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 Wednesday, 6 a.m. Central Time.

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A GOOD DAY FOR THE IRISH

Originally Broadcast WNIB
Saturday, March 16, 1985

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (3-17-49) “Our Own Kind” starring Barry Fitzgerald in a story for St. Patrick’s Day. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (13:04; 15:05)

DICK TRACY (2-22-38) “The Black Pearl of Osirus” Chapter 11. Quaker Cereals, NBC. 114:50)

VIC AND SADE (1946) On a pleasant summer afternoon, the small house halfway up the next block becomes a temporary police headquarters. Art Van Harvey as Vic, Bernadine Flynn as Sade. Sustaining, MBS. (12:55; 13:25)

DICK TRACY (2-23-38) “The Black Pearl of Osirus” Chapter 12. Escape! Quaker Cereals, NBC. (14:35)

FAMILY THEATRE (5-7-69) “The Courtship of John Dennis” starring Pat O’Brien and Johnny Driscoll. A policeman’s son dreams of marrying off his father so he can have a mother! Presented by Father Patrick Payton (“The family that prays together stays together.” MBS. (18:06; 8:00)

DICK TRACY (2-24-38) “The Black Pearl of Osirus” Chapter 13. Junior in trouble! Quaker Cereals, NBC. (14:35)

HALLMARK PLAYHOUSE (10-28-48) “O’Hal­loran’s Luck” starring Edmund O’Brien. Tim O’Halloran comes to Boston to marry Kitty Malone, but her parents have other ideas. Hallmark Cards, CBS. (14:05; 14:50)

DICK TRACY (2-25-38) “The Black Pearl of Osirus” Chapter 14, the last episode in our series. Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice, NBC. (14:30)

Updated: 3/14/25 11:41 P.M. C.S.T.

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