Live special WMCA half hour Radio broadcast of the premiere of Walt Disney's second feature length animation film, FANTASIA. Sponsored by the war relief fund, this event is held at the Broadway Theatre which has contracted for the film to be played for a one year run in New York City and is expected to bring out 2000 people paying $5 and $10 per seat. The Broadway Theatre will be showing FANTASIA in stereophonic sound (Fantasound), complimenting the films eight soundtracks. 
Broadcast from the lobby of the Broadway Theatre numerous guests pay tribute to the film including, Julius Colby, drama critic columnist of the Chicago Tribune, Burns Mantle drama critic of the Daily News, and Hal Horn, Chicago Tribune columnist. 
Tom Hoffy (?) hosts the proceedings.

NOTE: Only the first half of this broadcasts exists. 

                                    

1944 in review.

Highlights in the news for 1944 from WOR radio.              

Highlights in the news for 1945.              

Highlights in the news for 1946.      

Continuation of President Harry S. Truman Inauguration.          

Live coverage of the 1949 Presidential Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.          

Lighting of White House Christmas tree by President Harry S. Truman.           

    President Eisenhower's speech to the American Legion held at Madison Square Garden.          

    A speech given by President Dwight Eisenhower at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.          

    A 16 & 1/2 hour live telethon for Cereral Palsey telecast from South Florida on CBS affiliate station WTVJ Channel 4. 

Hosted by Jack Paar and Toni Gilman. Jack Paar would go on one year later to host THE TONIGHT SHOW.

 This TV audio air check counts down the last minutes of the telethon which raised $400,000. Jack Paar mentions how special this cause has been...the good people can do, and emotionally thanks all who have participated, including Bob Keeshan (whom we hear taking to a youngster) who only three months prior began his children's show CAPTAIN KANGAROO which would go on to become the longest running kids show in television history (29 years). 

The CP telethon began, Saturday night January 4th at 10:30pm and concluded Sunday afternoon at 3:00pm. After sign-off the announcer mentions a long list of names of all the CBS shows which were pre-empted during the telethon's broadcast.  


                

   The FIRST  television showing of the classic 1939 motion picture, THE WIZARD OF OZ. A prologue to the film's broadcast is this opening segment, Bert Lahr talking to Judy Garland's nine year old daughter Liza about the making of the film with her mother. This was the FIRST television appearance by Liza Minnelli, who as of 2020, sixty four years later, has logged over 350 TV appearances.         

    From 11:15pm to 11:30pm THE JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW is pre-empted.

 Carl Reiner hosts the live Premiere of a new Broadway play, "JUNO" at the Winergarden Theater in NYC. The play, adapted from "JUNO & THE PEACOCK" stars Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas.  

AT the theater host Carl Reiner, who praises the play, interviews:
Joseph Stein, writer of the adaptation,
Marc Blitzstein, composer of the play,
Jose Ferrer, director of the play,
Mrs.Jose Ferrer,
Melvyn Douglas,
Jayne Meadows,
Agnes DeMille, Choreographer of the play.


                      

Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford star-studded gala and party fundraiser staged at the national Armory in Washington DC on the night before JFK's formal inauguration.                                       

    Judy Garland's sputtering career was helped and revitalized through a series of popular concerts. Her conductor for her greatest concert, April 23, 1961 at Carnegie Hall, was Mort Lindsey. The performance was recorded at the time by Capital Records and this live performance won four Grammy Awards. It spent three months at No. 1 on the Billboard top 200. The Carnegie Hall concert was seen by a star-studded audience of 3,000. Lindsey arranged the rousing overture, a snazzy medley of Garland's hits including "The Trolley Song," "Over the Rainbow," and "The Man That Got Away." Garland's throaty renditions of "Puttin' on the Ritz," "I Cant't Give You Anything But Love" and "San Francisco" earned repeated standing ovations and whistles and cheers.                       

Bill Walker is host for a review of the new Broadway season. Music review and discussion of the making of the 
Broadway play, "Parade." Also, a profile of the new play "The Gay Life." Guests include composer Arthur Schwartz, and lyricist Howard Dietz. Also appearing are co-author Fay Kanin and producer Kermit Bloomgarden. Two numbers from the play are "The Magic Moment," sung by Barbara Cook and "Who Can? You Can" sung by Walter Chiari. From the play "Sail Away," songs are "Where Shall I find him?" and "Sail Away."     
This program was produced in Canada by the CBC on station CKLW  

A commercial for Minute Rice is included.                           

