[1] The program began as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show (1948-1955) on the NBC radio network.
"[3][4] The 1944 short summer version of the show on the NBC Blue Network (1927-1945), had comedienne Greenwood, playing herself, working as a cub reporter in a small newspaper as research in preparation for a future film role.
When the program resurfaced in 1945 on the newly established ABC independent radio network, Greenwood's character had now the responsibility of raising three children, teenagers Jack and Barbara and little Robert[1] after her good friend died, making her executor of the estate.
[5] An old time radio reference commented that Greenwood's character "managed to be single, moral, and peppy.
[8] The writers included Jack Hasty, Don Johnson,[5] Ray Singer, and Phil Leslie.