Speaking of Radio
Selected interviews we think you’ll like
Actor whose career began in Des Moines, took him to New York, then Detroit, then Chicago and finally to Hollywood. He was heard on many programs including Lux Radio Theatre, Bachelor’s Children and on Ma Perkins, where he was Ma’s daughter Fay’s husband for a lengthy sequence of programs. He was born August 13, 1904 and was 77 when we interviewed him in Studio City, California. He also was an actor-announcer on the staff of WBBM, Chicago for several years during the early 1950s. He died February 11, 1998 at age 93.
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.
Chuck Schaden hosts
15TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
As we complete fifteen years of “Those Were The Days” broadcasts we’ll present an afternoon of sound clips from past programs, mostly featuring guests and special events broadcast over the years on Saturday afternoons. We’ll have a clip from our first show on May 2, 1970 . . . a recreation of a “Ma Perkins” broadcast featuring a number of Chicago area personalities who visited our studio in 1971 . . . some 1973 radio memories with weatherman Harry Volkman. . . Riverview nostalgia from 1974 .. our Monopoly Tournament Finals in 1975 . . a 1977 Tribute to Bing Crosby … a portion of a complete broadcast day from 1939 as rebroadcast on our show in 1979 . . . Art Hellyer reminiscing in 1983 . . . some high school memories from 1984 . . . and more. We hope you can join us as we say thanks for listening and thanks for your support over these past fifteen wonderful years. Don’t miss it if you can!
