Radio Broadcasts: National Council of Catholic Men, 1945-1947

As Episcopal chairman of Lay Organizations for the National Catholic Welfare Council, Noll directed the work of the National Council of Catholic Men (NCCM). One of the Council's activities was the production of radio broadcasts, first over the NBC radio network and later over the ABC and Mutual networks. The first of these programs, which was broadcast over NBC in 1929, was "The Catholic Hour" which soon became closely identified with its main speaker Fulton J. Sheen. In 1943 "The Hour of Faith," featuring Noll as the speaker, began broadcasting over ABC. In September of 1945 the Mutual Broadcasting System began to air "The Spiritual Clinic" as the Catholic component of the "Faith in Our Time" series, which also featured Jewish and Protestant programs. Noll was also the main speaker for "The Spiritual Clinic," which was affiliated with OSV.

This series includes scripts from broadcasts of all three programs; often the scripts are annotated. Authors of these scripts include L.F. Cervantes, Urban Nagle, O.P., John A. O'Brien, Fulton J. Sheen, James M. Gillis, Frank Gartland, and Rev. Ginder. Correspondence with Fulton J. Sheen, J. Hugh O'Donnell, CSC, Edward J. Heffron (executive director of the NCCM), the Mutual Broadcasting Company, WOWO Radio Station of Fort Wayne, and listeners from the radio audience.