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Those Were the Days

Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m.


Program Host(s): Steve Darnall

WDCB is very pleased to present "Those Were the Days," a program that has played a prominent role in Chicago's radio history for more than 50 years. Drawing from a vast library of material each Saturday, Steve Darnall presents old-time radio classics and music.
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You'll find the complete schedule for every Those Were the Days program—along with great articles about the Golden Age of Entertainment—in ever issue of Nostalgia Digest magazine!
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Two Week Archive


Upcoming Programs

Dec 7th: Radio To Plan Your List By

Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, Cinnamon Bear, Suspense, Sealtest Variety Theater, Hallmark Playhouse

Dec 14th: Radio To Address Cards By

The Shadow, Cinnamon Bear, Songs By Sinatra, Radio City Playhouse, Jack Benny Program

Dec 21st: Radio To Wrap, Bake And Decorate By

Charlie McCarthy Show, Cinnamon Bear, Gunsmoke, Philco Radio Time, The Whistler,

Dec 28th: Happy New Year!

Father Knows Best, On Stage, Red Skelton Show, Frank York and His Orchestra, David Le Winter and His Orchestra, Results, Incorporated, Fibber McGee and Molly

Jan 4th: Suspense, Nightbeat, Martin and Lewis Show, Theater of Romance, Theater Five, Life of Riley

Jan 11th: Curtain Time, Escape, The Big Show, Dragnet

Jan 18th: Cavalcade of America, Lum and Abner, Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Information Please, Texaco Town, Suspense

Jan 25th: Barrymores on the Air

Mayor of the Town, Story of Dr. Kildare, Screen Guild Players, John Barrymore and Shakespeare, Rudy Vallee Show, Hallmark Hall of Fame

Feb 1st: Jack Benny Program, The Private Life of Rochester van Jones, Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, The Miracle of America, Halls of Ivy

Feb 8th: Jack Benny Program, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day, Salute to Jack Benny, Suspense

Feb 15th: Jack Benny Program, Bob Hope Show, Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, Jack Benny Fiddles with the Classics

Feb 22nd: Jack Benny Program, Family Theater, Dennis Day Show, Edgar Bergen Hour, Salute to Heart Sunday

Mar 1st: More Dollar for Your Radio

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

Mar 8th: Husbands and Wives on the Air

Easy Aces #1, Fibber McGee and Molly, On Stage, Easy Aces #2, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Bold Venture, Easy Aces #3, Burns and Allen Show

Mar 15th: The Shadow, Philco Radio Time, Easy Aces #4, X Minus One, Great Gildersleeve, Easy Aces #5, This Is Your FBI

Mar 22nd: Command Performance #119, Mystery in the Air, Easy Aces #6, Aldrich Family, Easy Aces #7, Boston Blackie, Henry Morgan Show

Mar 29th: Our Miss Brooks, Mysterious Traveler, Easy Aces #8, Jimmy Durante Show, Roy Rogers Show, Easy Aces #9. Spotlight Revue


Previous Programs

Nov 30th: Radio To Get Into The Holiday Spirit By

Mayor Of The Town, Cinnamon Bear, Fibber McGee and Molly, Candy Matson, Jubilee

Nov 23rd: We The People, Cinnamon Bear, Our Miss Brooks, Casey, Crime Photographer, Thanksgiving Special

Nov 16th: Martin and Lewis Show, Cinnamon Bear, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Great Gildersleeve, Molle Mystery Theater

Nov 9th: The Cinnamon Bear and Other Radio Adventures

Cinnamon Bear, Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy, Adventures of Superman, Little Orphan Annie, Captain Midnight, Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters, Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon, Let's Pretend

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