This show was detailed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but news scans and audio will be presented here to complete the listing. The program was well advertised in the newspapers on the date of the broadcast. Here are two display ads. The first is from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Ca, and the second from…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Promotional Radio Appearance
On January 28, 1947, Stewart made a previously unknown radio appearance in Philadelphia, PA, in connection with the opening of It’s a Wonderful Life. To date, the only mention of this appearance comes from The Film Daily of that date: This is one of many stops by Stewart and Capra on their promotional tour, but…
Bob Hope Show – January 27, 1955
This particular Bob Hope Show was actually a composite of new material and previously aired segments. Several newspaper listings called it a repeat: Stewart’s photo didn’t make it into any advertising that we have located, but Hope’s did: Hope’s opening monologue was newly recorded for this program, but the Stewart sketch and some of the…
The Larry King Show
Besides his CNN interview program for TV, King also did a five hour interview show for Mutual Radio each weeknight from midnight to 5 a.m. The show was not advertised in newspapers on any kind of regular basis. In fact, it is from short articles that we know the most about the show. The first…
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock
NBC Radio presented this 25-minute documentary on January 25, 1956. The program is not available. The New York Times ran this preview on the day of the broadcast. A story in the Altoona Tribune, Altoona, PA, on January 24, 1956, had much more information about the program (this scan is from the best available source,…
The Six Shooter – Helen Bricker
This is the first show for new announcer, John Wald. The title is sometimes listed as Mrs. Billy Stark or Outlaw’s Wife. Stewart’s supporting cast included Lillian Buyeff as Helen Bricker (Mrs. Billy Stark), Ken Christy as Jim Pincher, Herb Vigran as Buck Thompson, Parley Baer as Seth and Will Wright as Tim Slater and…
It Pays to Be Ignorant
Jimmy Stewart’s one appearance on this CBS program was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but newspaper articles and audio are going to be included here to make the experience more complete. The show was hosted by Tom Howard. The panelists for the January 24, 1947, program on which Stewart appeared were George Shelton,…
Bing Crosby Show – January 24, 1951
This was Jimmy’s second appearance on Bing’s new Chesterfield Show for CBS Radio. Bing’s musical guest for the evening was Toni Arden. Stewart signed contracts for each individual show he did with Bing. Here are the three pages of the contract for this show. You can see for yourself just how involved the contracts were…
Martha Deane Show #1
Mr. Stewart appeared on three documented Martha Deane shows as discussed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. None of the shows is available. The host of the Martha Deane Show was actually Marian Young Taylor. She hosted the show for 32 years on WOR-AM, in Manhattan. Her announcer was George Hogan. Stewart’s first appearance came…
Maggi’s Private Wire
Maggi McNellis was the host of this 15-minute daily NBC program. It was broadcast from 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. from Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Stewart was on the show on January 23, 1947. The listing below is from the New York Times: This show is not available, so the exact nature…
