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1928	"Up From the Streets" 21 October 1928. With Roger Pryor, Peggy Wood, Heywood Broun and others. A biography of Alfred E. Smith. Script in the New York Historical Society Library.
1929	"Romeo and Juliet" With Alexander Woollcott as Romeo and the Nurse.
1930	"Collier's Hour" 5 October. NBC, WJZ
1931	"Child Health Day" 1 May. NBC
1932	"Wandering Around Little Old Broadway" 17 January. NBC,WJZ
1932	"Mrs. Blake's Radio Column" 26 January. NBC, WEAF
1933	"The Rudy Vallee Show" 20 April. NBC. Scene from "What Every Woman Knows". With John Buckler. Sponsored by Standard Brands. "The Rudy Vallee Show" was one of the first radio programs to feature stars of the theater in dramatic sketches written specifically for radio. Scenes from Broadway plays had previously been the radio standard.
	"The Rudy Vallee Show" 24 August. NBC. Scene from ""The Little Minister". Sponsored by Standard Brands.
	"Ipana Troubadors" 4 October. NBC. Scene with John Beal. Sponsored by Bristol Myers Company Ipana Toothpaste.
1934	"Real Silk Program" 18 March. NBC.
1935	"Lux Radio Theatre" Hayes appears in the inaugural program.
1935	"The Rudy Vallee Show" 4 July. NBC. Sponsored by Standard Brands.
1935- 1936	"The Helen Hayes Theatre Series" 1 October-March. The NBC Blue Network. Programs in the series include: "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" with Maurice Evans and "Lady of Letters" with Les Tremayne.
1935- 1936	"The New Penny Series" The NBC Blue Network. Hayes stars as a small-town rebel, with Joseph Muir as her leading man. Produced and written by Edith Meiser. Sponsored by Sanka Coffee and General Foods.
1935	"New York Herald Tribune Forum" 16 October. NBC. "The American Theatre Comes of Age"
1936- 1937	"Bambi Series" 28 September-March. With Hayes in the title role. Sponsored by Sanka Coffee and General Foods.
1937	"Streamlined Shakespeare" NBC. Guest Appearances.
	"Chase and Sanborn Coffee Hour" 12 March. NBC. Guest appearance with host Don Ameche.
	"American Theater Council Luncheon" 24 May. NBC. WEAF. Address by Hayes.
	"The Magic Key of RCA" 13 June. Proposal scene form "Victoria Regina". With Vincent Price and George MacReady.
	"What Every Woman Knows" 1 August. NBC, WJZ. With Ina Claire and Osgood Perkins.
	"Eugene O'Neill Play Cycle" 2 August. NBC Blue Network, WEAF. "Beyond the Horizon." With Peggy Wood.
1938	"Lux Radio Theatre" 27 June. NBC. "Jane Eyre". With Robert Young as Rochester.
	"Cathay Circle Theatre Broadcast" 8 July. NBC. Hayes' address at the premiere of "Marie Antoinette". Los Angeles, CA.
	"The Silver Theatre" CBS, WABC. "Stars in Their Courses" and "Crossroads For Two"
1938- 1939	"The Campbell's Playhouse" CBS. Orson Welles produces, directs and acts in each of the series programs. Sponsored by Campbell's Soups. Recordings for this season in the Museum of Television and Radio, New York.
1939	"Chase and Sanborn" 12 March. NBC. Proposal scene from "Victoria Regina". With Vincent Price and Don Ameche. Sponsored by Brands.
1939	"The Screen Guild Theater" CBS. Guest appearance to benefit the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Sponsored by Gulf Oil.
1940	"Yesterday's Children" NBC Blue Network. Hayes is a guest on the series which presents famous men and women who explain why a particular book has been their favorite.
	Dupont Cavalcade of America 21 May. NBC, WJZ. "Jane Addams of Hull House".
	"We Think of England" 20 September. NBC, Red Network. Excerpt from Noel Coward's "Calvacade." With Newlson Eddy, Clifton Fadiman, and Rudy Vallee.
1940- 1941	"The Helen Hayes Theatre of the Air" 28 September-December. CBS. Hayes is producer, casting director, editor and actress. Contemporary drama series. Announcer, George Bryan. Music by Mark Warnow. Sponsored by Lever Brothers and Lipton Tea.
1941	"Free Milk Fund for Babies" 17 January. NBC, WJZ. Metropolitan Opera Benefit Performance. Scene from "Twelfth Night".
	"Salute to Ethel Barrymore: Forty Years a Star" 4 February. NBC. Appearance commemorating Barrymore's 40th anniversary.
	"Defense Savings Program" 11 June. NBC Red Network, WEAF. With Eleanor Roosevelt.
	"Helen Hayes Interviewed" 26 June. WHN. Interviewer, Stuart Craig.
