Speaking of Radio
Selected interviews we think you’ll like
Staff announcer and weatherman for WBBM television and radio in Chicago. On the eve of his retirement, he joined us on the air during our Radio Classics program to speak of his varied and interesting career in broadcasting. He was born September 3, 1925 and was two weeks shy of his 65th birthday. He died February 17, 2001 at age 76.
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
BIG BANDS FROM CHICAGO
BOB CROSBY AND HIS ORCHESTRA (4-29-40) from the Blackhawk Restaurant. Vocals by Bob Crosby and Marion Mann. Tunes include “Fools Rush In,” “Cecilia,” “The Starlite Hour” and “Sugar Foot Stomp.” Mutual via WGN. (6:55; 11:20; 10:50)
TED WEEMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA (2-10-37) from the Trianon Ballroom. Vocals by Perry Como. Music includes “When My Dream-boat Comes Home,” “Goodnight, My Love” and “The Doll Dance” featuring whistler Elmo Tanner. MUTUAL (14:05)
BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET (8-20-52) from the Blue Note. Listen for “After You’ve gone,” “Bye Bye Blue,” “Poor Butterfly” and “Avalon.” Greg Donovan is announcer. NBC. 8:10; 7:35; 8:35)
WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (3-2745) from the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman. Vocal by Frances Wayne and Woody Herman. “Happiness is a Thing Called Joe,” “I Wonder” and “Apple Honey.” CBS. (14:45)
WILL OSBORNE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (10448) from the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Music featured includes “The Dipsy Doodle,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The One I Love,” “Caramba! It’s the Sambal,” “Ramblin’ Rose” and “Wabash Blue.” NBC. (10:05; 14:15)
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA 124-42) from the Panther Room of the Hotel Sherman. Vocals by Dolly Mitchell and Red Dorris. “A Touch of Texas,” “Manhattan Serenade,” “When the Lights Go On Again” and “Eager Beaver’: BLUE NETWORK. (13:05)
GLENN MILLER CHESTERFIELD SHOW (6-1340) from the stage of the Chicago Civic Theatre. `”Solitude,” “The Rumba Jumps,” “Everybody Loves My Baby.” Chesterfield Cigarettes. CBS. (14:35)
OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be KARL PEARSON, record collector and authority on the Big Band Era.
