May 2–30 TWTD presents a month-long, five-week Salute to Bob Hope to celebrate the comedian’s 95th Birthday.
August 28 TV appearance. Stock Market Observer Profile WCIU Channel 26, Chicago. Host Jack Taylor interviews Chuck Schaden while the stock ticker plays on the bottom half of the screen.
September 16–27 TWTD sponsors a listener trip to London, England with Chuck and Ellen Schaden for sight-seeing, a backstage visit to the London Palladium, a visit to the British Broadcasting Corporation, Buckingham Palace, Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, a backstage tour of Drury Lane Theatre, and more, including a one-day visit, via the Chunnel under the English Channel, to Paris, France.
October 10 TWTD salutes the 75th anniversary of the Walt Disney Studios. Guest is animation historian Curtis L. Katz.
October 22–24 Attending the Friends of Old Time Radio convention in Newark, New Jersey, Chuck records interviews with actors Dick Beals, Mason Adams, Arthur Anderson; actress Toni Gilman; announcer Ken Roberts; singer Larry Stevens, and sound effects man Ray Earlenborn. At the convention, Chuck is presented the Allen Rockford Award for his dedication and contributions to the preservation of vintage radio.
Chuck and Katherine Crosby
November 10 Chuck has the honor and pleasure of inducting Bing Crosby into the Radio Hall of Fame. Actress Kathryn Crosby accepts the award on behalf of her late husband.
