When we began documenting and collecting Jimmy Stewart radio shows, we knew that there was going to be information missed and shows that were not going to be available. We learned to live with that and occasionally found some of these missing gems to add to the collection. What is harder to take are those…
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Voice of the Army – The Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman was part of the Voice of the Army series and was broadcast in 1949. Only one newspaper reference to the show has been uncovered. It appeared in the Times-Herald, Olean, NY, on June 1, 1949. The 15-minute program, #448 in the series, was issued to radio stations on a 16-inch transcription disc…
Tony Weitzel Interview
Jimmy Stewart was interviewed by Tony Weitzel on radio station WBBM-AM, Racine, WI, on June 1, 1960. The interview is not available and the broadcast is known from a single listing in the Racine Journal-Times on the day of the broadcast…
Lux Radio Theatre Presents Western Drama
This 8-CD set was issued by Radiorevisited.com (74CD8). Destry Rides Again, starring Stewart and Marlene Dietrich, was included in the set. The show had originally been broadcast on November 5, 1945…
This is New York
Stewart had been a guest on the WCBS radio show in March of 1957, and now he was back for a second visit with host Bill Leonard. The date was May 30, 1958. Here is the New York Times listing for the program. Stewart seems to have been wedged in between a sculptor and an…
Radio’s Greatest Westerns
Radio’s Greatest Westerns was a 5-CD set issued in1992 by Prime Time Nostalgia (PTN-728). It featured shows from five radio programs – Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, Hopalong Cassidy starring William Boyd, The Cisco Kid Starring Jack Mather and The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart. All five of the leading men…
Jimmy Stewart for Sealtest
Stewart appeared with Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken on the May 26, 1949, edition of the Sealtest Variety Theater. Here are a few additions to what we had to say about this show in Jimmy Stewart on the Air. First, here’s a display ad that appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal on the day of the…
The Six Shooter – Blood Relations (May 27, 1954)
The title is given at the break between acts one and two as Blood Relations. However, it is also sometimes known as Bad Blood. In The Independent Record, Helena, MT, the show was advertised as a part of an ad for two radio stations – KXLJ and KCAP. The co-stars of this show were Barbara…
Monitor (May 26, 1957)
Verification for Stewart’s appearance comes from two different listings. The first is from the New York Times and the second is from the St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg. FL. The Stewart segment is not available. The Sunday evening hosts for Monitor during this time period were Dave Garroway and Don Russell…
Desert Island Discs – May 25, 1974
Desert Island Discs has been airing on the BBC in England since January 29, 1942 (it was off the air from 1946 until 1951). Today it airs on BBC Radio 4. Jimmy Stewart made two appearances on the show, the first coming on May 25, 1974. He was interviewed by the show’s host, Roy Plomley…
