We the People began its radio life as a sketch on a 1936 Rudy Vallee Hour program. It was so popular that CBS made it a series in its own right beginning on October 4, 1936. It remained on the air until January 25, 1951. It is considered a “human interest” show, with ordinary people…
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Radio Legends Screen Directors’ Playhouse
This 10-CD set was issued by Radio Archives (RA128). The set features ten shows, all originally broadcast in the first half of 1951. The Stewart show is Next Time We Love which was broadcast March 29th of that year. Also in the set are Spellbound (Joseph Cotton), Dark Victory (Tallulah Bankhead), A Foreign Affair (Lucille…
The Roosevelt Years: 1939
The is part of a series of shows on President Roosevelt which were produced and narrated by John Salisbury and broadcast on KXL, Portland, OR, in 1973. This particular show features soundbites from many celebrities, including: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, the Andrews Sisters, Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,…
1960 Cancer Crusade
We listed the 1960 American Cancer Society Cancer Crusade disc in Jimmy Stewart on the Air, but could add no further information about it because the disc was not available to us at that time. Since then, we have been able to locate a copy of the original 16-inch transcription disc and add it to…
American Cancer Society – “This Is…” Announcements
For the 1959 American Cancer Society Crusade, Stewart appeared along with Clark Gable, Jane Wyman and Betsy Palmer on a spot which ran about 19 seconds. It was Band 11, on a special 16-inch, 33 1/3 RPM disc. Three or four celebrities appeared on each track. The first two or three, including Stewart on his…
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock
NBC Radio presented this 25-minute documentary on January 25, 1956. The program is not available. The New York Times ran this preview on the day of the broadcast. A story in the Altoona Tribune, Altoona, PA, on January 24, 1956, had much more information about the program (this scan is from the best available source,…
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…