The Doris Day RADIO Show premiered over CBS radio in a 25-minute format on Friday, March 28th 1952. Doris made her first solo outing in a radio series a family affair. Drawing on the many artists and friends that had helped her during her meteoric rise to stardom, The Doris Day Show's guests for her premiere program were Danny Thomas, her co-star from I'll See You In My Dreams (1952) and Mrs. Gus Kahn, the wife of prolific songwriter Gus Kahn. I'll See You In My Dreams was based on the life of Gus Kahn and his wife Grace. Danny Thomas had portrayed Gus Kahn and Doris Day portrayed Grace Kahn.
Over the course of the next year, Doris Day's featured guests continued to be drawn from her co-stars in film and the key musical artists that had helped her achieve her success. Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Kirk Douglas, Danny Thomas, Cornel Wilde, Howard Keel, George Murphy, Frankie Laine, Gene Nelson, Mary Wickes, and Ronald Reagan had all co-starred with her in film.
Day's premiere program also set the tone for another recurring feature throughout the series--regular reminders of the sacrifices being made by American Armed Forces in Korea--and throughout the world. For the remainder of the half-hour run of The Doris Day Show, Doris dutifully granted written requests from G.I.s and their units around the world for a favored song during her programs. The weekly show also gave Miss Day the opportunity to plug many of her recordings and helped to further cement their popularity.
During the Summer of 1952 Lever Brothers approached CBS and Doris Day with a twice-weekly 15-minute live production, but Doris Day turned it down. She wanted to preserve her freedom to do film work. Two-a-week live broadcasts would have been too limiting. Much to CBS's relief, Rexall Drugs was casting around for a Summer filler to sponsor while The Amos 'n' Andy Show took it's Summer break for 1952. Rexall picked up the tab through the 26th installment of The Doris Day Show.
When Rexall's sponsorship ran out, CBS thought the timing might be right to use The Doris Day Show to promote their ambitious plans to launch a line of custom high end televisions under their CBS-Columbia, Inc. subsidiary. As late as December 1, 1952 when the two-page LIFE magazine ad appeared, CBS-Columbia was gambling that their deal for a disused Mack Truck plant would provide them the manufacturing plant they needed to produce their new televisions. That deal fell through in January 1953. CBS-Columbia pulled their sponsorship of The Doris Day Show when the deal fell through.
The show reverted to sustaining through March 24th 1953, almost a year to the day from the series' premiere. CBS attempted to carry the production further in an abbreviated, 15-minute format, with Louella Parsons occupying the first 10 minutes of the previously slotted 25-minute Doris Day programs. That last format change spelled the beginning of the end for the series. The Doris Day Show left the air after nine more, 15-minute programs. As Doris Day would later famously sing, "Que Sera, Sera." That, however, was not the end. The show was picked up by the Armed Forces Radio Network and broadcast, in its entirety, throughout Europe until the end of August 1953 with augmented segments.
Run Dates(s)/ Time(s): 52-03-28 to 53-05-26; CBS; Fifty-one, 25-minute programs and Nine, 15-minute programs;
Sponsors: Rexall; CBS-Columbia Televisions
Director(s): Sam Pierce [Director/Editor/Transcriber] Martin Nelson [Director/Producer]
Principal Performers: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Grace Leboy Kahn, Jack Kirkwood, Jack Smith, Ray Bolger, Frank Loesser, Mary Wickes, Gordon MacRae, Josef Mariais and Miranda, Donald O'Connor, Liberace, Guy Mitchell, Harry James, Dennis Day, Ray Noble, Bob Crosby, Ronald Reagan, Hal Peary, David Butler, Frank Fontaine, Gene Nelson, George Jessel, Frankie Laine, Dick Haymes, Sammy Cahn, George Murphy, Walter O'Keefe, David Wayne, Johnny Desmond, Dan Dailey, Van Johnson, Cornel Wilde, Tony Martin, Kirk Douglas, Tony Martin, Jimmy Boyd, Alan Young, Broderick Crawford, Howard Keel, Charlotte Greenwood, John Agar, Johnny Desmond
Writer(s): David Gregory, Fred Fox
Announcer(s): Roy Rowan, Don Wilson
Over the course of the next year, Doris Day's featured guests continued to be drawn from her co-stars in film and the key musical artists that had helped her achieve her success. Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Kirk Douglas, Danny Thomas, Cornel Wilde, Howard Keel, George Murphy, Frankie Laine, Gene Nelson, Mary Wickes, and Ronald Reagan had all co-starred with her in film.
Day's premiere program also set the tone for another recurring feature throughout the series--regular reminders of the sacrifices being made by American Armed Forces in Korea--and throughout the world. For the remainder of the half-hour run of The Doris Day Show, Doris dutifully granted written requests from G.I.s and their units around the world for a favored song during her programs. The weekly show also gave Miss Day the opportunity to plug many of her recordings and helped to further cement their popularity.
During the Summer of 1952 Lever Brothers approached CBS and Doris Day with a twice-weekly 15-minute live production, but Doris Day turned it down. She wanted to preserve her freedom to do film work. Two-a-week live broadcasts would have been too limiting. Much to CBS's relief, Rexall Drugs was casting around for a Summer filler to sponsor while The Amos 'n' Andy Show took it's Summer break for 1952. Rexall picked up the tab through the 26th installment of The Doris Day Show.