1942	"Stage Door Canteen" CBS. Guest Appearance.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" 29 June. NBC. "Hymn from the Night".
	"Dear Adolf" 12 July. NBC. Hayes read one of the half-dozen "Letters to Hitler" by Stephen Vincent Benet.
	"March of Time" 12 November. NBC. Hayes reads "Terry and the Stars" by Gene Fowler.
1943	"That They Might Live" 28 March. NBC. A plea for nurses to join the Red Cross.
	"Family Time" 12 April. NBC. War bond promotion.
	"Council for Democracy" 17 April. NBC. Poetry reading in tribute to Stephen Vincent Benet.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" 31 May. NBC. "Mr Lincoln's Wife". Starring Helen Hayes.
	"Girl Scouts of America" 25 June. NBC.
	"Season For Giving" 22 November. NBC. Special Thanksgiving program. Hayes stars in a skit called "Point of View".
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" 20 December. NBC. Hayes star in "A Child is Born" by Stephen Vincent Benet.
	"The Radio Hall of Fame" NBC Blue network. "Harriet". Sponsored by Variety.
1944	"Your Share in a Lasting Peace" 10 January. NBC. Broadcast from New York City. Commemorates Carrie Chapman Catt's 85th birthday.
	"Here's to Youth" 15 January. NBC. Address.
	"Milk Fund Program" 24 February. NBC. Scene from Hayes' play, "Harriet".
	"Ellery Queen, Armchair Detective" 4 March. NBC. Sponsored by Emerson Drug Company.
	"Sixth Victory Loan" 12 April.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America " 8 May. NBC. "Autobiography of an Angel".
	"U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Induction" 13 May. NBC.
	"Fifth War Loan Drive" 13 June. NBC. Hayes promotes sale of war bonds.
	"Arthur Hopkins Presents" 26 July. NBC. "The Lady with a Lamp".
	"NBC Parade of Stars" September 25.
	"Republican National Committee" October 23. NBC. Mistress of Ceremonies for Women's Republican Clubs of Massachusetts program encouraging the election of Republican candidates.
1945	"This is Helen Hayes" February 25- July 1. Mutual Broadcasting System. Sponsored by Textron. Series to encourage recruiting of Army and Navy nurses.
1945- 1946	"Textron Theatre Starring Helen Hayes" September 8-March 6. CBS. Sponsored by Textron.
1946	"Victory Clothing Collection" January. World Broadcasting System. Hayes stars in "Birthday Ahead". Recording in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" April 28. Sponsored by U.S. Steel. "Mary of Scotland".
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" May 6. NBC. "The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown".
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" May 27. NBC. "Spin a Silver Dollar".
	"Catholic Charities Campaign" June 22. WABC. Hayes plays the role of Mother Cabrini and is thanked on radio by Cardinal Spellman for her charity work.
	"Hi! Jinks" July 27. NBC. Recording made at Suffern Playhouse, New York, with Mary MacArthur in an excerpt from "Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire. Hi! Jinks" was hosted by Jinx Falkenberg McCrary. Sponsored by Schonbrunn and Ohrbach.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" September 8. "Angel Street". Sponsored by U.S.
	"Mary Margaret McBride Program" January 22. NBC. Guest appearance.
	"Salvation Nell" 26 January. NBC. Hayes stars in a special program presented in cooperation with the Salvation Army.
1947	"Hi! Jinks" February 18. NBC. Sponsored by Bond Clothes.
	"Tribute to Ellen Terry" February 27. NBC. Hayes joins John Gielgud, Jane Cowl, Ingrid Bergman, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Eva Le Gallienne in a radio tribute to actress Ellen Terry, on the centenary of her birth.
	"Jim Fleming Show" April 7. NBC. A recording of the Awards presentation at the Waldorf Astoria where Hayes is presented the first annual Antoinette Perry [Tony] Award for "Happy Birthday".
	"Mary Margaret McBride Program" May 2. NBC. Guest appearance.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" June 29. "Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire."
	"Hi! Jinks" October 6. NBC. Guest Appearance. Sponsored By Schonbrunn & Ohrbach.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" November 3. "The Flame." Hayes portrays Carrie Chapman Catt.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" November 9. "Victoria Regina". Sponsored By U.S. Steel.
	"Hi! Jinks" December 22. Guest on program recorded at the opening of Paulette Goddard's antique shop. Sponsored by Schonbrunn & Ohrbach.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" December 14. NBC. "The Corn is Green "by Emlyn Williams.
1948	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" April 5. NBC. Stars as Rebecca Luckens in "Woman of Steel."
	"The Ford Theatre Series" CBS.
	"Dupont Cavalcade of America" December 14. NBC. "The Corn is Green" by Emlyn Williams.
