The August 1954, issue of TV Radio Mirror carried a story about a young Detroit disc jockey named Marty McNeeley. McNeeley was the host of two different daily shows on WJR. The first was a morning show titled Music Hall, while the second, Music Hall Matinee, was broadcast in the late afternoon-early evening time slot…
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WQQW Preview
The January 15, 1947, edition of Variety carried this review of the program which had been broadcast January 12th. Paul Martin, station manager, was the show’s producer and also its narrator. While Gregory Peck and Margo made new recordings for the show, Stewart’s contribution had been recorded in 1941. Some of Stewart’s passages from We…
United Nations Radio
The following story appeared in the November 26, 1947, edition of Variety: According to the article, a series of seven 15-minute radio shows about the United Nations and its agencies were to be recorded at the Mutual-Don Lee Studios in Los Angeles, between this date and December 31st. The programs were then to be broadcast…
Air Force Convention Reunion
On September 25, 1948, the Air Force Association’s “Operation Wing-Ding” was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope and Ed Sullivan took turns acting as the master of ceremonies. The September 29th edition of Variety had a full run down on the activities: In their radio listings for September…
Hedda Hopper Interviews Jimmy Stewart…Sort Of
The following article appeared in Hedda Hopper’s newspaper column for December 20, 1941: No broadcast date was listed and no recording of the show has been located. But, if the impersonation was good enough to fool his own parents, how would we identify this show even if it was found?…
WCCS Stewart Special
WCCS (AM 1160) calls itself “The Voice of Indiana County” and it certainly is that and more. With its studio located just across the street from the Jimmy Stewart Museum, it is a natural focal point for all things “Jimmy.” When Stewart came home to Indiana in 1983 for the dedication of his statue at…
Time Capsule
This is a new radio show that we discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. The show is not available and little is known about it. What we do know comes from two short articles in the February 14, 1953, edition of Billboard magazine. The second article is actually much longer, but…
Friars Frolic Promo
The following story appeared in the April 13, 1949, edition of Variety: The final paragraph is what caught our attention. It seems that to promote the April 16th event a series of 30-second and 1-minute spots were recorded for play on many of the local, Los Angeles area, radio stations. Heard on these spots were…
KGKO Interview
Here is another radio appearance discovered after the publication of Jimmy Stewart on the Air. On March 4, 1947, Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra were in Beaumont, TX, for the Texas premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life. As a part of their visit, they were interviewed by R.J. O’Donnell of the Interstate Circuit. That interview…
ABC Network Promos
The following article is from the February 15, 1947, issue of Variety: As you can read, ABC is using film stars to help promote its own radio shows. In return for the stars helping them, each of the promos will also mention the current film of the actor. The names of only three stars are…
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