (I'm convinced it's started in the future).
Does the first guiding light episode exist either audio or tvWell, @The Christmas Oracle did listen to the first The Guiding Light broadcast, so I guess it's possible he watched Best of Everything.
Not sure about audio but the first episode on video appears to be July 10, 1952. The June 30 premiere doesn’t seem to be available on video. If it is out there I couldn’t find it.Does the first guiding light episode exist either audio or tv
When Guiding Light began airing on TV in 1952, they also continued airing it on radio for many years. Typically it was just the audio from the TV episode, though there were certain events where they had to adjust the material for an audio-only audience.Not sure about audio but the first episode on video appears to be July 10, 1952. The June 30 premiere doesn’t seem to be available on video. If it is out there I couldn’t find it.
Interesting! I just assumed that the radio soap and tv soap were entirely different entities. I'm sure there's been examples of that in the past.When Guiding Light began airing on TV in 1952, they also continued airing it on radio for many years. Typically it was just the audio from the TV episode, though there were certain events where they had to adjust the material for an audio-only audience.
Transitioning GL onto TV was something of a gamble for them, given how few and far-between TV sets were in 1952. National TV was in its infancy, even as national radio had become commonplace. If they had decided in 1952 to move GL to TV and stop the radio broadcasts, the fan base would have been reduced greatly and felt abandoned. But if TV had died off as a "fad" then they could have just as easily stopped producing GL for TV and continued on the radio, so they were hedging their bets. Keeping it on both radio and TV was a smart move in many ways, since fans of the series might decide to buy a TV set just so they could see what the Bauer family looked like. It allowed for a sort of "bridge" between relying on the radio for entertainment and relying on TV. TV became so commonplace that by 1960 a whole boatload of radio soaps ended up being cancelled in favor of producing soaps just for TV, and the simulcast of GL ended for much the same reason--an infrastructure had developed that allowed national, uniform broadcasts of daytime soaps that delivered better ad revenue/ratings than the radio networks at the time.Interesting! I just assumed that the radio soap and tv soap were entirely different entities. I'm sure there's been examples of that in the past.
How very "Promised Land"but it's old wine in a new bottle.