CLASS OF ’52 REUNION

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, October 15, 1978

It’s been 25 years since your “Those Were The Days” host graduated from good old Steinmetz High School in Chicago. And so, to mark the occasion of the Silver Anniver­sary Reunion of the Class of ’52, we’re going to have an on-the-air get-together. We’ll reunite you with lots of memories from the “golden age” of high school in general and our own school days in particular: from September, 1948 when we first entered the hallowed halls of Steinmetz as a mere Freshman to our Senior year when, in June, 1952, we bid a fond fare­well and joined the Alumni Association. It’ll be an afternoon of personal memories punctuated with some long-forgotten sounds of radio and television in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including:

ROBERT TROUT AND THE NEWS (9-12-48) News of the Berlin situation. Pillsbury. (4:45)

GUESSIN’ GUYS AND GALS (3-12-49) High school students from Crane Tech and Lindbloom in Chicago vie for honors. Hugh Downes and Jim Hurlbut host. (11:50; 18:25)

MELODY MAGAZINE (12-4-50) Wed Howard is “editor” of this disc jockey show with a personality-magazine format. (10:10; 8:00; 11:15)

BLUEPRINT FOR SURVIVAL (8-16-51) “Taking Shelter” is the topic of this program informing listeners of Civil Defense measures. (15:35; 14:00)

CONCERT IN MINIATURE (4-4-52) Stan Kenton and his orchestra from Chicago’s Blue Note. (14:55; 9:20)