Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926 to 1986, making it the longest-running homemaker program in the history of radio. Kitchen-Klatter magazine was issued monthly from 1936 to 1986 and at one point had a circulation of 150,000. (Issues for 1952 are v. 17, and issues for 1954 are v. 18. Issues for 1953 are being called v. 17/18 since they are marked as v. 18, n. 01; v. 17, n. 02; v. 18, n. 3; v. 17, n. 04-12.)