Those Were the Days

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 35 years. Drawing from a vast library of material each Saturday, Steve Darnall presents old-time radio classics & music.

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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Upcoming Programs

Aug 31st: Glenn Miller on the Air

Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade, Music for the Wehrmacht, American Band of the AEF

Sep 7th: Henry Morgan Show, Words at War, Kraft Music Hall, Mr. District Attorney, Bob Hope Show, Inner Sanctum

Sep 14th: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Hardy Family, It Pays to Be Ignorant, Vic and Sade, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch

Sep 21st: Jimmy Durante Show, GI Jive #878, Transatlantic Call, Speaking of Radio, Our Miss Brooks, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adventures of Philip Marlowe

Sep 28th: Six Shooter, Transatlantic Call, My Favorite Husband, World News Today, The Whistler, Jack Benny Program

Oct 5th: Sinatra, Ames and Horne: Singers - and Actors

Jack Benny Program, Rocky Fortune, Speaking of Radio, Sing It Again, Suspense

Oct 12th: Murder at Midnight, Mail Call #112, Green Hornet, Fibber McGee and Molly, Gunsmoke

Oct 19th: Your Hit Parade, X Minus One, Life With Luigi, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Atlantic Spotlight, Dragnet, Command Performance

Oct 26th: Annual Hallowe'en Show

Escape, Father Knows Best. The Saint, Life of Riley, Suspense

Nov 2nd: Milton Berle Show, Cavalcade of America, Jack Benny Program, Roy Rogers Show, Democratic National Committee Special

Nov 9th: The FBI In Peace and War, Burns and Allen Show, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, GI Jive #895, World News Today, Red Skelton Show, This Is Your FBI

Nov 16th: Words at War, Jack Benny Program, The Fat Man, Lorenzo Jones, Lux Radio Theatre

Nov 23rd: Annual Thanksgiving Show

Life of Riley, Adventures of Frank Merriwell, Thanksgiving Show, Jack Benny Program, Don McNeill Show

Nov 30th: Radio to Get Into the Holiday Spirit By

Vic and Sade, Calling All Detectives, Command Performance, Suspense

Dec 7th: Radio to Plan Your List By

Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family, Christmas Seal Campaign Show, Campbell Playhouse, Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show

Dec 14th: Radio to Address Cards By

Have Gun, Will Travel, Jack Benny Program, This Is My Best, Fibber McGee and Molly, Family Theatre, Eddie Cantor Show

Dec 21st: Radio to Wrap, Bake and Decorate By

Kate Smith Show, Jack Benny Program, Charlie McCarthy Show, Life of Riley, Cavalcade of America, Lum and Abner

Dec 28th: Eddie Cantor Show, Great Gildersleeve, Jack Benny Program, Life of Riley, Swing Around the Clock

Previous Programs

Aug 24th: Humor Begins at Home

Hallmark Playhouse, Lux Radio Theatre, Ford Theatre, Mr. and Mrs. Blandings

Aug 17th: Boston Blackie, Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, Between You and Jane Cowl, Chase and Sanborn Program, Liberation of Paris

Aug 10th: Your All-Time Hit Parade, Speaking of Radio, Hall of Fantasy, Speaking of Radio, Stan Freeberg Show, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Aug 3rd: Agnes Moorhead, First Lady of Radio

Suspense, The Shadow, Mayor of the Town, Cavalcade of America, Screen Guild Players

Jul 27th: Curtain Time, Gangbusters, Woodbury Program, Songs By Sinatra, Command Performance #122, Our Special Guest Chuck Schaden