Bob Hope Show (September 21, 1956)

The final new Bob Hope Show had been broadcast in April of 1955. NBC kept the show on its schedule for the new season beginning in September, 1956. However, these shows were repeats. The same regulars, Margaret Whiting and Les Brown and his Band of Renown, were used for these programs. Guests stars, some from…

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Launch of Pennsylvania Week

This is a newly discovered radio appearance for Mr. Stewart. The following article from The Pittsburgh Press (October 12, 1947) says that Governor James Henderson Duff and Stewart would appear the following day, October 13th, to launch “Pennsylvania Week.” No audio for the broadcast appears to have survived. In 1952, Stewart recorded a one-minute spot…

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We the People (December 22, 1946)

We have already documented Mr. Stewart’s appearance on the June 24, 1947, edition of We the People. Now, we have discovered that he also appeared on the show about six months previous to this date, on December 22, 1946. Here are several listings which confirm this fact. The first is from The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati,…

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Stewart Talks with Junior Junction

Junior Junction was a half-hour Saturday morning program broadcast by ABC from 1946 until 1952. It was aimed at the teenage audience. We just recently uncovered the following photo and listing for the show in the February 9, 1952, issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH. Here is a typical listing for the show from…

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Same Time, Same Station

Same Time, Same Station is a weekly old-time radio program hosted by Larry Gassman. He is also often joined by Walden Hughes and Patricia. On his May 28, 2017 program, Gassman played two Stewart shows – Child, Save My Fireman (Silver Theater, January 5, 1941) and Jenny (The Six Shooter, September 20, 1953).  Possibly of…

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Golden Days of Radio 169 (RU 41-1)

An Armed Forces Radio and Television Service disc of this program is housed in the Library of Congress. It is dated 1971, and is a 12-inch disc playing at 33 1/3 RPM. The Golden Age of Radio was hosted by Frank Bresee and was 25-minutes in length. According to the Library of Congress summary, it…

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Radio Theatre

The following article appeared in the December 28, 1987, edition of Broadcasting magazine. From the way the article is written, it seems that Starmagic was lifting the actual film soundtrack from the movie and turning it into a radio show. This procedure is still being used today by an organization known as “Movies for the…

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