Schaden Scrapbook
DATELINE MORTON GROVE (December 16, 1993)
Host Shel Marcus and guest Chuck Schaden talk about old time radio and present photos and clips from those “thrilling days of yesteryear.” Continental Cablevision. (28 minutes).
Hello!
Over the years we have collected an awful lot of personal memories and favorite things – all dealing with the Good Old Days of Radio.
We have some video as well as print coverage of our activities plus lots of other things that we’ve kept fondly throughout our 39 years on the air.
You’ll find a few of these nostalgic souvenirs right here, right now.
Start with the video snippet above and then move to one of our Galleries to see what else we have for you.
We’ll make some changes from time to time, so be sure to check here again whenever you pay us a visit.
No charge for browsing!
Chuck
June 5, 2011 at 3:41 pm
You certainly had a great set of sideburns in 1970! I bet I did, too!
What were all of those buttons and badges in your lapels? Do you still have any of them?
The photos are very evocative, and I’m glad to see that so many were autographed to you personally.
June 10, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Love the site Chuck…so great to hear you say more than “The time is now one o’clock…” I look forward to exploring more on the site, listening to more interviews and being a subscriber. Thanks to you and Ellen for sharing with us radio fans and keeping old time radio alive.
June 18, 2011 at 11:04 am
Hooray, you’re back. Hi Chuck, I was so delighted to read in the Nostalgia Digest that you will be appearing on an upcoming program and that you have a website. Although I listen to Those Were the Days, I still miss hearing your voice. I haven’t investigated your site thoroughly, but you can bet I’ll be checking in to hear your interviews (again) and anything else you post. Glad to have you back!
Seems like old times.
Dolores Anaya Hietbrink
Fairfield Bay, Arkansas
July 23, 2011 at 1:24 pm
The show is on now, Chuck, and it’s great to hear your voice again. Something is misssing from the show these days, so it’s wonderful to know you have this site and that we can continue to share these memories with you. Your love of radio still shines through!
Deb
July 23, 2011 at 3:24 pm
It was delightful to hear your friendly, familiar voice on TWTD’s today. I still enjoy the show and think Steve Darnall is doing a fine job – but it’s your voice I grew up listening to! I can’t wait until today’s show is over so I can begin exploring this excellent site! Thanks to you, and your wife, for sharing all this work!
July 23, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Chuck,
It was good to hear you on the radio today. Good stuff.
Thanks for doing this web site, the recordings are priceless!
Casey
August 25, 2011 at 6:10 pm
So glad you are “back” so to speak. Navigating through your website I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.!! What a thrill! Keep up the great work and I have your website set in my favorites. The best to you Chuck and I can’t thank you enough for not only T.W.T.D, but now this website, and everything you have done to keep old time radio alive.
Take Care
Bill
November 14, 2011 at 10:08 am
Years ago (1993) I called you while you were on the air for Those Were The Days; you were able to give me the address of Mr. Phil Harris. Long story short, I wrote to him and he wrote back with a signed photograph. I cannot thank you enough for you kindness and generosity. God Bless You Sir! God Bless You!
March 25, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Many thanks to Chuck, for continuing to present great radio programs. Listening back to Chuck’s radio shows from the 1970’s through the 90’s, and beyond, I’m glad to have been and that I can continue to be one of your favorite listeners. Keep up the great work. Lou
May 29, 2012 at 5:51 pm
I love old time radio. Thank you, Mr. Schaden, for making these interviews and programs available to new generations.
November 3, 2012 at 8:33 am
It’s wonderful to have access to this site with all its excellent content. Thanks again, Chuck, for making this available to us. As someone who grew up listening to you & your fantastic show, I suspect I remember it the way you remembered all the programs from your youth.
If I may, I’d like to make one suggestion regarding this site; that’s to install social media icons, which would permit us to “Like” easily link & share content with others.
December 31, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Chuck, it has been a delight to hear all the wonderful Old Time Radio shows you have provided over these many years. I first heard you when I moved to the Chicago area in 1979 and have been a Nostalgia Digest subscriber ever since.
One treasure you have provided to us and to future generations is the large collection of interviews with so many people who were part of the Golden Age of Radio. It is always a pleasure to re-listen to them via your new website.
But the best gift you have given to so many people has been your enthusiasm and love of Old Time Radio. You have conveyed this in every program! Moreover, you have created that same love and admiration to unknown thousands of people. Your legacy is one you may take great pride in, and for which a vast audience will be forever grateful!
Best Wishes to you in your “retirement” and may you long bask in the warmth of the Arizona sun and in the glow from your many appreciative admirers.
April 4, 2013 at 8:03 pm
This site is wonderful. The interviews are priceless and of great interest as well as historical value. And I can’t believe all the TWTD broadcast are available. Thank you for all the work this took to put together – and all the great years on TWTDs. You’ve left a terrific legacy.
November 5, 2013 at 8:50 am
Chuck, I was happy to hear you again on the radio this past Saturday. You seem to be as busy as ever. I emailed you around the time you retired from “Those Were the Days” and questioned you about a soap opera I listened to in Green Bay in my younger days. “The Second Mrs. Burton”. It was interesting to hear that it was one of the longest running CBS soaps but that few were recorded. One other comment–I often find myself reflecting on the difference between the radio and the tv version of a series. I often think of “Gunsmoke”. The tv version was, in my opinion, ok. But William Conrad as Matt Dillon on the radio could not be beat. Thanks again for all you have done and are doing to make the past radio era present to us today. Best wishes, Ron
December 22, 2014 at 6:42 am
Bought your book Chuck when it first came out..have read and reread it more than a dozen times.. my husband and I listen to a local station that plays old radio shows and own quite a few shows on CD…we go camping in the summer and just love to just relax and listen to these shows around the campfire…how fortunate that you were able to meet and speak with these greats of radio…am working my way through your interviews on your website!
February 2, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Chuck going through the scrapbook I remember so many of the Saturday afternoons waiting for TWTD to start because you had a great lineup of my favorite radio shows . Fibber and Molly, Jack Benny, and World News Today to name a few. I will have to retire so I will have the time to hear those shows the second time around. Your WWII shows are inspiring and should be used as history lessons in high schools. Thanks to Steve TWTD goes on and is on solid ground thanks to the great foundation you created 45 years ago. Thanks for the memories.
April 10, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Chuck, I have enjoyed TWTD for these many years. It has wonderful to re-listen to the WW11 broadcasts. Even though we know the outcome, it is almost exciting to listen to these “live” broadcasts especially as the war heats up as we near the end. Thanks so much for bringing them to us.
April 12, 2015 at 11:18 pm
What a wonderful celebration today at the 45th Anniversary Show! It was so much fun putting faces to all the voices I’ve heard for so many years…I’ve always looked forward to Saturday afternoons… listening to some of the old radio shows I remembered as a child. Great memories…Thank you so much Chuck for starting this wonderful radio adventure 45 years ago!!