# American Radio Shows No 8 - The Electric Hour

Networks named by its archives: CBS. Heard 1944–1946. 24 episodes.

American Radio Shows No 8 The Electric Hour. Part 1 The Electric Hour is an American old-time radio program of popular music. It was broadcast on CBS from September 20, 1944, to June 9, 1946. Nelson Eddy starred in The Electric Hour, and each episode featured a guest star who sang duets with him. Genres featured included music from films, folk songs, and "ballads from many lands". Gail Lulay, Eddy's biographer, wrote in Nelson Eddy, America's Favourite Baritone: An Authorised Biographical Tribute, "This was Nelson's dream show because it had a musical format." Lulay added that the program contained "some of Nelson's best music". Site The program initially originated from CBS Columbia Square in Hollywood, California. Effective with the September 16, 1945, instalment, it moved to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. A report in the trade publication Billboard said that the change was caused by "acute studio space shortage at CBS". Personnel Eddy was the only regular featured performer on The Electric Hour. Guests included Jeanette MacDonald, who performed with Eddy in films. Instrumental music was provided by Robert Armbruster's orchestra, and Armbruster's chorus provided vocal support. Frank Graham was the announcer, and Charles Herbert was the producer. Sponsor The program's title came from its sponsor, a group of electric utilities across the United States. The organisation had the slogan "local electric companies — all producing power for America under…

## Sets

- American Radio Shows No 8 - The Electric Hour Part 1 (Old Time Radio): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [with nelson eddy & johnny baxter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/3d1fe19d9fb2), aired 11 January 1944 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2001%2011%201944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20johnny%20baxter.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & the hillbillies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/3e07495c1415), aired 10 April 1944 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2004%2010%201944%20with%20%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20the%20hillbillies.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & gloria scott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/1327ccc21165), aired 12 June 1944 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2006%2012%201944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20gloria%20scott.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & gloria scott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/4e471259c092), aired 11 August 1944 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2008%2011%201944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20gloria%20scott.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy and gloria scott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/d2ffe69b9fde), aired 11 August 1944 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2008%2011%201944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20and%20gloria%20scott.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & lois butler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/9010fac960c6), aired 13 December 1944 (25 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2013%2012%201944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20lois%20butler.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy ~& gloria scott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/3afb8f8cef9d), aired 1 January 1945 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2001%2001%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20~%26%20gloria%20scott.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & bugs bunny](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/de963869ee61), aired 4 January 1945 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2001%2004%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20bugs%20bunny.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & lois butler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/f53afaccb538), aired 4 January 1945 (27 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2001%2004%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20lois%20butler.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & francia white](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/936f2f9baa4f), aired 7 January 1945 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2001%2007%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20francia%20white.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & judy splinters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/692a1105186a), aired 14 January 1945 (28 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2014%2001%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20judy%20splinters.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & shirley dinsdale](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/7d543bb2c0b0), aired 14 January 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2014%2001%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20shirley%20dinsdale.mp3
1. [With nelson eddy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/bdaf2cb60fe1), aired 4 February 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2004.02.1945%20With%20nelson%20eddy.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & rece saxon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/1a5287be1de5), aired 2 April 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2004%2002%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20rece%20saxon.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & isabel eddy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/987104dba00d), aired 13 May 1945 (24 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2013%2005%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20isabel%20eddy.mp3
1. [wwith nelson eddy & jane powell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/3148fc1307d6), aired 5 June 1945 (14 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2006%2005%201945%20wwith%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20jane%20powell.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & inez gorman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/e99439845f1c), aired 4 August 1945 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2008%2004%201945%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20inez%20gorman.mp3
1. [with boy scouts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/51fbd3391b03), aired 2 November 1945 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2011%2002%201945%20with%20boy%20scouts.mp3
1. [nelson eddy with anne jamieson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/e7245fdfd9f5), aired 5 May 1946 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2005%2005%201946%20nelson%20eddy%20with%20anne%20jamieson.mp3
1. [with anne jamieson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/808803a58a88), aired 5 May 1946 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2005%2005%201946%20with%20anne%20jamieson.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & anne jamieson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/a8c270f2217d), aired 1 June 1946 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2006%2001%201946%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20anne%20jamieson.mp3
1. [with nelson eddy & jeanette macdonald](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/3ed88b2c4bae), aired 4 July 1946 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2007%2004%201946%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20jeanette%20macdonald.mp3
1. [Electric hour 11 10,1944 with nelson eddy & frances mccann](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/89b033a92990) (29 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2011%2010%2C1944%20with%20nelson%20eddy%20%26%20frances%20mccann.mp3
1. [Electric hour 13.12. 1944 Nelson eddy and forence george](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/american-radio-shows-no-8-the-electric/99779be04594) (28 min): https://archive.org/download/electric-hour-06-01-1946-with-nelson-eddy-anne-jamieson/Electric%20hour%20%2013.12.%201944%20Nelson%20eddy%20and%20forence%20george.mp3

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.