Ma Perkins
Ma Perkins is a long-running radio soap opera heard on NBC, CBS, Canadian stations, and Radio Luxembourg, centered on everyday drama around its title character.
Ma Perkins is an American radio soap opera that was heard on NBC from 1933 to 1949 and on CBS from 1942 to 1960. It was also broadcast in Canada, and Radio Luxembourg carried it in Europe.
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Ma Perkins. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19343:00 PMNBC Red · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19353:30 PMNBC Red · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193611:30 AMMutual Broadcasting System · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193710:15 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193710:15 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193710:15 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193710:15 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193710:15 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMCBS Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 193810:45 AMBlue Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19393:15 PMNBC Red · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19521:15 PMCBS · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
B
Bob Brown
Announcer
B
CBob Pfeiffer
Announcer
Charles Lyon
Announcer
DDick Wells
Announcer
D
Don Donaldson
Announcer
J
MJack Brinkley
Announcer
Marvin Miller
Announcer
Mike Wallace
Announcer
A
Ann Russell
Cast
A
Arthur 'Art' Hern
Cast
A
AArthur 'Art' Peterson
Cast
Arthur Maitland
Cast
Bret Morrison
Cast
C
Constance 'Connie' Crowder
Cast
D
Dick Holland
Cast
D
Dolph Nelson
Cast
D
Don Gallagher
Cast
Fran Carlon
Cast
H
Harry Saxe
Cast
H
Herbert 'Herb' Nelson
Cast
Hope Summers
Cast
H
JHoward Hoffman
Cast
Jack Petruzzi
Cast
Jan Miner
Cast
JJanet Logan
Cast
J
LJohn Walsh
Cast
Len Sterling
Cast
L
Lenore Kingston
Cast
L
Louis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
Louise Fitch
Cast
MMalcolm Meachum
Cast
Shirley Mitchell
Cast
SStanley Waxman
Cast
S
Studs Terkel
Cast
E
Edwin R. Wolfe
Director
G
George Fogle
Director
L
Lester Vail
Director
P
RPhil Bowman
Director
Roy Winsor
Director
DDoc Whipple
Musician
A
Angeline Orr
Flossie Herringbone
A
Arthur Young
Junior Fitz
B
Barry Drew
Frank Fenton
Bernardine Flynn
Evey Perkins
BBeryl Vaughn
Jessica Herringbone
B
Betty Hanna
Deborah Matthews
Betty Lou Gerson
Laura
BBeverly Younger
Mathilda Pendelton
BBob White
Eric Cunningham
BBobby Ellis
Cecil Roy
Carl Kroenke
Dr. Glassman
CCasey Allen
Tom Wells
CCecil Roy
Bessie Flounce
CCharles Egleston
Shuffle Shober
C
Cheer Brentson
Fay Perkins
C
DCurtis Roberts
Walter Payne
Daniel Sutter
Frank Fenton
D
Dora Johnson
Evey Perkins
E
Elmira Roessler
Tweetsie Herringbone
Forrest Lewis
C. Pemberton Tooley, Rufus
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Illustrated Press, no. 253 (October 1997): 7.
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Misc (January 1971): 7.
Misc (September 1971): 156.
Misc (May 2008): 26.
Misc (September 2008): 19.
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NARA News (September 1973): 10.
NARA News (January 2001): 48.
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Radio Mirror (February 1937): 54.
Radio Mirror (August 1942): 22.
Radio Mirror (September 1946): 24.
Radio Mirror (October 1946): 37.
Radio Mirror (August 1947): 23.
Radio Mirror (March 1948): 42.
Radio Row (March 1946): 17.
Radio TV Mirror (May 1948): 15.
Radio TV Mirror (May 1949): 64.
Radio TV Mirror (December 1949): 28.
Radio TV Mirror (November 1950): 11.
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Radio TV Mirror (June 1953): 23.
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Return With Us Now, vol. 35, no. 3 (May 2010): 5.
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