Soap operas were born in the 1930s, reports Brittanica, with radio broadcasts of 15-minute episodes full of drama and interesting characters.The shows typically revolved around a large, middle ...

Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling — and their roots sprouted right here in Chicago. From its early radio days in the 1930s to streaming today, soaps have endured ...

You crank up the radio one afternoon to hear the latest music but instead catch the first chapter of a 5- to 7-minute soap opera. The lead character is a young woman, 16 years old.

Anne Hummert, 91, considered the mother of the radio soap opera, created the first eminently successful one, “Just Plain Bill,” in 1933 and followed with the even longer-lasting “Helen Trent.” ...

Count soap operas among Procter & Gamble’s many successes. P&G was one of the first companies to sponsor daytime serial dramas on the radio in the 1930s to advertise their products to housewives.

Local interest in plays about old-time radio drama will be fueled once again on Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. when "Dangerous Romances" is presented in the Wien Experimental ...

However, back in the day when radio soap operas debuted, viewers, tuned in religiously. During these times, soap operas used to air for 15 minutes only, which meant that the storyline dragged out ...

Local radio soap operas address Alabama's health problems in true soapy fashion. Updated: ; Sep. 08, 2011, 9:30 a.m. | Published: ; Sep. 08, 2011, 8:30 a.m.

You crank up the radio one afternoon to hear the latest music but instead catch the first chapter of a 5- to 7-minute soap opera. The lead character is a young woman, 16 years old.

Imagine this. You're a 15-year-old student in a remote village with maybe a couple of hundred residents, miles from the nearest town. There's no TV. Cellphone service is spotty. The dirt road to ...