Amos 'n' Andy

One of the all time favorite and best remembered radio comedy programs ever.  The country stopped to listen when AMOS 'N' ANDY was on the air.  Beginning as SAM 'N' HENRY over WGN Chicago on January 12, 1926, the series became so popular that the name had to be changed when Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll left two years later, and was last heard on December 18, 1927.  WGN owned the name and would not let Gosden and Correll take it with them when they moved to WMAQ.  After three months worth of development they were ready on 03/19/28.  Their new station was to be the CBS outlet for the Chicago area and as history now knows the new name became AMOS 'N' ANDY, five days a week.  The series was first heard over NBC RED for Pepsodent beginning on August 19,1929, continuing as a six day a week broadcast until 1932.  It continued as a five day a week program for Pepsodent over NBC until January , 1938 when Campbell became the new sponsor.  The program moved to CBS, with Campbell as sponsor, on April 3,1939 and continued as a 5 day a week program until February 19,1943 when it again returned to NBC on 10/08/43 but this time as a 30 minute program sponsored by Rinso.  The broadcasts continued on NBC until July 6, 1948.  After a summer vacation the CBS network, with Rinso as sponsor, again captured the program.  The Rinso sponsorship continued until May 8,1949.  Rexall took up the shows sponsorship starting October 9, 1949 and continued until May 23, 1954.  From September 26, 1954 until it left the air on May 22, 1955, the series had a number of different sponsors.  At the same time, from September 13, 1954 09/13/54 until November 25, 1960, another series entitled AMOS AND ANDY MUSIC HALL was heard as a 5 day a week, 25 minute program.