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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 19h

Today's the day! Enjoy some marvelous sounds from radio's past and support the wonderful @wdcb909.bsky.social by joining us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Phil Harris and Alice Faye! Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye! Hear all these folks—plus VIncent Price, a pre-Dragnet Jack Webb and more—this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Hear it live at wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just in time for the playoffs, it's Those Were the Days' special "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" show, with Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Red Skelton, Willie Mays, Joe DiMaggio and many more—and it's available for streaming this week and next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today on Those Were the Days, we wrap up the season with an afternoon of baseball-related radio, featuring Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Red Skelton and maybe... the voice of Willie Mays? Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org to hear it all and more!

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A 70yr old FRED ASTAIRE — that's SEVENTY — gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days dives in to the Golden Age of Radio, with the help of Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Loretta Young, Jane Russell and... Broadway Barbara Dixon? Well, sort of... anyway, you'll hear 'em all this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org. Join us, won't you?

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And you can still read the article about Edmond O'Brien (along with articles about the Marx Brothers, Gracie Allen, the 1961 New York Yankees and more) in the Summer 2026 issue of Nostalgia Digest. A handful of copies are still available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah, Filmation—for when your only other option is no animation at all.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This 1971 Fisher-Price record player played REAL music with no batteries or electricity The plastic records used tiny raised bumps to pluck metal teeth hidden inside, turning a spring, gears, and molded plastic into music. [📹 t_nobuko]

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you missed Saturday's Those Were the Days, you missed some great musical performances from nearly 100 years ago... but fear not! You can hear it any time this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What's an example of perfect casting?

James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Calling @filmnoirfan.bsky.social and all other film noir fans: Here's your chance to raise the profile of one of the greats...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Today's the day! Start the holiday weekend swinging and join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents rare broadcasts featuring dance bands of the 1920s and '30s! All happening at wdcb.org! 23 Skidoo!

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WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Heart-throb-turned-noir-legend Dick Powell! Television pioneer Steve Allen! Pre-Dragnet Jack Webb! Broadway legends! Drive-in theaters! Read all about them and much more in the new Autumn Nostalgia Digest—available now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The cover of the Autumn 2026 Nostalgia Digest, featuring Dick Powell holding an NBC microphone

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Take a trip waa-a-a-a-y back this Saturday, as Those Were the Days shares broadcasts spanning the years 1929-1935, with Ethel Waters, Benny Goodman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and many more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you somehow missed Those Were the Days' recent salute to the radio work of the Marx Brothers (with a special appearance by Zeppo and a tribute to Dolly Parton Marx), fear not—you can hear it anytime this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Spoiler: He didn't. On a side note: Tune in to Those Were the Days on November 28 to hear Edmund Gwenn in a radio production of A Christmas Carol which is also unusual yet not thoroughly repulsive like some 2026 versions we could name.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST (at wdcb.org) for Those Were the Days—and don't miss the cover story about the Marx Brothers in the Summer Nostalgia Digest, available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On your Marx! This Saturday, Those Were the Days tunes in to hear the Marx Brothers (including Harpo) on radio, with Jack Benny, Charles Laughton, Mel Torme and more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org — and read about the Marxes in the new Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And we've just gotten (very delayed) word about the passing of Leslie Parrish, who was the most unlucky Queen of Diamonds in cinematic history—and we'll always remember her fondly as the alluring and villainous Emma Strunk on Batman. RIP and thanks. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Leslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90

She also appeared in 'Three on a Couch,' 'For Love or Money' and 'Batman' before becoming a passionate antiwar activist and conservationist.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Always happy to give a little love for Ontario's own Guy Lombardo—after all, without him, we wouldn't have had New Year's Eve.

A photo of Guy Lombardo celebrating New Year's Eve

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days brings you a variety of great voices from the past, including William "Cannon" Conrad, Janet "Josie" Waldo, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce... and we remember the late, great Peggy Webber as well. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce (smoking a pipe and wearing a ladies' hat) at the NBC microphone

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

RIP Peggy Webber, one of the most versatile and dedicated actresses to emerge from the Golden Age of Radio. It was a delight to celebrate her centennial last year on Those Were the Days—and it will always be a delight to hear her voice on those great shows. currently.att.yahoo.com/att/peggy-we...

