City Boy and City Boy at the Ranch are two other titles by which this February 7, 1954, broadcast is known. This photo ad for the show appeared in The Amarillo Sunday News-Globe, Amarillo, TX, on the day of the broadcast. The show’s cast included Bill Johnstone as Saul Poindexter, Bert Holland as Jeff Poindexter…
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Louella Parsons (February 6, 1949)
Louella Parsons was the writer of a Hollywood gossip column for the Hearst chain, with her work appearing in more than 400 newspapers. She also hosted several different radio shows in the 1940’s and 50’s. Jimmy Stewart is known to have appeared on her program several times. One of those times was February 6, 1949…
Monitor (February 6, 1960)
Stewart’s appearance on this day’s show is confirmed by this listing from the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI: The show is not available. The Saturday evening hosts for Monitor in 1960 were Monty Hall and Morgan Beatty…
Welcome Travelers
Welcome Travelers was an NBC daytime program which aired from 1947 through 1954. It was hosted by Tommy Bartlett and sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. It was broadcast from the College Inn Porterhouse of the Hotel Sherman, Chicago. A generic ad ran in many newspapers around the country to highlight the show. Guests were picked…
Leo Is on the Air – Born to Dance
This special MGM program was listed in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but some extras, including the audio, are presented here for the first time. The 15-minute show was meant to help promote the film by showcasing five of the Cole Porter songs which were included in the movie. The copy of the show in…
Monitor (February 4, 1956)
Two different newspaper listings confirm Stewart as a guest on this day’s Monitor program. The first is from the New York Times and the second from the Herald-Post, El Paso, TX. Like so many of the Monitor programs, this one is not available, so we don’t know the nature of Stewart’s visit. It is known…
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Radio Spots
To help promote the film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Paramount issued a special 12-inch, one-sided, 33 1/3 RPM record with 12 different radio spots (three each at 60-seconds, 30-seconds, 20-seconds and 10-seconds). It is interesting to note that the first six spots featured Gene Pitney’s hit record, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,…
Flashback # 683
Flashback is a syndicated show produced by ABC Radio Today Entertainment. It was hosted by Bill St. James from 1986 until 2012. During the four hour show, he played a mix of classic rock from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Each week, the show discs featured a “Flashback Six Pack.” These were six sound bite…
Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime
Uncle Jay Jay’s Playtime was a local show broadcast over KCRG-AM in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, between 1950 and 1952. The program was aired Saturdays from 9 to 9:30 a.m. The following newspaper listing is from the Cedar Rapids Gazette of February 1, 1952: The date for this broadcast would have been the following day, February…
The Magic of Lassie – Soundtrack
This 1978 film starred Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye and Jimmy Stewart. The soundtrack album was issued in the U.S. Peter Pan (Orange Blossom Series) 155. Several of the film’s stars, including Stewart, Alice Faye, Mickey Rooney, and Maureen Smith (of the Mike Curb Congregation) also appear on the soundtrack…