When Rexall's sponsorship ran out, CBS thought the timing might be right to use The Doris Day Show to promote their ambitious plans to launch a line of custom high end televisions under their CBS-Columbia, Inc. subsidiary. As late as December 1, 1952 when the two-page LIFE magazine ad appeared, CBS-Columbia was gambling that their deal for a disused Mack Truck plant would provide them the manufacturing plant they needed to produce their new televisions. That deal fell through in January 1953. CBS-Columbia pulled their sponsorship of The Doris Day Show when the deal fell through.
The show reverted to sustaining through March 24th 1953, almost a year to the day from the series' premiere. CBS attempted to carry the production further in an abbreviated, 15-minute format, with Louella Parsons occupying the first 10 minutes of the previously slotted 25-minute Doris Day programs. That last format change spelled the beginning of the end for the series. The Doris Day Show left the air after nine more, 15-minute programs. As Doris Day would later famously sing, "Que Sera, Sera." That, however, was not the end. The show was picked up by the Armed Forces Radio Network and broadcast, in its entirety, throughout Europe until the end of August 1953 with augmented segments.
Run Dates(s)/ Time(s): 52-03-28 to 53-05-26; CBS; Fifty-one, 25-minute programs and Nine, 15-minute programs;
Sponsors: Rexall; CBS-Columbia Televisions
Director(s): Sam Pierce [Director/Editor/Transcriber] Martin Nelson [Director/Producer]
Principal Performers: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Grace Leboy Kahn, Jack Kirkwood, Jack Smith, Ray Bolger, Frank Loesser, Mary Wickes, Gordon MacRae, Josef Mariais and Miranda, Donald O'Connor, Liberace, Guy Mitchell, Harry James, Dennis Day, Ray Noble, Bob Crosby, Ronald Reagan, Hal Peary, David Butler, Frank Fontaine, Gene Nelson, George Jessel, Frankie Laine, Dick Haymes, Sammy Cahn, George Murphy, Walter O'Keefe, David Wayne, Johnny Desmond, Dan Dailey, Van Johnson, Cornel Wilde, Tony Martin, Kirk Douglas, Tony Martin, Jimmy Boyd, Alan Young, Broderick Crawford, Howard Keel, Charlotte Greenwood, John Agar, Johnny Desmond
Writer(s): David Gregory, Fred Fox
Announcer(s): Roy Rowan, Don Wilson
Date
52-03-28
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Guests
Guests Danny Thomas and Mrs Gus Kahn
Guests Jack Kirkwood and Jack Smith Guests Ray Bolger and Frank Loesser Guests Ray Bolger and Mary Wickes Guests Gordon MacRae, Josef Marais and Miranda Guests Donald O'Connor and Liberace Guests Gordon MacRae andMary Wickes Guests Guy Mitchell and Harry James Guests Dennis Day and Ray Noble Guests Bob Crosby and Ronald Reagan Guests Hal Peary and David Butler Guests Frank Fontaine and Gene Nelson Guest Howard Keel Guest George Jessel Guest Frankie Laine Guest Dick Haymes Guests Gordon MacRae and Sammy Cahn Guest Hal Peary Guests Jack Smith and Jack Kirkwood Guest Gordon MacRae Guest George Murphy Guest Walter O'Keefe Guest David Wayne Guests Johnny Desmond and Jack Kirkwood Guest Dan Dailey Guest Donald O'Connor Guest Van Johnson Guest Frank Fontaine Guest(s) Unknown Guest Cornel Wilde Guest Tony Martin Guest Kirk Douglas Guest Gordon MacRae Guest Tony Martin Guest Jimmy Boyd Guest Jack Kirkwood Guest Danny Thomas Guest Alan Young Guest Broderick Crawford Guest David Wayne Guest Howard Keel Guest Howard Keel Guest Broderick Crawford Guest Dan Dailey Guest Howard Keel Guest Broderick Crawford Guest Frankie Laine Guest Charlotte Greenwood Guest Gordon MacRae Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown Guest(s) Unknown |
Here are some recordings from the Doris Day Show
Here's another link to a website we found that has a collection of mp3's of the radio show.
http://www.doctormacro.com/Radio Listings/RL-DorisDayShow,The.htm
http://www.doctormacro.com/Radio Listings/RL-DorisDayShow,The.htm
DORIS DAY RADIOGRAPHY
Those times when Doris appeared on various radio programs, mostly in the 50's, including her own show:
1939 Barney Rapp and His Englanders
1940 Les Brown and His Orchestra
1944 One Night Stand
1944 Spotlight Bands
1946 The Jack Kirkwood Show
1946 The Sweeney and March Show
1946 The Rudy Vallee Show
1946 The Pepsodent Show
1947 Command Performance
1947 Your Hit Parade
1947 Mail Call
1948 Guest Star
1948 The Leo Forbstein Memorial Program
1948 The Carnation Contented Hour
1948-1949 The Bob Hope Show
1948 The New Swan Show
1948 The Railroad Hour
1948 Kraft Music Hall
1950 American Cancer Society
1950 The March Of Dimes Is On the Air
1952 Stars For Defense
1952-1953 The Doris Day Show
1954 Bud's Bandwagon
1955 The Disc Derby [Aud.]
1959 Music As You Like It
1960 Manhattan Melodies
1961 Army Bandstand
Personal Album
Here's To Veterans
Guard Session
SOURCES: Megaloradio.com; OTRCAT.com; Times Past Old Time Radio:DorisDayRadio; Myoldradio.com; DefinitiveDorisDayradiolog
