To mark the one year anniversary of Hollywood Byline, a special show consisting of clips from the first year’s shows was pieced today and broadcast on September 21, 1950. This date also marked the half-hour show’s switch to a new day and time – Thursday at 10 p.m. on the east coast. The show was…
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Freedom Under God – America’s 175th Birthday
On July 1, 1951, CBS radio and the Committee to Proclaim Liberty presented a 175th birthday celebration for the Unites States. Jimmy Stewart was the show’s host. The publicity for the program featured newspaper display ads like this one from the San Antonio Express: There were also descriptive ads like this one from The Decatur…
The Bob Hope Show – February 27, 1951
At the time Jimmy Stewart on the Air was published, this show was not available and we had little information about it in the book. Since then, a copy of the script has been found and we can add much information about the show. The Bob Hope Show was well established and very popular with…
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…
