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In 1937, Phillips collaborated with Emmons Carlson on her third radio serial, The Guiding Light (shortened to simply Guiding Light after 1975), basing it on personal experiences; after giving birth to a stillborn child at age 19, she found spiritual comfort listening to sermons by a preacher of a church centered on the brotherhood of man.
Sep 23, 2019 · But that was all about to change, thanks to an employee at the NBC Red studio named Emmons Carlson. Emmons filed a lawsuit against Irna Phillips known far and wide in radioland as the woman who had birthed (The) Guiding Light.
Emmons Carlson (December 17, 1892 – January 20, 1978) was an advertising and sales promotion executive with NBC in Chicago (1930-1947). While working at NBC, he co-created with Irna Phillips the radio soap opera The Guiding Light.
Sep 18, 2023 · Launched in 1937 by soap opera pioneer Irna Phillips with Emmons Carlson, the series took its name from the lamp of Rev. Dr. John Ruthledge, a clergyman in a Chicago suburb who sermonized for...
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Guiding Light was created by Irna Phillips and Emmons Carlson and began as an NBC Radio serial on January 25, 1937. On June 2, 1947, the series was transferred to CBS Radio, [6] before starting on June 30, 1952, on CBS Television. [7] It continued to be broadcast on radio until June 29, 1956. [8]
The series was created by Emmons Carlson and Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she found spiritual comfort listening to sermons by a preacher of a church centered on the brotherhood of man.
Guiding Light was created by Irna Phillips and Emmons Carlson and began as an NBC Radio serial on January 25, 1937. On June 2, 1947, the series was transferred to CBS Radio, before starting on June 30, 1952, on CBS Television. It continued to be broadcast on radio until June 29, 1956.
