Editing Little Orphan Annie (section)

===Radio===

{{Main|Little Orphan Annie (radio series)}}
''[[Little Orphan Annie (radio)|Little Orphan Annie]]'' was adapted to a 15-minute radio show that debuted on [[WGN (AM)|WGN]] Chicago in 1930 and went national on [[NBC]]'s [[Blue Network]] beginning April 6, 1931.<ref name=Harmon/><ref name=Mitchell/> The show was one of the first comic strips adapted to radio, attracted about 6 million fans, and left the air in 1942.<ref name=Harmon/><ref name=Mitchell>{{cite book |author=Mitchell, Claudia A., and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (Eds.) |year=2007 |title=Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia |publisher=Greenwood |page=402}}</ref> Radio historian [[Jim Harmon]] attributes the show's popularity in ''The Great Radio Heroes'' to the fact that it was the only radio show to deal with and appeal to young children.<ref name=Harmon>{{cite book |author=Harmon, Jim |year=2001 |title=The Great Radio Heroes |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0850-4 |pages=82–5}}</ref>
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