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.

Just a reminder to join us on New Year's Eve at 8 pm CST for our six-hour New Year's Eve Big Band Dance Party, as we share vintage broadcasts starring Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Jan Savitt, Count Basie (playing "Auld Lang Syne" at midnight) and many more! Hear it all at wdcb.org

What are you doing New Year's Eve? Join us from 8 pm-2 am CST on wdcb.org for a New Year's Eve Big Band Dance Party, featuring live performances from Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Desi Arnaz, Count Basie (playing "Auld Land Syne" at midnight) and many, many more!

Today's the day! Start chilling whatever you'll be drinking on the 31st and join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for a star-studded farewell to 2025 on Those Were the Days!

What to do in those days between Xmas and New Year's? Find out this Saturday as Those Were the Days brings you seasonal sounds starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Richard Burton, William Bendix, Boris Karloff (as Uriah Heep!) and more. Tune in from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org #SeasonsGreetings

Season’s greetings from Beulah, Babs, Fred… and from all of us!

Hear the complete, unredacted December 20 Those Were the Days any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were... — and happy holidays to one and all!

For anyone who'd like a reminder of why CBS News used to have a reputation, tune in to our Those Were the Days show on January 17 to hear a 1950 broadcast from the legendary Edward R. Murrow. Details in the Winter issue of Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Looking for a post-Xmas celebration (or a last-minute gift)? Join us at College of DuPage in March as Those Were the Days celebrates 25 years on the air at @wdcb909.bsky.social, with TWTD hosts Chuck Schaden and Steve Darnall, guiitarist Joel Paterson and more! Get your tickets at wdcb.org/twtd25

Today's the day! Join us right now at wdcb.org for a star-studded holiday spectacular!

Jack Benny! Bing Crosby! Dick Powell! Joan Bennett! The stars come out for Those Were the Days as we present "Radio to Wrap, Bake and Decorate By." Join us Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org).

If you missed Those Were the Days' birthday salute to Dick Van Dyke (as part of "Radio to Address Cards By"), fear not: the whole show's been archived and is available for streaming all week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Very sad news. RIP Rob Reiner, who had the special talent to make films that people wanted to see more than once (see Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, etc.) He'll be missed. apnews.com/article/rob-...

What do The Andrews Sisters, Louise Brooks, Richard Conte, Silly Putty, Chicago's Uptown Theatre and the milkman have in common? You'll find them all—and more—featured in the new Winter Nostalgia Digest. A great gift for the nostalgia fan in your life: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Today's the day! Join us at 1 pm CST on wdcb.org for "Radio to Address Cards By" on Those Were the Days!

Talullah Bankhead! Milton Berle! Hopalong Cassidy! You'll hear all these folks AND a special birthday salute to Dick Van Dyke this Saturday on Those Were the Days! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to Those Were the Days and took part in @wdcb909.bsky.social's Food Drive/Pledge Drive. If you missed any of the show, it's available for streaming all week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Who says comedy can’t teach us something?

We might also add that Nostalgia Digest has been an independent publication for the last 51 years--and we hope you'll consider us for your gift-giving needs! www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

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

Margaret O'Brien! Jimmy Durante! Garry Moore! Dennis Day! Bob and Ray (whose calendars appear to be off slightly)! You'll hear them all and more this Saturday as Those Were the Days presents "Radio to Plan Your List By"! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org)!

The new Winter issue of Nostalgia Digest is here, with a cover story about the amazing Andrews Sisters—as well as articles about the legendary Louise Brooks, great toys of the 1950s, actor Richard Conte, the heyday of the milkman and more! Get your copy now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

RIP to the remarkable Tom Stoppard. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today's the day! Please join us on wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST for Those Were the Days—and don't miss the article about Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners in the Autumn Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

This Saturday, Those Were the Days presents “Radio to Get Into the Holiday Spirit By,” with Jackie Gleason (really!), Kate Smith, Blondie, Bob and Ray and a lot more. Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

What do you get for the person who needs a break from the present? How about a subscription to Nostalgia Digest, which will give them four issues of great writing about the past—available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Those Were the Days' Thanksgiving show is available for streaming all week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were.... Enjoy and happy Thanksgiving!

