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Guiding Light ran for more than seventy years

The American drama began on radio in 1937 and left television in 2009 Guiding Light started as a fifteen minute radio serial in January 1937 and moved to television in 1952, staying on air until September 2009. Its 72 year run and roughly 15,700 episodes make it the longest running drama series in broadcasting history. The show was created by Irna Phillips, who also shaped several other daytime serials. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The American drama began on radio in 1937 and left television in 2009. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.