RADIO TO ADDRESS CHRISTMAS CARDS BY

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, December 13, 1997

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (12-25-48)  Gene Autry hosts an all-star two-hour holiday special on CBS featuring Bing Crosby, Burns and Allen, Andrews Sisters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Frank Nelson, Mitchell Boys Choir, Bob Sweeney and Hal March, Dan Dailey, Hedda Hopper, Dorothy Shay, Pat Buttram, and Lionel Barrymore appearing as Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

COUPLE NEXT DOOR (12-25-48) Opening presents on Christmas morning.

JACK BENNY PROGRAM (12-15-46) After addressing Christmas cards, Jack goes to a rehearsal, then to the department store to exchange the shoelaces he bought last week.