CHRISTMAS PARTY AT BIRMINGHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL 12-22-46 Larry Stevens, Ed Beloin, Kenny Baker, Schlepperman Christmas Program Jack Benny had been only a minor vaudevill performer, but he became a national figure with The Jack Benny Program, a weekly radio show which ran from 1932 to 1948 on NBC and from 1949 to 1955 on CBS. It was consistently among the most highlyrated programs during most of that run.oldtimeradiodvd.com