	"Hi! Jinks" May 3. NBC. Guest with Charles MacArthur. Sponsored by Schonbrunn & Ohrbach.
1949	"Electric Theatre" November 14-May. CBS. Star of weekly dramatizations. "Sobbin' Women, Being Nice to Emily, The Littlest Angel, Arrowsmith, Young Woodley," and "Skylark."
	"Mary Margaret McBride Program" December 22. NBC, WNBC. Guest appearance.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" November 13. As Laura in "Brief Encounter." Sponsored by U.S. Steel.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" January 15. NBC. As Stella in "Another Language." Sponsored by U.S. Steel.
1950	"The Quick and the Dead" July 6. NBC. Documentary on atomic war. Hayes plays Dr. Lise Meitner.
1951	"Council of the Living Theatre" January 10. NBC. 200th Anniversary. Hayes reprises a scene from "Mary of Scotland."
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" January 16. NBC. As Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie." Sponsored by U.S. Steel.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" June 1. NBC. As Nora Trindell in "Remember the Day". Sponsored by U.S. Steel.
1952	"NBC Symphony Orchestra" March 15. NBC. Guest appearance representing Girl Scouts of America.
	"American Legion Auxiliary" August 27. NBC. Hayes is given award from Denver, Colorado.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" September 7. NBC. Sponsored by U.S. Steel. "Bound East for Cardiff" and "The Long Voyage Home".
	"Theatre Guild of the Air" September 14. NBC. Sponsored by U.S. Steel. "The Wisteria Trees". As Lucy Andree Ransdell.
	"Victoria Regina" October 3.
	"Theatre Guild of the Air Highlights" September 20. Special program salutation the eighth season of "Theatre Guild of the Air". Hayes performs a scene for "The Glass Menagerie".
1953	"Medicine U.S.A." April 25. NBC. Hayes stars in "The Fight Against Pain."
	"Mary Margaret McBride Program" September 4.
	"NBC Star Playhouse" October 4. As Maggie in "What Every Woman Knows."
	"NBC Star Playhouse" October 11. Hayes introduces Frederic March.
	"NBC Star Playhouse" November 1. "Victoria Regina"
	"Dinner With the President" November 23. NBC. Guest performer at dinner held on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. President Eisenhower is honored with an award.
1954	"United Cerebral Palsy Tribute to Eugene O'Neill" May 15. NBC. Hayes portrays Lavinia in a a scene from O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra".
	"Sunday with Garroway" July 11. NBC. Hayes discusses summer theater and its contributions to the show business world, as well as to the country in general.
	"Weekend" August 29. NBC. Hayes talks about polio.
1955	Theatre Wing 'Tony' Awards March 27. NBC. Hayes is presenter.
	"Biographies in Sound" January 23. NBC. "I Know Gertude Lawrence."
	"Biographies in Sound" March 6. NBC. Hayes reads an excerpt from "Victoria Regina."
	"Biographies in Sound" May 8. NBC. "Meet Helen Hayes."
	"Anthology" May 15. NBC. Hayes reads from "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman.
	"Anthology" May 29. NBC. Hayes reads "Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
	"Monitor: Inaugural Broadcast" June 12. NBC.
	"Monitor" June 18. NBC. Interviewed, with Mary Martin, by Al Capstagg at the Paris Festibal as they weigh in their luggage for the trans-Atlantic flight to the Paris Festival.
	"Helen Hayes" December 12-January 20. NBC. Hayes recounts dramatic stories with unusual human interest.
1956	"Weekday" January 23. NBC.-July 27. NBC. Hayes presents short, dramatic stories.
	"Biographies in Sound" January 17. NBC. Hayes narrates "The Breath of Life", the story of a young victim of poliomyelitis.
	"Biographies in Sound" January 24. NBC. "Mister John-The Golden Story." Hayes recalls the time she refused to star in one of producer Goldens' plays.
	"Republican National Committee" November 3. NBC. Governor Thomas E. Dewey answers questions posed by a group of distinguished citizens.
1957	"Monitor" April 21. NBC. Interview as Hayes films CBS Playhouse 90's "Four Women in Black".
	"Nightline" May 8. NBC. Hayes participates in a press conference with newspaperman paying tribute to Charles MacArthur.
	"Monitor" December 15. Interview with Hayes about her varied roles on stage, how she makes herself appear taller for certain parts.
	"Nightline" December 12. NBC. Interview by Millie Consadine.
1958	"One Red Rose For Christmas" December 7. CBS.
1963	"The General Electric Theatre" Hayes heads a repertory company in an attempt to re-establish radio drama.
1979	"Interview" December. Los Angeles, WGRC.
1980- 1986	"The Best Years" 1500+, 3 minute commentaries on 175 radio stations. Produced by Gladney Communications for Mutual Omaha insurance company.