Guiding Light [SEP] creator
the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history; only the American country music radio program "Grand Ole Opry" (first broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program "The Daily Service" (1928), the CBS religious program "Music and the Spoken Word" (1929), and the Norwegian children's radio program "Lørdagsbarnetimen" (1924-2010) have been on the air longer.
"Guiding Light" was created by Irna Phillips, and began as an NBC Radio serial on
Background Creation and casting.
"Passions"' creator and head writer James E. Reilly had approached Amelia Marshall about the role of Liz Sanbourne after they worked together on "Guiding Light". Marshall said that she was attracted to the character since it was different from her previous performances as Belinda Keffers in "All My Children", and Gilly Grant Speakes in "Guiding Light". While discussiong her professional relationship with Reilly in an interview with "Soap Talk", she had commented: "I just love the fact