January 2 Chuck announces his “New Year’s Resolution” to eliminate present-day commercial interruptions in the playing of more than 90 per cent of the vintage broadcasts presented on TWTD. Most 15- and 30-minute shows will play with no interruption at all and most hour-long shows will have just one interruption unless there are “natural” breaks within the original broadcast.
February 13 Off the Hoof Gallery of leather goods and kaleidoscopes becomes a long-running sponsor of TWTD.
April 24 Twenty-third anniversary of TWTD pays tribute to station WLTD in Evanston, where it all started in 1970. Many original broadcasters from the “Schaden years” in Evanston join Chuck on the air for a reunion and to reminisce about the “little station that could.” Among the “veterans” recalling their WLTD days are Bruce DuMont, Bill Nigut, Ted Weber, Mike Schwimmer, Karl Pearson, Don Lucki, Bill Sheldon, Robert Elenz, Michael Haggerty, Gene Cummings, Kenan Heise, Cindy Long Zemater, Skip Hahn and Jim Zarembski.
May 8 Chuck interviews WBBM Chicago veteran broadcasters Cliff Johnson, Mal Bellairs, Tommy Bartlett, Jim Conway and Billy Leach in a roundtable conversation for broadcast on Old-Time Radio Classics.
June 23 For the MBC, Schaden emcees a sixtieth anniversary Salute to Don McNeill and the Breakfast Club. Hundreds of fans come to the Allerton Hotel in Chicago to reminisce about the long-running program and to have breakfast with Don McNeill.
Mid-year TV appearance: Remembering Chicago Radio Continental Cablevision. Comments by Shirley Bell Cole, Chuck Schaden, Sondra Gair, Wesley South, J. Fred MacDonald, Tommy Bartlett, Studs Terkel and Michael Keith.
JULY 8, 1993 Radio Actress’ Roundtable with, from left, Janet Waldo, Alice Backes, Peggy Webber, Jeanette Nolan.
July 8 In Hollywood, California, Chuck interviews actresses Alice Backes, Jeanette Nolan, Janet Waldo and Peggy Webber in a “roundtable” conversation in the Pacific Pioneers Broadcasters’ Club Room.
November 6 Radio stars Willard Waterman, Shirley Mitchell and Mary Lee Robb appear at the MBC in “An Afternoon with The Great Gildersleeve” presented by the Radio Hall of Fame and produced and hosted by Chuck in the Claudia Cassidy Theatre at the Chicago Cultural Center.
November 7 Chuck Schaden is inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame
December 16 TV appearance: Dateline: Morton Grove Continental Cablevision. Host Shel Marcus and guest Chuck Schaden talk about old-time radio and present photos and clips from “those thrilling days of yesteryear.”
December 20 TV appearance: Lifestyle Continental Cablevision. Host Pat Cheffer presents a program of “Christmas Memories.” In this segment, guest Chuck Schaden reminisces about his Christmases from not-so-long-ago and how the Cinnamon Bear was a part of his holidays every year.
