WZQR.FM Amos 'n' Andy

About

Amos 'n' Andy began as one of the first radio comedy series and originated from station WMAQ in Chicago. After the first broadcast in 1928, the show became a hugely popular series, first on NBC Radio and later on CBS Radio and Television. The 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played black characters, including Amos Jones (Gosden), Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), and George "Kingfish" Stevens (Gosden) as well as incidental characters.

Genres

• 40s
• 50s
• Old Time Radio
• Comedy
• Spoken Word