Naps are great— but be sure to join us tonight from 6-9 pm CST at kxel.com for a pre-Thanksgiving edition of Radio’s Golden Age, with Bob and Ray, Abbott and Costello, The Green Hornet… and a side of Peanuts!

Today’s the day! Join us at wdcb.org today from 1-5 pm CST for Those Were the Days’ annual Thanksgiving show, featuring the folks below and others—and don’t miss the article about Martha, Kay and Carole’s wartime adventures in the Autumn Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

This Saturday, Those Were the Days presents our Annual Thanksgiving Show, with seasonal sounds featuring Jack Benny, Robert Young, Martha Raye, Kay Francis, Carole Landis and... Liberace? Enjoy these dishes and many others—join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org — and thanks! #Thanksgiving

Just a reminder: If you're looking for a publication devoted to lucid, entertaining, not-at-all-mentally-disturbed writing, please consider Nostalgia Digest. We don't have Olivia Nuzzi, but we've got Red Skelton, The Honeymooners, Grand Ole Opry and lots more! www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

In case you missed Those Were the Days' recent salute to Grand Ole Opry (with a hint of opera, courtesy of Glenn Miller, Ed Wynn, Basil Rathbone and others), fear not! The show's available for streaming starting now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were... #GrandOleOpry100

☕️ Good morning. *Coffee Cup Cafe and RCA Victor Records ~ Eugene, Oregon ~ 1960. Coffee and records is a great combo... 🎼☕️

Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org as we tune in to hear Hank Williams, Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl... plus, Basil Rathbone, Alan Young and more. Also: Don't miss the article about Grand Ole Opry in the Autumn Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

November 1925: WSM/Nashville starts a new show devoted to "country" music. November 15, 2025: Those Were the Days celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with three broadcasts of this classic series—plus, Alan Young and The Lux Radio Theatre! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org!

All this and Peanuts too?!? You bet! Enjoy the archived edition of last Saturday's Those Were the Days program any time this week (starting now) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

And to get your day started... laughingsquid.com/1930s-speake...

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org as Those Were the Days presents great sounds from radio's past—and talks with the present-day writer of a new book about Charles Schulz's Peanuts!

Farewell to the wonderful Pauline Collins, who will be remembered (rightly) for Shirley Valentine and Upstairs, Downstairs and Doctor Who… but we’ll always remember her fondly as Clara, the Gracie Allen of the British Isles. RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsb...

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! Milton Berle! Ozzie and Harriet! Lum and Abner! You’ll hear these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days. Join us at wdcb.org for an afternoon of great sounds from radio’s past!

There's still time to get your scream on, with chicken hearts, locomotive ghosts, lighthouse phantoms, bodies turning inside out, Jack Benny trick-or-treating (really!) and more! Enjoy Those Were the Days Hallowe'en show any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Need a little extra "spirit" this year? Listen to Those Were the Days' annual #Hallowe'en show, with Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, The Shadow, chicken hearts, bodies turning inside out, and... Jack Benny?!? You bet—and it's available for streaming all week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

One the many reasons we're proud to be associated with @wdcb909.bsky.social is because they play great music all week long and also because no one there is an idiot.

Just in time for Hallowe’en: Read about the man who revolutionized radio horror in the new Autumn Nostalgia Digest—plus, articles about The Honeymooners, The Grand Ole Opry, Walt Disney’s Cinderella, Martha Raye at War… and more! Available now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

RIP to June Lockhart, who was “America’s mom” on Lassie and Lost in Space, which is already a pretty eclectic collection—and it was only the beginning. She’ll be missed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Raise a "Howwwwwwwwwwwdeeeeeee!" for the great Minnie Pearl--and don't miss the article about Minnie Pearl and the Grand Ole Opry in the Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest, available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Today's the day! Please join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org for Those Were the Days' annual Hallowe'en Show!

The Patrick Stewart version has fewer great songs, but it's also pretty good. When it comes to radio, of course, there's Lionel Barrymore's many versions...