Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 13/10/2026On more than one occasion, the comic book Sandman Mystery Theater (set in 1939) had characters listening to radio shows that wouldn't debut for another 2-3 years. Suffice to say, that's the sort of thing we notice. 1201
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST for an afternoon love, laughter, music and mystery on Those Were the Days! Available only at wdcb.org 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Brown Jr., actor, singer, composer, poet, activist—plus, hear Fanny Brice, Tallulah Bankhead, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and lots more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org and support independent radio! 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Many thanks to everyone who took part in Those Were the Days' "Radio to Pledge Your Support By" last Saturday. We appreciate the financial support for our home of @wdcb909.bsky.social. There's still time to pledge (wdcb.org) and to hear the archived show (www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...)nostalgiadigest.comThose Were The DaysThose Were The Days 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RIP Eva Marie Saint, who went from stage to radio to early television to movie stardom. She was great in so many things and she'll be missed. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comEva Marie Saint, ‘North by Northwest’ Star, Dies at 102Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such memorable classic films as “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” has died. 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What do Dick Powell, Jack Webb, Steve Allen, drive-in theaters and the 100th anniversary of NBC have in common? You'll see them all—and a lot more—in the new Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest! Enjoy great reading about the past right now and get your copy at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig... 040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today'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! 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Phil 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 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just 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...!nostalgiadigest.comThose Were The DaysThose Were The Days 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As evidenced by this "bright two-step"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkEZ...youtube.com1942 HITS ARCHIVE: Der Fuehrer’s Face - Spike Jones (Carl Grayson & band, vocal)YouTube video by The78Prof 040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today 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! 020
Reposted by Nostalgia DigestMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A 70yr old FRED ASTAIRE — that's SEVENTY — gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards. 1282685520
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026RIP Judy Markey, who spent twenty years in Chicago radio and had a lot of fun along the way. chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...chicago.suntimes.comJudy Markey, beloved co-host of the "Kathy and Judy Show," dies at 82Ms. Markey had a remarkable ability to connect with people, creating a kinship with legions of listeners known as "The Girlfriends." 021
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for an afternoon of great sounds from the Golden Age of Radio—and (maybe) beyond!wdcb.orgChicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCBWDCB 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! 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This 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? 020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026And 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... 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ah, Filmation—for when your only other option is no animation at all. 130
Reposted by Nostalgia DigestContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This 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] 851515178
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If 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...nostalgiadigest.comThose Were The DaysThose Were The Days 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Calling @filmnoirfan.bsky.social and all other film noir fans: Here's your chance to raise the profile of one of the greats... 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today'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!wdcb.orgChicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCBWDCB 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! 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Heart-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... 042
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Take 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 042
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026One of radio's best family comedies—and we'll have an episode of THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE on the September 13 edition of Radio's Golden Age. Details in the Summer Nostalgia Digest—still available while supplies last at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...nostalgiadigest.comNostalgia Digest 2Nostalgia Digest 2 041
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026If 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...!nostalgiadigest.comThose Were The DaysThose Were The Days 030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Spoiler: 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. 030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Today'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...!nostalgiadigest.comNostalgia Digest 2Nostalgia Digest 2 011
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Or you could read my books and learn from them..." 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026On 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... 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 27/08/2026RIP Jaye P. Morgan. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...hollywoodreporter.comJaye P. Morgan, Singer and Bawdy ‘Gong Show’ Panelist, Dies at 94A lover of double entendres, she got fired from the Chuck Barris game show after showing her breasts during a Gene Gene Dancing Machine routine. 020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026And 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...hollywoodreporter.comLeslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90She also appeared in 'Three on a Couch,' 'For Love or Money' and 'Batman' before becoming a passionate antiwar activist and conservationist. 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026RIP Shelley Fabares. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...hollywoodreporter.comShelley Fabares, Star of ‘The Donna Reed Show’ and ‘Coach,’ Dies at 82The baby-boomer icon had a No. 1 hit with "Johnny Angel," co-starred in three Elvis movies and was married to 'M*A*S*H' actor Mike Farrell. 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Always 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. 040
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Actually, we'll be busy, because Sunday nights at 7 pm EST, you can also tune in to "Radio's Golden Age" from Waterloo, IA's KXEL-AM 1540 (kxel.com).kxel.comNews/Talk 1540 KXELNews/Talk 1540 KXEL 110
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates the Golden Age of Radio—happening live at wdcb.org!wdcb.orgChicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCBWDCB 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! 193
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This 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! 030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hearing all these names in one place, we're reminded of the great Col. Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle, who once invented a 20-foot-pole for when you encountered people you wouldn't touch with a 10-foot-pole. 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026As it happens, Peggy's part of the lineup for this Saturday's Those Were the Days show, where she'll be part of an "Escape" drama starring... William Conrad. 000
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026She was a delightful conversationalist and it was a pleasure whenever we could feature her on our show. 120
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Thank goodness it's not a contest to determine who's more adorable... 030
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026RIP 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...currently.att.yahoo.comPeggy Webber, Prolific Radio Actress Who Worked for Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock on Film, Dies at 100She 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.’ 041
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Today'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...)!wdcb.orgChicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCBWDCB 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! 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This 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! 020
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Today’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...wdcb.orgChicago's Home for Jazz! | 90.9fm WDCBWDCB 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! 010
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Nostalgia 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... 031
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This 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! 011
Nostalgia Digest @nostalgiadigest.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Whatever 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...nostalgiadigest.comThose Were The DaysThose Were The Days 010