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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 35 years. Drawing from a vast library of material each Saturday, Steve Darnall presents old-time radio classics & music.
Email Those Were The Days: info@nostalgiadigest.com

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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This program is available for sponsorship! (Contact Ken Scott for more details.)

Two Week Archive


Upcoming Programs

Mar 25th: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Bob and Ray, Speaking of Radio, Man Called X

Apr 1st: April Fool's Fun

It Pays To Be Ignorant, Stan Freberg Show, Abbott and Costello Show, Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, Arbogast, Spotlight Revue

Apr 8th: Our Miss Brooks, X Minus One, Red Skelton Show, Green Hornet, Eddie Cantor Show, Broadway Is My Beat

Apr 15th: We Remember Marsha Hunt

Speaking of Radio, Suspense, Smiths of Hollywood, Cavalcade of America

Apr 22nd: Cowboys and Aliens

Ten Two Four Ranch, Dimension X, All-Star Western Theatre, Lux Radio Theater, Movietown Radio Theater

Apr 29th: Our 53rd Anniversary Show - "Thanks for Listening"

May 6th: Columbia Workshop, Bob Hope Show, Bulldog Drummond, Magnificent Montague, On a Note of Triumph

May 13th: Hallmark Playhouse, Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Shadow, Milton Berle Show, The Whistler, Adventures of Maisie

May 20th: Suspense, Third Man, Philco Radio Time, Space Patrol, Fibber McGee and Molly, Suspense

May 27th: Big Bands in the Studio

Benny Goodman's Swing School, Music from Hollywood, Chesterfield Moonlight Serenade, Harry James Chesterfield Show, Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands, Jubilee, Our Special Guest Karl Pearson

Jun 3rd: Fred Allen Show, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vic and Sade, Inner Sanctum, Great Gildersleeve, Hop Harrigan, Command Performance #166

Jun 10th: Radio Knows Y

You Are There, Yarns for Yanks, You Bet Your Life, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Young Doctor Malone, Your Hit Parade, You and a Miracle

Jun 17th: Life of Riley, Dragnet, Information Please, Mysterious Traveler, Drene Time, Sherlock Holmes

Jun 24th: Summer Reading...On Radio

Playhouse of Favorites, Short Story, Campbell Playhouse, Escape, Hallmark Playhouse


Previous Programs

Mar 18th: Ma Perkins #720, Red Skelton Show, Two Thousand Plus, Aldrich Family, While the City Sleeps, Kraft Music Hall, Dragnet

Mar 11th: A Claudette Colbert Quintuple Feature!

Old Gold Comedy Theater, Screen Guild Players, Lux Radio Theater, Screen Directors' Playhouse, Hallmark Playhouse

Mar 4th: Inner Sanctum, Comedy Caravan, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bold Venture, Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, Command Performance #98

Feb 25th: Jack Benny Program, Dennis Day Show, Campbell Playhouse

Feb 18th: Jack Benny Program, Jubilee, Glamour Manor

The Real Deal - 500 Show
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