This may be the oddest Jimmy Stewart related radio show ever. BBC Radio 4 broadcast this show on December 29, 2011. Stewart’s voice appears nowhere in the show, but he and Gloria are an intricate part of the story and their daughter, Kelly, is heard. The show was produced by Mary Colwell, edited by Julian…
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Merry Christmas from Merv…and Jimmy
This time around, we’ll be adding several newspaper ads and an audio clip to a show first described in our book. Merry Christmas from Merv is a very difficult show to find. It consisted of 12 LP’s, each featuring a one hour segment of the program. Stewart appeared during the first hour: The show was…
Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club – A New Find
In Jimmy Stewart on the Air, we documented Jimmy Stewart’s appearance on the Breakfast Club broadcast of November 11, 1958. Here is a newspaper ad for that show. It is from the Monday, November 10, 1958, edition of the Portsmouth Times, Portsmouth, OH: We can now confirm that Stewart had also been a guest on…
Pennsylvania Week
October 13th through October 19th, 1952, was designated “Pennsylvania Week” by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Commerce. A special 16-inch transcription disc, featuring civic announcements from sixteen famous Pennsylvanians was prepared and distributed to radio stations. The disc was prepared through the facilities of WFIL, Philadelphia, and pressed by RCA. We did not know…
For Services Rendered – Newly Discovered Radio Broadcast
In 1945, the United States was about to begin its Victory Loan Bound Drive. To start the event, a radio broadcast was scheduled for 7:30-8 p.m. on Sunday, October 28th. The first hint of the program came on October 24th, when many newspapers carried an article like the one below from the Tucson Daily Citizen:…
O’Halloran’s Luck is Your Luck Too
Jimmy Stewart’s appearance in the Theatre Guild on the Air’s presentation of Stephen Vincent Benet’s O’Halloran’s Luck on Sunday, March 1, 1953, showed a bit of unusual casting, to say the least. The 6-foot-3-inch Stewart played the role of a leprechaun! Starring with him were John Lund, Gloria DeHaven and Una O’Connor. A detailed account…
Boy Scouts of America – Strengthen the Arm of Liberty
As outlined in our book, Stewart appeared on at least five different Boy Scout Jamboree programs, only two of which are available. Our aim here is to update the first of these broadcast by adding clippings, photos and audio. The program was broadcast by NBC as a public service on Saturday, February 12, 1949. This…
Jimmy Stewart Speaks for the Community Chest Volunteers
One of the radio shows outlined in our book was the Community Chest – A Salute to Volunteers program broadcast on September 26, 1947. At first, all we could find on the program were several newspaper ads and articles like the ones below: Despite all the press for the program, it looked like the show…
Ten High – 10th Anniversary Radio Salute to Continental Air Command 1948-1958
December 1958 marked the tenth anniversary of ConAC, the Continental Air Command. To commemorate the event, a special 59-minute radio program was prepared and distributed to radio stations. The show was recorded on three of the sides of two 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs and housed in a gatefold jacket. The jacket was rather plain,…
American Legion 50th Anniversary Radio Spots
These special public service announcements were covered in detail in our book, but photos and audio are being added here to make for a more complete listing. The album was issued to radio stations in 1969 and featured not only Stewart, but also Al Hirt, Tom Harmon, Lawrence Welk, Bing Crosby, Mel Allen, Shirley Temple…
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