October 2, 1961 - August 30, 1963

Harry Reasoner and Mary Fickett are hosts for this live half-hour weekday series which deals with a variety of subjects, including art, science, history, fashion, travel, medicine, education, marriage, and customs. Included is a daily news report by Reasoner. Many celebrities also drop by and discuss their past, present and future career with Fickett and Reasoner. 

Host Harry Reasoner and his wife Kay Reasoner profile Jackie Gleason and his touring cross country train ride, plugging the new Fall premiere series of The American Scene Magazine, starring Jackie Gleason.                          

Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower discusses his talks with President Kennedy about the Cuban Missile Crises. 
From the Bellview Stradford Hotel. A special address to voters as Eisenhower campaigns for the Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge ticket ten days before the election.          

The 25th Anniversary of the March of Dimes is celebrated. Hosted by Dick Powell, guest artists include Morey Amsterdam, Pearl Bailey, Richard Chamberlain, Bing Crosby, Lionel Hampton, Dean Martin, Andre Previn, Juliet Prowse, Rose Marie, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Wyatt, Ed Wynn, Connie Stevens, Neville Brand, Don Knotts, Soupy Sales, Cara Williams and Frank Gorshin.             

  A SPECIAL WINS 1010 RADIO DOCUMENTARY.
A look back at the D-Day invasion, December 8, 1941.           

The movie premiere of "My Fair Lady" at the Criterion Theatre in New York City. Celebrities include Jack Warner, George Cukor, Alan J. Lerner, Stanley Holloway, Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn,
Paul Anka, and Frederick Lowe.

Host: Arthur Godfrey. 

A presentation of WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York City.                         

Celebrities include George Cukor, Audrey Hepburn, Jack Warner, Frederick Lowe, Troy Donahue, Caesar Romero, Rex Harrison, Danny Thomas, Gladys Cooper, Ed Begley, Hoagy Carmichael, Natalie Wood, Yul Brynner, Maureen O'Hara, Jim Backus, Bill Burrows, Henny Backus, Hugh O'Brian, Walter Pidgeon, Rock Hudson, Richard Crenna, Steve McQueen, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Marlo Thomas, 

Live from the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California.     

Co-Hosts: Arthur Godfrey and Bill Burrud. 

A presentation of WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.                                            

President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomes astronauts Virgil Grissom and John W. Young to the White House following their historic Gemini 3 spaceflight.                         

The premiere of the film, "The Sandpiper," starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Broadcast on KTTV, Los Angeles, and taped on July 8th, 1965 during the live premiere at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood. A clip of the movie is shown.

A bevy of stars are interviewed at the premiere.

Host: Bill Welsch. 
                                                                             

JR Oppenheimer comments on the 20th anniversary of the necessary dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.            

Broadcast by all networks & local stations, a Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium by Pope Paul VI who began his day in New York City addressing the United Nations and then had a meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson & various Catholic dignitaries. Coverage continues at the World's Fair with a recap of the Pope's days activities...the first Papal visit ever to a North American country.  

See # 5411 for details.            

The film premiere of the movie "The Oscar," starring Stephen Boyd, Eleanor Parker, Jill St. John, Elke Sommer, and Tony Bennett. Live interviews with celebrities on hand atThe Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Army Archerd is the host. 

Commercials included.                                     

Stars of the movie "Stagecoach" are interviewed at the opening of the film May,15th,1966 in Denver,Colorado where it was filmed. Host Bill Welsh talks to Bing Crosby, Van Heflin, Robert Cummings, Ann-Margret, and Red Buttons.
Scenes from the film are broadcast.      

Broadcast on WNEW-TV in New York City. 

Ceremonies from Hollywood with celebrity stars of the motion picture including Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Elke Sommer, and Marjorie Lord.     

Broadcast on WNEW-TV in New York City.       

The film premiere of "The Blue Max" starring George Peppard, James Mason, and Ursula Andress. Some of the guests interviewed include General Curtis LeMay, Agnes Moorehead, Cesar Romero, Adam (Batman) West, Elmo Williams, (Executive Producer,) Lee Meriwether, Ann Miller, Charles Robinson, Jim, and Henny Backus, William Provost, William Wellman, Veronica Cartwright, George Montgomery, and James Mitchum. 

