Family Hour of Stars is an American radio anthology series that was broadcast on CBS beginning on October 3, 1948, and ending on February 26, 1950.
[1] The sponsor began Family Hour of Stars "with no break in continuity" a week after the concert show ended.
[3] John Lund was featured in the first summer program, on June 5, 1949, with Ava Gardner, Richard Widmark, and Diana Lynn in the next three episodes.
[4] In October 1949 the show had a new core group of stars: Dana Andrews, Ronald Colman, Irene Dunne, and Loretta Young.
[1] He added that even with occasional guest stars and original stories (rather than adaptations), "the sound was the same, due to the glut of such programming on CBS and the other networks as well.