Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Great Gildersleeve, The

Great Gildersleeve, The

Broadcast History: 31 August 1941 to 21 March 1957

In 1941 Throckmorton P Gildersleeve spun off into his own radio program, becoming the first radio character to do so. He had originally appeared on Fibber McGee and Molly in 1937 and left to become the Water Commissioner of Summerfield and to raise his niece and nephew. The series had the same appeal as today’s soaps because each episode was connected. Gildersleeve’s romances were often at the centre of it all. The best of the romances is the one with Leila Ransom.

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file_6179dec87bae2_GG511017 - Bronco Almost Forgets About His First Date with Ma
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file_6179decd87e04_GG511024 - Gildy Takes Mrs Winthrop and Babs on a Picnic [308
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file_6179ded21dffc_GG511031 - Halloween and Gildy Finds a Lost Boy [308]
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file_6179ded653759_GG511107 - Marjorie and Bronco Want to Build a House [308]
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file_6179dedb46798_GG511114 - Marjorie and Bronco Decide Which Lot to Buy [308]
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file_6179dedfd6d6d_GG511121 - Inviting Thanksgiving Guests [308]
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file_6179dee53dce3_GG511128 - Getting Leroy to Study and Grow Up [308]
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file_6179defa3797d_GG511212 - Leroy Selling Christmas Trees [322]
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file_6179defef14de_GG511219 - Christmas Present for Paula [193]
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file_6179df036fd1e_GG511226 - Opening Last Christmas Presents [066]
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file_6179df07d170f_GG520102 - Gildy Wants New Job to Keep up with Bron [348]
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file_6179df0aac9a2_GG520109 - Gilldy Has Disappeared In Hospital [125]
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file_6179df0e99445_GG520116 - Gildy Talks to Everyone About Operation [315]
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file_6179df12a2b8b_GG520123 - Trying to Be Alone with Paula [321]
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file_6179df17d76f5_GG520130 - Gildy Protects Hooker from Mona [321]
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file_6179df1c5dd91_GG520206 - Gildy Hires Mrs Munson and Gets Flo Yo Too [321]
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file_6179df201b542_GG520213 - Engagement Ring Mixup [321]
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file_6179df2478c28_GG520220 - Civic Coordinator [321]
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file_6179df28d3994_GG520227 - Leroy's Week of Freedom [321]
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file_6179df2d94cf9_GG520305 - Bullard Is House Guest - Need $2000 Loan [321]
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file_6179df31dd2fe_GG520312 - Train Trip to Omaha [321]
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file_6179df36cd0f3_GG520319 - Gildy's Garden [321]
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file_6179df3a9cb6b_GG520326 - Television Comes to Summerfield [321]
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file_6179df3ee91f4_GG520402 - Colorful Past [321]
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file_6179df42d7f38_GG520409 - Easter Sunrise Service [321]
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file_6179df4838c8c_GG520416 - Leroy the Bee Keeper [321]
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file_6179df4c4aca9_GG520423 - Diving for Publicity [321]
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