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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Radio Reader’s Digest – One Way to Broadway
The Radio Reader’s Digest was on the air from 1942 through 1948. The CBS program was also sometimes referred to as Reader’s Digest Radio Edition. Its plays were based on stories which appeared in the Reader’s Digest magazine. As documented in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, Stewart appeared on just one program, March 18, 1948…
A Letter at Midnight – Plays for Americans
World War II was raging in Europe and the Pacific and radio networks were searching for ways to get all Americans firmly behind the war effort. NBC did this with Plays for Americans, a special series of shows written and produced by Arch Oboler. As mentioned in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, only three shows…
