Each 30-minute program generally features a guest singer or instrumentalist, with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Telephone Hour Chorus. Broadcasts chiefly originated from New York City, sponsored by the Bell Telephone Company (American Telephone and Telegraph). It remained a regular television program until April 26, 1968. In September, 1959, the Bell Telephone Hour made its television debut as a monthly musical special. Weekly 30-minute NBC radio broadcasts, featuring classical and light classical music, which began on Apr.
Repository Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound Access to materials Request an in-person research appointment. *L (Special) 89-33, Bell Telephone Hour Collection of Sound Recordings, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Call number *L (Special) 89-33 Physical description 1579 sound discs Preferred Citation
