The Hour of Charm

The table below shows the program's varied schedules and sponsors during its time on network radio.

Source: On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio[1] The musical group featured in the program was originally called Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra.

Daniel Richman described the broadcast as "so laden with arrangements, production trappings, descriptions of the girls' clothes and talents, and so much general excess baggage that it sounded more like the Ford Sunday Evening Symphony than a dance remote.

"[7] The August 1, 1942, issue of Billboard reported that Arturo Toscanini considered The Hour of Charm to be his favorite radio program.

[8] In 1951, the RCA Thesaurus electrical transcription service launched a new Hour of Charm radio series.

Evelyn Kaye plays with the Hour of Charm Orchestra in this screen capture from Army-Navy Screen Magazine Number 22.