15TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, April 27, 1985
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!
Updated: 4/26/25 8:54 am C.S.T.
Coming Next Week – “RADIO’S GOLDEN AGE I“ – May 4th, 1985
We invite you to listen to a complete 4-hour program from the 39-year run of Those Were The Days (1970—2009) hosted by Radio Hall of Famer Chuck Schaden. The encore programs that run on this page are exactly as first broadcast over the air. They contain vintage radio shows, special guests and commercials and messages as originally presented on WLTD, Evanston (May 2, 1970 thru July 31, 1975); on WNIB, Chicago (September 6, 1975 thru February 10, 2001) and on WDCB, DuPage County (February 3, 2001 thru June 27, 2009). Encores are selected by us and are available on demand 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Program selections are added every week on Saturday, 7a.m. Central Time. If you’re a subscriber to this website, we’ll keep you posted. (See our Home Page to subscribe, free.) Thanks for listening.
* Audio accessible for the visually impared.
