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Mal Bellairs – November 16, 1987 – 54 min

Longtime personality at station WBBM, Chicago from 1955 to 1969, he worked as a staff announcer and program host. He was born in 1919 and was 68 when we spoke in his home in preparation for the book “WBBM Radio, Yesterday & Today.” He talked about the many changes at the station and in radio in general during that period of time and of his pre- and post-WBBM career. He died July 12, 2010 at age 90.

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To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Those Were the days, we produced a limited series of audio vignettes selected from programs originally heard between 1970 and 2020.

Twenty episodes were presented on selected TWTD programs between October 2019 and April 2020.

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Chuck Schaden hosts

Season’s Greetings

YOUR HIT PARADE (12-26-42) WW II broadcast as the top tunes of the week are presented.

WORLD NEWS TODAY (12-27-42) CBS correspondents cover the news of WW II and talk about the probability of drafting three million men in 1943.

OLD TIME RADIO CHRISTMAS PARTY (12-26-92) An original holiday comedy written and directed by Ken Alexander and featuring the Those Were The Days Radio Players.

GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (12-27-42) Leroy wants to play with the chemistry set he got as a special Christmas gift.

BEN BERNIE WAR WORKERS PROGRAM (12-22-42) Music and fun for WW II workers on the Home Front.

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (12-22-42) A milestone broadcast. Teeney and the “kids” sing “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” for the first time.

On the Air 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, 1992 on WNIB, Chicago

 

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