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 50 years. Drawing from a vast library of material each Saturday, Steve Darnall presents old-time radio classics and music.
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Two Week Archive
Upcoming Programs
Oct 7th: Philco Radio Time, While the City Sleeps, Halls of Ivy, Terkel Time, Crime Classics, Henry Morgan Show
Oct 14th: Radio's Home Folks
Vic and Sade, Curtain Time, Your Crisco Radio Newspaper, Lum and Abner, Romance
Oct 21st: Black Museum, Life of Riley, Adventures of Sam Spade, Truth or Consequences, Gunsmoke, Birds Eye Open House
Oct 28th: Annual Hallowe'en Show
Once Upon a Midnight, Green Hornet, Father Knows Best, Inner Sanctum, The Shadow, Academy Award
Nov 4th: My Friend Irma, Gene Autry's Melody Ranch, Speaking of Radio, Dimension X, Fred Allen Show
Nov 11th: Radio in the Fall of 1943
World News Today, Words at War, Your Hit Parade, Great Gildersleeve, Cavalcade of America, Abbott and Costello Show
Nov 18th: Annual Thanksgiving Show
Claudia, Jimmy Durante-Garry Moore Show, Aldrich Family, Songs By Sinatra, Suspense, Life with Luigi
Nov 25th: Radio to Get Into the Holiday Spirit By
Bob Hope Show, Mr. Chameleon, Archie Andrews, Lux Radio Theater, Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra
Dec 2nd: Radio to Plan Your List By
Great Gildersleeve, Casey, Crime Photographer, Jack Benny Christmas Special, Suspense, Eddie Cantor Show
Dec 9th: Radio to Address Cards By
Christmas Seal Campaign, Voyage of The Scarlet Queen, The Big Show, American Weekly, Great Gildersleeve
Dec 16th: Radio to Wrap, Bake and Decorate By
One Man's Family, Great Gildersleeve, The Saint, Grand Ole Opry, The Cricket on the Hearth, Red Skelton Show
Dec 23rd: Merry Christmas!
Great Gildersleeve, Let George Do It, Kraft Music Hall, Six Shooter, Fibber McGee and Molly, Reader's Digest Radio Edition
Dec 30th: Happy New Year!
Mel Blanc Show, Henry Morgan Show, Wild Bill Hickok, Our Miss Brooks, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Suspense, Life of Riley
Previous Programs
Sep 30th: Art for Radio's Sake
Man Behind the Masterpiece, Presenting Charles Boyer, Fitch Bandwagon, Box Thirteen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Boston Blackie
Sep 23rd: Kate Smith Show, Green Hornet, Burns and Allen Show, Academy Award, Martin and Lewis Show, The Whistler
Sep 16th: Back to School
Great Gildersleeve, Frontier Gentleman, Our Miss Brooks, The Couple Next Door, Aldrich Family, Claudia, Father Knows Best
Sep 9th: Song of the City, Curtain Time, Diary of Fate, Mail Call #128, Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Duffy's Tavern
Sep 2nd: More Big Bands on the Air
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra, Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands #734, I Sustain The Wings, Refreshment Time, Fats Waller and His Rhythm, Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, Our Special Guest Karl Pearson