The Voice of Firestone was a weekly broadcast of the best in classical music performed by America's most popular classical performers. It began on the NBC radio network December 3, 1928.

Radio

Performers on the series included Rise Stevens, Robert Merrill, Eleanor Steber, Igor Gorin and Nadine Conner. The program was sponsored by Firestone Tire Company and aired on Monday nights at 8:30pm Eastern Standard Time from its 1928 inception. In 1948, The Voice of Firestone was the first commercial radio program to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations. Firestone's 25th anniversary program was broadcast November 30, 1953, and it was heard on radio until 1956.

Firestone sponsored a related television series, The Voice of Firestone Televues, one of the first television series with programming other than news or sports coverage. It began on November 29, 1943 on New York's WNBT-TV, when there were very few television sets. First seen on the NBC television network in April 1944, it continued until January 1947 with special interest topics in a documentary film format. The Voice of Firestone radio-TV programs were known not only for their classical music, but for their vocal support of such organizations as 4-H and the United Nations.