This is a public service program to kick off the annual campaign to sell U.S. Treasury Savings Bonds. The show was carried by most major networks from 10:30-11 p.m. Eastern time. It was produced by William Wilkes and written by Charles Isaacs. Ken Carpenter was the announcer and Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra provided the…
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Legends of Radio: The Bob Hope Show
The 20-CD set, featuring 40 episodes of The Bob Hope Show, was issued by Radio Spirits (40042) in 2002. Jimmy Stewart was the guest on several shows, but only the one of January 28, 1953, is included on the set. Other guests appearing on the set are: Penny Singleton (Blondie), Arthur Lake (Dagwood), Judy Garland,…
Yogi Berra’s Favorite Baseball Radio Shows
This is a 20-CD set, featuring 18 baseball related shows. It was issued by Radio Spirits (40092) in 2004. The Lux Radio Theatre production of The Stratton Story, starring Jimmy Stewart was included. The program had originally been broadcast on February 13, 1950. Stewart’s photo, as well as a listing of all the shows included…
V.I.P. Radio – V.I.P. Promos
V.I.P. Radio was a 1950’s radio subscription service whereby Stars International Inc. would provide various celebrity announcements to local radio stations to help them promote their stations. Mr. Stewart appeared on many of these recordings. On this particular disc, V.I.P. Promos (32-AX), the stars simply identify themselves and remind the listener that they are listening…
Sounds of History from the National Archives
This is a special cassette issued by the General Services Administration National Archives and Records Service. Its main purposes appear to be to show the importance of audio recordings is understanding history and the types of materials available at the National Archives. The packaging of the cassette was rather simple: Although the cassette is recorded…
1957 Heart Fund Drive
This public service disc was covered in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but is updated here with a photo and audio. The 16-inch transcription disc was prepared for the American Heart Association and was to be used during the month of February. It was prepared by the Gotham Recording Corporation (GRC-4289). Mr. Stewart delivered the…
1958 Boy Scout Radio Spot
A few years ago we were lucky enough to acquire a tape from the C.P. MacGregor recording studio. This tape was to serve as the master for a record of the spots. As you can see at the bottom of the box is a note that it was sent to be mastered on January 22,…
Jimmy Stewart for American Brotherhood Week
Stewart became involved with American Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1946. During that year, he and other Hollywood stars made short three minute films promoting Brotherhood week. These were shown in theaters before the movie began. There were also at least two industry magazine campaigns that year in…
Boy Scout Jamboree – February 9, 1952
Stewart made his fourth appearance on this Scouting program this year. The first newspaper preview is from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI, on the day of the broadcast: This second clipping is from the New York Times: Notice that the Wisconsin State Journal lists it as a one-hour program, while the New York Times…
Day After Day – Still Need a Copy?
One of the first blogs we published was about the 10-inch, 78 RPM recording of Day After Day sung by Jimmy Stewart and recorded during his days at Princeton University. This record is extremely rare and difficult to find. However, if you want to add the song to your music library, there are other sources…
