Ma Perkins, the Glossary
Ma Perkins (sometimes called Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins) is an American radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960.[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: All My Children, Ancestry.com, Anne Hummert, CBS, Cecil Roy, Electrical transcription, English language, Frank Hummert, Kay Campbell, List of longest-serving soap opera actors, List of radio soap operas, Margaret Draper, Marjorie Hannan, NBC, Orin Tovrov, Oxydol, Radio Luxembourg, Richard Durham, Robert Hardy Andrews, Soap opera, Thanksgiving (United States), United States, University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Payne, WLW, World War II.
- 1933 radio programme debuts
- 1960 radio programme endings
- 1960s American radio programs
All My Children
All My Children (often shortened to AMC) is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.
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Anne Hummert
Anne Hummert (née Schumacher) (January 19, 1905 – July 5, 1996) was the leading creator of daytime radio serials or soap opera dramas during the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for more than three dozen series.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
Cecil Roy
Cecil H. Roy (October 2, 1900 – January 26, 1995) was an American actress who was well known in radio broadcasting of the 1930s and 1940s as The Girl of a Thousand Voices.
Electrical transcription
Electrical transcriptions are special phonograph recordings made exclusively for radio broadcasting,Browne, Ray B. and Browne, Pat, Eds.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Frank Hummert
Edward Frank Hummert, Jr. (June 2, 1884 – March 12, 1966), professionally known as Frank Hummert and sometimes credited as E. Frank Hummert, was an American advertising agent originally but was best known for writing/producing episodes of nearly 100 daytime/primetime radio dramas and soap opera serials between the 1930s and the 1950s.
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Kay Campbell
Catherine "Kay" Campbell (August 12, 1904 – May 27, 1985) was an American actress.
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List of longest-serving soap opera actors
Soap operas, a serialised drama produced for radio, television and internet streaming, are specifically and uniquely known for their ensemble casts and long-running characters.
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List of radio soap operas
Radio daytime drama serials were broadcast for decades, and some expanded to television. Ma Perkins and List of radio soap operas are American radio soap operas.
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Margaret Draper
Margaret Ruth Draper (November 20, 1916 – October 14, 2011) was an American actress and international service worker.
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Marjorie Hannan
Marjorie Hannan (born) was an American actress.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
Orin Tovrov
Orin Tovrov (April 30, 1911 - August 16, 1980) was an American screenwriter.
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Oxydol
Oxydol is a brand of laundry detergent sold in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg.
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Richard Durham
Richard Isadore Durham (September 6, 1917 – April 27, 1984) was an African-American writer and radio producer.
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Robert Hardy Andrews
Charles Robert Douglas Hardy Andrews (October 19, 1903 – November 11, 1976) was a novelist, screenwriter and radio drama scriptwriter.
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Soap opera
A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality.
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.
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Virginia Payne
Marie Virginia Payne (June 19, 1908 - February 9, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American radio actress, best known for her 27-year role as the title character in the radio soap opera Ma Perkins.
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WLW
WLW (700 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
1933 radio programme debuts
- Argonauts Club
- Bing Crosby Entertains
- Calling All Cars (radio program)
- Camel Caravan
- Fireside chats
- In Town Tonight
- Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
- Kraft Music Hall
- Lone Ranger
- Ma Perkins
- Oldsmobile Program
- The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen
- The Baker's Broadcast
- The Fred Waring Show (radio program)
- The Kentucky Minstrels
- The Romance of Helen Trent
- Wesoła Lwowska Fala
- Wheeling Jamboree
1960 radio programme endings
- Amos 'n' Andy
- Have Gun – Will Travel
- In Town Tonight
- Ma Perkins
- People Are Funny
- Take It from Here
- The Goon Show
- The Romance of Helen Trent
- The Second Mrs. Burton
- Titteliture
- Whispering Streets
- You Bet Your Life
1960s American radio programs
- American Farmer
- Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
- Gunsmoke
- Have Gun – Will Travel
- Ma Perkins
- Make Believe Ballroom
- Midwestern Hayride
- Milkman's Matinee
- Monitor (radio program)
- Moon River (radio program)
- My True Story (radio and TV series)
- NBA on CBS
- NBA on Mutual
- Pop Chronicles
- Ranger Bill
- Suspense (radio drama)
- The Bing Crosby – Rosemary Clooney Show
- The Black Mass
- The Credibility Gap
- The Eternal Light
- The Romance of Helen Trent
- The Standard School Broadcast
- Theatre-Five
- Unshackled!
- Whispering Streets
- Young Doctor Malone
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Perkins
Also known as Evey Perkins, Fay Perkins, John Perkins (character), Ma Perkins (character), Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins.