Thanks to everyone who tuned in to Those Were the Days last Saturday for our salute to the radio work of young Orson Welles (with shows spanning his life from age 21 to age 28). If you missed it, fear not: It's available for streaming all week long at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

What a delight to open up shop this morning and see #EdmondO'Brien trending. We hope that will be the case about six weeks from now—watch this space for details...

Today's the day! Join us on wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST for an afternoon of radio starring Orson Welles, radio's boy wonder!

Glad to see physical media making a comeback with people realizing that ownership of a physical product is the only way to guarantee access. However, with this success come the negative nancies who have a problem for every solution, so let's take their objections one by one:

This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates Orson Welles' radio career—with the help of Jack Benny, Agnes Moorehead, Burgess Meredith and others. Tune in 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org ... and don't miss the cover story about Orson in the Spring Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry, best known for hosting the December 5, 1981 broadcast of Saturday Night Live.

Bob Hope! Jerry Colonna! Peter Lorre! Ginny Simms! Joel McCrea! You'll hear all these folks and many more today as Those Were the Days celebrates the Golden Age of Radio! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

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Today's the day! Join us at College of DuPage as our Those Were the Days show celebrates 25 years on the air at @wdcb909.bsky.social—with guitarist Joel Paterson, big-screen delights from the Chicago Film Society and more! A few tickets are still available at wdcb.org/twtd25

Enjoy this beautiful march day—then hear a panoply of talent, including Groucho Marx, Eve Arden, John Garfield, Dorothy Lamour (and no kings), today from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! wdcb.org

It's coming! If you don't have your tickets to Sunday's Those Were the Days' "25 Years at WDCB" event (with performances from Joel Paterson and @chicagofilmsociety.org), time's-a-wasting! Get yours now while they last at wdcb.org/twtd25

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents an afternoon of great sounds from the past, featuring these folks and many more! wdcb.org

There was a time when CBS radio was one of the most respected news organizations in the land. Just goes to show you what a difference one person can make!

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn’t Indiana Jones) Available wherever digital back issues of Nostalgia Digest are sold.

George Burns! Gracie Allen! Dinah Shore! Sam Spade! The Whistler! You’ll hear from these folks and many more this Saturday on Those Were the Days. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org as we celebrate the best of radio’s Golden Age—and the radio station that brings it to you!

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn’t Indiana Jones) Nostalgia Digest has been publishing for 52 years now, so there are likely more where these came from...

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST for tales of dogs, cats, birds, horses, camels and more on Those Were the Days! wdcb.org

I think maybe kitty has had enough...?

Red Skelton! Ozzie and Harriet! Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! You'll hear them all, along with a radio production of "The Birds" and much more this Saturday, as Those Were the Days presents a radio menagerie! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

Cartoonist & fashion designer Gladys Parker. She created the comic strip Mopsy that ran for nearly three decades, and in WWII, she created the strip Betty G.I. for the Women’s Army Corps. #InternationalWomensDay  #InternationalWomensDay2026

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis... on RADIO?!? No stranger than Gunsmoke on radio... and you'll hear them both (along with The Great Gildersleeve, Mr. District Attorney, the fantastic Joel Paterson and more) today from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days. Listen live at wdcb.org!

What do Orson Welles, Jerry Colonna, Gail Patrick, hard-boiled detectives and the 1961 Chicago Cubs have in common? You'll find them all and a lot more in the new Spring issue of Nostalgia Digest! Get your copy today at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The magic man who did more than anyone to give us The Shadow.

If you should need a laugh today, tune in to Those Were the Days today and we promise you'll get one: 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org

RIP the great Neil Sedaka RS

It's here! The Spring Nostalgia Digest is ready to roll, with a cover story about Orson Welles; articles about radio's hard-boiled detectives, actress Gail Patrick, comedian Jerry Colonna, the year the Cubs played without a manager and more! Get your copy at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

A year ago, our radio show had the pleasure of hosting the first live "transmission" from radio station EasyAM66—now their television counterpart @programme4.tv is doing the same at a town near you, with a lot of special guests. Make the scene and don't miss out!

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Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST for Those Were the Days! wdcb.org

This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates the great Jack Benny and his attempts to find a singer for his radio show, with the help of Frank Sinatra, Martha Tilton and... Fred Allen? Join us from 1-5 pm CST on WDCB (and wdcb.org)!

RIP Robert Duvall, who could be counted on to make anything better. He was a memorable Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird and equally haunting in "Miniature," a particularly brilliant episode of Twilight Zone—and of course, Godfather and Apocalypse Now and The Apostle and Tender Mercies and...

Happy birthday, Jack Benny! Join us today from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates this funniest of valentines! wdcb.org

This Saturday, Those Were the Days celebrates the 39th birthday of the great Jack Benny, with broadcasts featuring Jack, Danny Kaye, Fred Allen, Ish Kabibble (yes, really!) and others. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

RIP Bud Cort. Go and love some more.

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for an afternoon of laughter on Those Were the Days!

This Saturday, Those Were the Days kicks off Jack Benny Month, our birthday salute to a legendary comedian. Join us from 1-5 pm CST to hear Jack on radio, with Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper and... Harpo Marx? Yes, and Ann Miller too! Tune in to @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org)

Need to recharge your emotional batteries? Join us today at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days revisits the Golden Age of radio with Dinah Shore, Henry Morgan, film noir legend Richard Conte, Art Carney (really!) and more.

RIP to Catherine O'Hara, the gold standard of comic acting. From SCTV to Beetlejuice to Argylle to that amazing run of films with Christopher Guest to hear breathtaking work on #$CHITT's Creek, there was no one better. She'll be missed.

Today's the day! Join us right now at wdcb.org as Those Were the Days presents an afternoon of mail on the air--not the same as air mail...

Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night will keep Those Were the Days from spending this Saturday with an afternoon of mail-dominated Golden Age radio, featuring Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Webb on Dragnet and a lot more! Join us from 1- 5 pm CST on wdcb.org

Good morning! We're as surprised as you are, but due to overwhelming demand, our print run of the Winter Nostalgia Digest is SOLD OUT. Thankfully, we'll always have the digital edition and it's available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Today's the day! Please join us at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST as we pay a visit to the Golden Age of Radio on Those Were the Days!

Lucille Ball! Marlene Dietrich! Edward R. Murrow, from the days when CBS News was respected! You'll hear all these folks and more (including a terrifying tale of Murder at Midnight) this Saturday on Those Were the Days—join us from 1-5 m CST on wdcb.org

Need something new to read (eve if it's old)? We've just been handed a box of long out-of-print back issues of Nostalgia Digest—and now these issues (and many more) are available in limited quantities at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

We're as surprised as you are, but overwhelming demand for the Winter 2026 Nostalgia Digest means we're almost sold out. If you like the Andrews Sisters or Louise Brooks or Richard Conte or classic toys or movie palaces, you'll want to get your copy today at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

If you missed any of our salute to Patty, Maxene, LaVerne and Dana Andrews, fear not! The whole show's been archived and it's available for streaming at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

First the Andrews Sisters turn up on the cover of Nostalgia Digest, and now this story from Yorkshire: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today's the day! Let's all meet over by wdcb.org at 1 pm CST for an afternoon of trills, thrills and more!

This Saturday, Those Were the Days invites you to start the new year in perfect harmony, with broadcasts featuring The Andrews Sisters (cover story at nostalgiadigest.com), Dana Andrews (no relation), Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello and more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

Well said. Obviously, we have a vested interest in “hard copy” publications (as practitioners of same), but one advantage to them is that you can pick one up and put it down at your leisure and not worry that you’re being spied upon by it.