During the summer of 1988, Stewart hosted three separate Dancing with the Stars programs for Westwood One Radio. The first, The 30’s, was broadcast the last weekend of June, this one during the second weekend of August and the third, The 50’s – was heard during the final weekend of August. The 30’s and The…
Category Archives: Additional Radio Show Information
Chase and Sanborn Hour – The Charlie McCarthy Show
This 3-CD set was recently issued and proports to contain all of the available shows in the Bergen-McCarthy series. One thing is for sure…it does have one show on which Jimmy Stewart guested and which has not been in general circulation before. The newly found program dates from September 1, 1946, and is found on…
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…
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…
Leo Is on the Air – After the Thin Man
Leo Is on the Air was a series of 15-minute radio shows prepared by M-G-M to promote their films on the radio. This one is a 16-inch, one-sided disc, playing at 33 1/3 RPM. It was pressed for M-G-M by RCA (21432). This record played in reverse of most discs in that the needle moved…
The Greatest Show on Earth – Promotional Tour
The following article, which outlines the promotional activities of the stars of The Greatest Show on Earth, appeared in the February 23, 1952, edition of Billboard magazine. Mr. Stewart’s plans are given under the “Publicity Tour” heading and are enlarged below to make them easier to read. His appearance on Welcome Travelers (February 5th) is…
It’s a Wonderful Life – Promotional Tour
The January 12, 1947, edition of Variety, had this story about Stewart and Frank Capra going to New York City to help promote It’s a Wonderful Life. Stewart is known to have appeared on Hi Jinx, Maggie’s Private Wire and the Martha Deane Show in January of that year. It is possible that he talked…
The Glenn Miller Story Promotional Appearance
The following article appeared in the January 30, 1954, edition of Billboard magazine: Although the story doesn’t specifically say that he appeared on any radio shows, it does mention that he was set to talk to disk jockeys. Very few DJ’s would go to an affair such as this and not take along a tape…
Sid Scope Interview
In June of 1964, Jimmy Stewart was interviewed by Sid Scope for radio station 5DN, North Adelaide, Australia. According to the catalog entry shown below, the topics covered in the interview included the recently released Essential Alfred Hitchcock film series and Stewart’s early career. The tape is available in the Australian library system, but may…
