We the People

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…

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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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