I am a huge OTR fan & I've had this show in my collection for a long time but only got around to listening to it last night. I'm pretty sure that I got it from the Old Time Radio Researchers library http://otrrlibrary.org/ When i joined several years ago you had to have a "library card" in order to listen to or download programs from their huge collection but I don't think that is the case any more. It is from April of 1945 so it is near the end of the war & it is heavy on the war effort vibe that was so prevalent then. If you dig OTR you'll like it or if you're a hallicrafters fan or even just a ham you might find it interesting. It is also here http://archive.org/details/1945WgnHallicraftersHour in case the OTRR link won't allow you to play it w/out joining. If you are into otr & haven't checked out the OTRR group it is awesome. They have something like 50 or 60 thousand shows available for free. I haven't seen any other episodes of the Hallicrafters hour but this one says it is the ninth in the series. Its basically a 30 minute commercial for Hallicrafters with some music . I'm not sure why it is called the Hallicrafters Hour as it seems to be only 1/2 an hour long.
After a little research I think that this show is not the ninth in the "Hallicrafters Hour" series but ninth in the series called "America Unlimited" & it might be the only one featuring Hallicrafters. this would explain why I have never seen any other Hallicrafters Hour shows. It is funny how they talk about how wonderful hams are to the war effort although they were not allowed on air during the war years. I think most amateurs were reduced to SWL'ing during the war unless they were actually in the service.
http://twotonbaker.com/2ton/pdfs/450401.pdf
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