CBS has cancelled Guiding Light

[Dan.Strassberg]

I guess I have to say "my bad." I reread Maureen's message and she did
refer to Guiding Light's history, which began on radio. I definitely
remember Guiding Light on the radio in the early '40s. Can't remember
what the theme song was, but it was some lugubrious public domain
melody played by an organist, as were the themes of all daytime soaps
(except for the late-afternoon kids' shows and one "adult" soap, whose
theme music was played on a guitar by a guy who also sang the
lyrics--as I recall, that theme was "Nee-tah--Jua-ha-ha--nita," but I
have no clue what the name of the program was. Oh, and "Lorenzo
Jones," the only soap-opera comedy that I can recall, had an up-tempo
theme that was played by an organist--Finiculi, Finicula.)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
Cc: "Maureen Carney" <m_carney@yahoo.com>; "Boston Radio Group"
<boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: CBS has cancelled Guiding Light


>I read Maureen's message to indicate that Guiding Light started on
>radio 72 years ago, which it indeed did, subsequently moving to TV.
>
> Dan.Strassberg wrote:
>> Are you SURE the TV program first aired in 1937? I don't think
>> there
>> was commercial TV in 1937. Don't you mean 62 years? That would mean
>> that the program first aired in 1947, which I could believe.
>>
>> -----
>> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
>> eFax 1-707-215-6367
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Carney"
>> <m_carney@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Boston Radio Group"
>> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:59 PM
>> Subject: CBS has cancelled Guiding Light
>>
>>
>>> After 72 years on radio and TV, Guiding Light is going off come
>>> this
>>> September. Wish I could say I didn't see this coming. I was a fan
>>> back in high school (early 80s) and haven't seriously watched for
>>> about 20 years. I did catch some episodes last summer just to see
>>> how the new production values held up (they didn't).
>>>
>>> http://wcbstv.com/entertainment/guiding.light.cbs.2.973264.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>