{{Short description|Radio soap opera}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox radio show | show_name = Adopted Daughter | image = Adopted_Daughter_Soap_Opera_Photo.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | other_names = | format = Soap Opera | runtime = | country = USA | language = English | home_station = WOW | syndicates = | television = | presenter = | starring = Jettabee Ann Hopkins<br>Alan Bunce | announcer = Art Miller | creator = | writer = Jettabee Ann Hopkins | director = | senior_editor = | editor = | producer = | exec_producer = | narrated = | rec_location = | rem_location = | oth_location = | first_aired = 1937 | last_aired = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | othertheme = | endtheme = | sponsor = J. C. Penney | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | podcast = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
'''''Adopted Daughter''''' was a radio soap opera in the United States. It premiered in 1937 on station WOW in Omaha, Nebraska, and moved to NBC's Midwest regional network in 1939. It was broadcast there five times a week for two years. The show was sponsored by J. C. Penney.<ref>Cox, Jim (2005). ''Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN|0-8108-5323-X}}. P. 22.</ref> ''Billboard'' magazine noted that the program was J.C. Penney's "first use of radio on a national basis." After 26 successful weeks on WOW, the program was carried on 16 stations via transcription.<ref>"Penney Goes National". ''Broadcasting''. March 15, 1939. P. 22.</ref><ref name="Stanton">{{Citation| last=| first =| year =1942| title = Jettabee Hopkins to New York City| publisher=Stanton Register| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750147492/?terms=%22Jerry%20Jangles%22&match=1| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref>
== Plot == Based on a series of skits called ''The Jangles'', the story of ''Adopted Daughter'' centered on Jerry Jangles, a "courageous young wife who fights for home and happiness."<ref>Dunning, John (1976). ''Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976''. Prentice-Hall. {{ISBN|0-13-932616-2}}. P. 5.</ref> The show took place in a small mid-western town and talked about the struggles of an average young couple with interfering in-laws.<ref name="Stanton2" />
== Cast ==
The cast included Jettabee Ann Hopkins (who also wrote the program) and Alan Bunce.<ref name="Stanton2">{{Citation| last=| first =| year =1942| title = Serial of Married Life to Start on KSTP Tomorrow| publisher=The Minneapolis Sun| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178775827/?terms=%22Jerry%20Jangles%22&match=1| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> The announcer was Art Miller.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adopted Daughter|url=http://www.otrrpedia.net/|work=OTRRpedia|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref>
==See also== *List of radio soaps
== References ==
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==External links== *[https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Adopted%20Daughter&type=Programs Log of selected episodes of ''Adopted Daughter'' from RadioGOLDINdex] *[http://otrrlibrary.org/OTRRLib/Library%20Files/A%20Series/Adopted%20Daughter/ Streaming episodes of ''Adopted Daughter'' from Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library]
{{US radio soaps}}
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