Hosts: Bill Welch and Army Archerd. 

Some commercials included.  

Special broadcast on WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York City.                                                            

CBS special coverage; a preview of the Luci Bird Johnson and Pat Nugent wedding in the White House. Harry Reasoner reports.            

Live coverage of the wedding of Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent from the East Room of the White House.            

Live NBC coverage of the Luci Bird Johnson-Pat Nugent wedding.

Nancy Dickerson reports.            

 "HELLO AMSTERDAY, HELLO NEW YORK commemorates the 15th anniversary of television broadcasting in the Netherlands in a program transmitted LIVE to Amsterdam and New York via Early Bird satellite. Participants include  Mayor John Lindsay, and the mayor of Amsterdam. Robert Trout, narrator in New York, interviews a Dutch fisherman in Holland. We visit a a Holland-American soccer club practicing in Central Park and a soccer match in Utrecht, Holland.         

 Highlights of the opening-night ceremonies of the motion picture, HAWAII, at the DeMille Egyptian theaters in New York and Hollywood. Bert Parks interviews arriving celebrities including Julie Andrews, Bob Crane, Robert Wagner, Nancy Sinatra, George Jessel, Richard Crenna, Adam West, Jonathan Winters, Gregory Peck, Jill St. John, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Charlton Heston.                          

The New York and Hollywood movie premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" starring Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Alain Delon, Gert Frobe, and Orson Welles. Directed by Rene Clement.

In New York, Jack Lescoulie talks to Otto Preminger, Frederick March, Florence Eldrich, Leslie Caron, Ann Francis, John Erikson, Polly Bergen, and Barbara Rush.
In Los Angeles, Debbie Reynolds talks to Army Archerd.

Duplicate of #15244.

Hosts: Jack Lescoulie and Army Archerd.                                                                                                                    

The premiere of the movie "Is Paris Burning?" 

Special seen on WPIX-TV Channel 11 in New York City.             

The New York and Hollywood movie premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" starring Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Alain Delon, Gert Frobe, and Orson Welles. Directed by Rene Clement.

In New York, Jack Lescoulie talks to Otto Preminger, Frederick March, Florence Eldrich, Leslie Caron, Ann Francis, John Erikson, Polly Bergen, and Barbara Rush.
In Los Angeles, Debbie Reynolds talks to Army Archerd.

Hosts: Jack Lescoulie and Army Archerd.                                                                                                       

The Movie Premiere of "A Man For All Seasons," starring Leo McKern, Robert Shaw, and Paul Scofield. Directed by Fred Zinnemann.  Live from the Music Hall in Beverley Hills, California. 
The movie won the award for best picture at the 39th Academy Awards, Fred Zinnemann won the award for best director, and Paul Scofield won the best actor award. Broadcast on WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York City.  

Host: Bill Welch   

Joined in progress.                                                                                       

The annual Orange Bowl Parade, telecast live from Miami, Florida. Lorne Greene and Florence Henderson are the hosts. Celebrity performers include Bobby Rydell, The Supremes, and Connie Francis.

This program contains the final 15 minutes only.  

          

The 78th annual Tournament Of Roses Parade telecast live from Pasadena, California. 

All three networks carried this annual parade, each with different hosts. This is the NBC telecast. It includes commercials. 

Ed Ames,  in the parade sings "My Cup Runneth Over."

Hostess Betty White and Host Bill Culen describe the festivities and talk in the booth with Pat Boone and Barry Sullivan.

Barbara Hewitt is the Rose Queen. Thanat Khoman, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs is the parade's grand marshal. 

Theme: Travel tales in flowers.     

NOTE; A lost broadcast. Very few Rose Day Parade broadcasts circa pre-1979 are extant in any broadcast form.                                   

Bob Hope makes his 13th appearance as host of the Academy Awards ceremonies. Those presenting awards include Julie Christie, Lee Marvin, Shelley Winters, Sidney Poitier, Fred Astaire, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Ginger Rogers, and Patricia Neal.                          

Live coverage of movie premier: "Woman Times Seven," starring Shirley Maclaine and Peter Sellers.