Unlike The Wonderland of Oz, Walt Spouse's contemporaneous comic-strip adaptation that was strongly faithful to Baum's originals, the radio show mixed and mingled elements from the books in a chaotic way. Dorothy Gale was played by the twelve-year-old Nancy Kelly, while Bill Adams was the Scarecrow, Parker Fennelly the Tin Woodman, and Jack Smart the Cowardly Lion. The show was heard three times per week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, in fifteen-minute-long episodes from 5:45 to 6:00 PM. The Wizard of Oz radio show played on the NBC network in 19.
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