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===1930s and 1940s===
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The series was created by Emmons Carlson and Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a [[still born|still-born baby]] at age 19, Phillips found spiritual comfort listening to the radio sermons of [[Preston Bradley]], a famous Chicago preacher and founder of the People's Church, a church which promoted the brotherhood of man.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peopleschurchchicago.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/9.PC-Preston-Bradley-History-2014-01-01.pdf|title=Preston Bradley and the Peoples Church – a history
|website=peopleschurchchicago.org|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> These sermons inspired the creation of ''The Guiding Light'', which began as a radio series, with a minister as the central character. The original radio series was first broadcast as 15-minute episodes on NBC Radio, starting on January 25, 1937. The series was transferred to CBS Radio in 1947.