The main purpose of this special program was to promote and raise money for the USO and the work it would be doing. The special program was broadcast by NBC-Blue, CBS and MBS from 9:30-10 p.m., Eastern time. Bob Trout was the show’s announcer. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, printed a story about the show…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Destry Rides Again – The Playaway Version
Radio Spirits has been producing old-time radio shows and sets for many years. Beginning with cassettes, they kept pace with the technology into the age of CD’s and .mp3’s. Along the way, in the early 2000’s, they introduced their own format which they called “Playaway.” The Playaway device was 3.25 x 2 inches in size…
The Henry Morgan Show
The Henry Morgan Show, also known as Here’s Morgan, was heard on ABC on Thursday evenings at 7:30 pm. It was sponsored by Rayve Shampoo. Jimmy Stewart made an appearance on the show on March 25, 1948. Here are two newspaper listings from that day. The first is from The Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, and…
One Holy Grail Located…Many More Remain to Be Found
When we started researching Jimmy Stewart’s radio career for our book back in 2003, the first thing we worked on was The Six Shooter. All of the shows were easily available on tape and various digital formats. But, it soon became obvious that any discs for the series were going to be quite hard to…
Untitled NBC Program
The following article appeared in the November 13, 1954, edition of Billboard magazine: No direct mention of either the Glenn Miller or the Bing Crosby shows has yet been found in radio listings. The only two-hour block of time on NBC on Sunday afternoon is for a show called Weekend. The following block listing for…
Year of the Elephant
We just recently discovered this short story which appeared on the September 12, 1988, edition of Broadcasting magazine: Having never seen any other references to these public service announcements, we began to search. A second piece of information confirmed that the spots had, indeed, been recorded. This proof came from the Fall 2000 issue of…
Hedda Hopper Dramatizes the Life of James Stewart
In late November of 1940, Hedda Hopper presented Jimmy Stewart’s life story on her daily 15-minute radio show. Announcements of each of the programs appeared in the November 23, 1940, edition of Movie-Radio Guide. Part I was broadcast on November 25th: Part II on the 27th: Part III was aired on the 29th: Stewart himself…
Cheyenne Autumn – Soundtrack CD
In 2016, the complete soundtrack for the 1964 film, Cheyenne Autumn, was issued in the U.S. (Intrada Special Collection Volume 362) as a 2-CD set. The music was composed and conducted by Alex North. The booklet accompanying the CD had one photo with Jimmy Stewart. All of the musicians appearing on the soundtrack were also…
Marsha Hunt Ultimate Radio Shows
Released by Master Classics Records in April, 2011, this set is available for downloading and streaming. Thirteen of Miss Hunt’s radio appearances are included. One of the shows has Jimmy Stewart as her co-star. It is the Lux Radio Theatre version of Made for Each Other, which was originally broadcast on December 17, 1945. Part…
British and American Comedy Legends
This downloadable set was released on August 1, 2009, by Master Classic Records. Among the more than 80 tracks on the set is a segment of the Jack Benny Show originally broadcast on January 9, 1949. Only the ten-minute segment titled Lunch at the Brown Derby is included, not the entire program. Here is the…
