Editing Archie Andrews (section)

===Radio===
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[[File:Archie andrewsedited.jpg|thumb|left|Archie and cast: ''The Adventures of Archie Andrews'', 1947.]]
Montana's characters were heard on radio in the early 1940s. ''Archie Andrews'' began on the [[Blue Network|NBC Blue Network]] on May 31, 1943, switched to [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] in 1944, and then continued on [[NBC radio]] from 1945 until September 5, 1953. The program's original announcer was Kenneth Banghart, later succeeded by Bob Shepard (during the 1947–48 season, when [[Swift and Company]] sponsored the program) and Dick Dudley. Archie was first played by Charles Mullen (1943–1944), [[Jack Grimes (actor)|Jack Grimes]] (1944) and [[Burt Boyar]] (1945), with [[Bob Hastings]] (1945–1953) as the title character during the NBC years. Jughead was portrayed by [[Hal Stone (actor)|Hal Stone]], Cameron Andrews and later by [[Arnold Stang]]. Stone later wrote about his radio career in his autobiography, ''{{Proper name|Relax... Archie! Re-laxx!}}'' (Bygone Days Press, 2003). During the NBC run, [[Rosemary Rice]] portrayed Betty, [[Gloria Mann]] portrayed Veronica, Alice Yourman portrayed Archie's mother, Mary Andrews and Arthur "Art" Kohl was Archie's father, Fred Andrews.