Welcome Travelers was an NBC daytime program which aired from 1947 through 1954. It was hosted by Tommy Bartlett and sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. It was broadcast from the College Inn Porterhouse of the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. A generic ad ran in many newspapers around the country to highlight the show. Guests were picked…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Leo Is on the Air – Born to Dance
This special MGM program was listed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but some extras, including the audio, are presented here for the first time. The 15-minute show was meant to help promote the film by showcasing five of the Cole Porter songs which were included in the movie. The copy of the show in…
Monitor (February 4, 1956)
Two different newspaper listings confirm Stewart as a guest on this day’s Monitor program. The first is from the New York Times and the second from the Herald-Post, El Paso, TX. Like so many of the Monitor programs, this one is not available, so we don’t know the nature of Stewart’s visit. It is known…
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Radio Spots
To help promote the film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Paramount issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record with 12 different radio spots (three each at 60-seconds, 30-seconds, 20-seconds and 10-seconds). It is interesting to note that the first six spots featured Gene Pitney’s hit record, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,…
Flashback # 683
Flashback is a syndicated show produced by ABC Radio Today Entertainment. It was hosted by Bill St. James from 1986 until 2012. During the four hour show, he played a mix of classic rock from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Each week, the show discs featured a “Flashback Six Pack.” These were six sound bite…
Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime
Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime was a local show broadcast over KCRG-AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between 1950 and 1952. The program was aired Saturdays from 9 to 9:30 a.m. The following newspaper listing is from the Cedar Rapids Gazette of February 1, 1952: The date for this broadcast would have been the following day, February…
The Magic of Lassie – Soundtrack
This 1978 film starred Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye and Jimmy Stewart. The soundtrack album was issued in the U.S. Peter Pan (Orange Blossom Series) 155. Several of the film’s stars, including Stewart, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, and Maureen Smith (of the Mike Curb Congregation) also appear on the soundtrack…
The Six Shooter – Trail to Sunset
Like most of The Six Shooter shows, this one is also known by others titles, including The Lynching and Wrong Man Lynched. The show was broadcast on January 31, 1954. This short preview appeared in the San Antonio Express and News, San Antonio, TX, on the day of the broadcast. As had been the case…
Screen Guild Players – Call Northside 777 – Script
A blog for this program was posted in 2015 on the anniversary of its broadcast on October 7, 1948. Please see that blog for information about the show, newspaper advertising and audio of the show itself. We have recently come into possession of an original script for this show and, because of the size, we…
The Prudential Family Hour of Stars
Originally called the Prudential Family Hour, the program began as a musical show. However, by 1948, its listener base was eroding and Prudential decided to change the format. This was announced in the August 23, 1948, edition of Broadcasting magazine. Interesting, although the show’s title carried the word “hour,” the new program would only be…
