After school, before dinner
What Children Listened To
The daily quarter-hour slot built specifically for young listeners — adventure, comic strips and moral instruction, sold with a cereal box top.
1937 – 1962 · 6 stops · 2h 8m
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A newspaper comic strip transplanted straight onto the air.
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Another comic-strip adaptation, built around a premium-offer sponsor.
Little Orphan Annie · VintageLOA 1935-10-18 #0917 (1 of 4) Annie's Big Surprise Birthday Party
18 Oct 1935 · 14 min
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A religious broadcaster's own adventure serial, syndicated for decades.
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Fairy tales, dramatized weekly for a Saturday-morning audience.
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A children's variety hour built for the same slot.
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The fairy-tale strand's own Christmas edition.
