Legends of Radio: Radio’s Greatest Christmas Shows

This 10-CD set was released by Radio Spirits (47122) in 2003. It is interesting to note that the only Stewart show on the set was originally broadcast on March 10, 1947, two and a half months after Christmas. As seen by the dates on the jacket, all others shows were broadcast in December, most close…

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Good News of 1938 (December 23, 1937)

Jimmy Stewart acted as the master of ceremonies for this program which was broadcast just two days before Christmas. Two different newspaper previews provided much of the information about the show. The first is from the Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA: The second appeared in the Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL: The two articles give the guests…

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The Big Sound – Christmas Greetings

If you haven’t read any of the other The Big Sound blogs, let me begin by telling you that this was a series of 12-inch, 33 1/3/ RPM records issued to participating radio stations in the early 1960’s. Each disc featured short spots delivered by film, TV, music and sports celebrities, which the station could…

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Christmas 1955

This 90-minute NBC Radio special was broadcast on December 23, 1955. Unfortunately, it is not available. We mentioned it in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but will be updating that entry with scans from several newspapers. The article with the most useful information was published in the Pasadena Independent, Pasadena, CA, on the day of…

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Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol

The Six Shooter planned a special Christmas show for its December 20, 1953, show, but the newspapers didn’t have much to say about it; most simply said “The Six Shooter” in their radio listings. When they did say more, it was like the one below from The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA: Jimmy’s character, Britt Ponset,…

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Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol on Cassette

If you’re searching for a copy of Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol for your collection, there are several sources available. The first is a four cassette set titled Radio’s All Time Greatest Christmas Shows (Dove Audio 81350). The second, and harder to find source, is a six cassette set titled Great Christmas Shows, Vol. 1 (Audio…

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The 6 Shooter – “The Stampede” Collection

This was the third and final offering from Metacom (9133223/AB223) and was issued in 1997. This time there were fifteen different programs included on the six cassettes. J270 – Jenny/The Coward J271 – The Stampede/Silver Annie J272 – Rink Larkin/Red Lawson’s Revenge J273 – Ben Scofield/The Capture of Stacy Gault/Escape from Smoke Falls J274 –…

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