WJJD-AM, Chicago

According to the following listing from the July 22, 1948, edition of the Chicago Tribune, Jimmy Stewart appeared on this station from 10:30-10:45 a.m. on that day. The show is not available, so it is impossible to determine the nature of his visit. However, as mentioned in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, the film Call…

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Destry Rides Again – Exploitation Record

According to the record’s label, the disc was “Prepared & serviced by Universal Pictures for and to motion picture theatres solely for use in the exploitation of the film Destry Rides Again.” The recording was meant to be played in theater lobbies before and/or after films so that patrons could hear it as they were…

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Victory Theatre – The Philadelphia Story

In 1942, The Office of War Information’s Office of Facts and Figures went to the broadcast networks to pitch the idea of their supplying blocks of airtime for getting war messages out the their listeners. The CBS answer to this plea was Victory Theatre. It aired just eight episodes, each one an extra performance of…

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Bud’s Bandwagon #3

Stewart’s third, and final, appearance on the AFRTS program, Bud’s Bandwagon, was discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but we now have the audio to share with you. The show’s host, Bud Widom, says that he had attended the Hollywood premiere of Strategic Air Command and had a chance to talk with several people…

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Broadway Playhouse

We did not have a listing for the Broadway Playhouse in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but it is not really a completely new radio program. This Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) program simply re-broadcast Lux Radio Theater programs with all the commercials and references to Lux removed. This short article from the October 1,…

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Monitor (July 17, 1955)

This is the first of more than a dozen documented appearances of Jimmy Stewart on the NBC weekend program. On the 15th of July, Stewart was in San Antonio, TX, to promote his film, The Man from Laramie. According to the following article from the San Antonio Light, it was during this visit that he…

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The Big Sound – Big Sound Promos with Stars

The Big Sound was a radio format issued by Stars International. It was a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM records featuring celebrities delivering short messages to be used as “drop-ins” by radio stations subscribing to the service. Stewart appeared on several of these discs, including the one titled Big Sound Promos with Stars (B…

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Kraft Music Hall – 1st Appearance

We gave a bare mention of this July 15, 1937, program in Jimmy Stewart on the Air because so little is known about it. Here’s an update on what we have been able to piece together from various newspaper clippings. First, although Bing Crosby hosted the show during the regular season, comedian Bob Burns was…

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Bandolero – Soundtrack

Bandolero was a 1968 western which starred Stewart, Raquel Welch, Dean Martin and George Kennedy. A soundtrack album, featuring the Jerry Goldsmith songs conducted by Lionel Newman, was issued at the time and has been re-issued many times since. Here are the U.S. releases of the album in order of their appearance. Project 3 Records…

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