Stewart and Warning are both Pennsylvanians…in fact, they grew up less than 70 miles from each other…Waring in Tyrone and Stewart in Indiana. Stewart made three appearances on the Fred Waring radio program, the first coming on January 24, 1947. This show was well documented in our book, but with the extra materials added here,…
Category Archives: Additional Radio Show Information
Project Hope
Let’s take a closer look at Jimmy’s Project Hope public service announcements which we described in the book, but included no photos or audio. The disc itself was issued in 1968 as a 7-inch, 33 1/3 RPM record (RS 1968): It was a one-sided disc prepared by Ron Stone & Company, Advertising, and had five…
Lunch with Val
A few months ago the picture below came up for sale on Ebay: The back of the photo is dated March, 1955, and carries the caption: “Valerie Long who is shown here interviewing movie actor Jimmy Stewart on her “Lunch with Val” radio show over station WEAW, will begin a new radio show “Dinner with…
The Big Sound – New Additions
When we were researching the book, we came across many Stewart appearances on radio promo discs called The Big Sound. These 12-inch, 33 1/3 RPM discs were purchase by radio stations on a subscription basis. Stations received a basic library of discs and then received additional discs monthly. Many of these discs featured movie and…
Public Service Announcement – 1962 Christmas Seals
At the time our book was published, we knew of four Christmas Seal campaign records on which Mr. Stewart appeared – 1958, 1961, 1963 and 1964. Now, we can add 1962 to that list. The message delivered by Stewart is the same one which appeared on the 1961 disc and would subsequently also be used…
American Cancer Society – New Discovery
At the time Jimmy Stewart on the Air was published, we knew of the existence of three Cancer Society discs on which Stewart appeared – 1957, 1959 and 1960. Since then, we have obtained a new disc. Like the others, this is a 16-inch transcription disc (G8-MM-0392). It was issued for the 1956 Cancer Crusade…
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