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What was the first 'advice' radio show?

Asked by urgoodpeople (26points) July 24th, 2009

or the oldest one you can think of…I can’t find any good radio call in shows centered around self help or advice from earlier than 20 years ago…i want, like, 1930s/40s/50s…

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kevbo's avatar

There were cooking/homemaking ‘advice’ shows in the ‘50s, but I think people wrote in instead of calling. Don’t remember names. Sorry.

dannyc's avatar

Probably Orson Welles, advising people to beware of the Martians..it is worth a listen, the original viral communication..1938 I think..

aprilsimnel's avatar

CSPAN.org has some clues, but you will probably have to buy access to an academic paper on the subject.

According to the abstract in the 2nd link, psychologists were on the air as early as the mid-1920s.

AlbertKinng's avatar

don’t know….

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