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Peggy Webber, Prolific Radio Actress Who Worked for Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock on Film, Dies at 100

She shared mics with Basil Rathbone, Lionel Barrymore, Harold Lloyd and Herbert Marshall, created a TV show that turned out to be ‘Our Miss Brooks’ and starred in ‘The Screaming Skull.’

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Today's the day! If you need a break from the humidity (or just from the present-day in general), join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for Those Were the Days—and read all about The Incomparable Hildegarde in the Summer Nostalgia Digest (available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...)!

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Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB

WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days brings you everything from western action starring James Stewart to music and comedy from The Incomparable Hildegarde--plus, family comedy, poetic crime drama and much more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for a glimpse of how much more fun radio used to be!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today’s the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and enjoy an afternoon of comics relief—and don’t miss the article about comic strips on radio in the Summer issue of Nostalgia Digest! Get your copies while they last at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

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Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB

WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Nostalgia Digest is in its 51st year of publication and has never (and will never) use artificial intelligence—and if that’s not enough to get your support, our new issue has articles about the Marx Brothers, Gracie Allen, Edmond O’Brien and more. Info at: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The four Marx Brothers on the cover of the Summer 2026 Nostalgia Digest.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days invites you to tune in to hear Blondie, Annie, Popeye, Flash, and countless other stars of the comics... as they were heard on radio! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and we'll hear you in the funny papers!

The cover of an "Orphan Annie Secret Society" code book

A panel from "Thimble Theater," featuring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Swee'pea

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Best Bond villain. Wrong answers only.

Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners as the man from space

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Whatever you were doing that was so all-fired important that you might have missed last Saturday’s Those Were the Days show, good news! The whole four-hour show is available for streaming this week and next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Today's the day! Join us on wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST for a star-studded Those Were the Days—and don't miss the article about Edmond O'Brien in the new Summer issue of Nostalgia Digest, available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates the 100th anniversary of Stan Freberg—plus broadcasts featuring noir legend Edmond O'Brien, Spike Jones, Milton Berle and much more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Need a good Summer read? The latest Nostalgia Digest has articles about the Marx Brothers, Edmond O'Brien, Gracie Allen, classic movies, the incomparable Hildegarde, comic strips on radio and much more! Get your copy today at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig... and join in the fun!

The cover of the Summer 2026 Nostalgia Digest, featuring Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo Marx positioned totem-pole style.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

RIP Bill Oddie. You were one of the Goodie ones.

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as we get into radio's good Graces (or Gracies)—live on wdcb.org

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days brings you Gracie Allen, Gracie Fields and—maybe—Grace Kelly! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org for some amazing Gracies—and don't miss the article about Gracie Allen in the Summer Nostalgia Digest (available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...)!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Need an antidote to 21st century lies? Spend tonight with Those Were the Days’ Independence Day broadcast, archived (’til 7/20) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were... featuring Ray Charles, Carl Sandburg, Frank Sinatra, Stan Freberg, 20-yr-old Orson Welles and many other non-embarrassing voices!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to Those Were the Days last Saturday for our show of Disc-overies, featuring six newly restored broadcasts (including one that hadn't been heard on radio for nearly 90 years). If you missed it, fear not; it's been archived at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This Saturday, Those Were the Days presents Jack Benny, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Glenn Miller, Eddie Bracken (!), the first episode of Gunsmoke and more (incl. one show making its TWTD debut)—including the man whose efforts made it possible to play them. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

Jack Benny and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson at the CBS microphone

Glenn Miller, holding his trombone in one hand and a Chesterfield cigarette in the other

The cast of the Gunsmoke radio show—Howard McNear, Parley Baer, William Conrad and Georgia Ellis—at a CBS microphone

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Independence Day is behind us, but the American experiment continues--and if you want a good soundtrack (complete with a reading of the Declaration of Independence), you can tune in to Those Were the Days' July 4 show any time this week. Hear it at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for Those Were the Days' Semiquincentennial celebration, featuring many, many American voices from the past—and some words from the past that we hope will still resonate in the present. #America250

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Chicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCB

WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90.9FM, and now also at 90.7FM in Chicago's West Loop!

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Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Fun fact: The radio shows we feature each weekend ran for 35-39 weeks a year, every year—some for a decade or even two. One reason we can celebrate Jack Benny Month on Those Were the Days is because we've got several hundred episodes—nearly all brilliant—that we can share.

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