Sorry to hear about the passing of Diane Keaton, who was so good in so many things. RIP. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Our deepest thanks to everyone who's taken part in the @wdcb909.bsky.social Fall pledge drive so far. There's still time to make your much-needed pledge at wdcb.org — and if you missed any of our Those Were the Days show, it's been archived for two weeks at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

Today's the day! You can help a good radio station (and in the process, send a message to corporate radio) by listening to (and supporting) @wdcb909.bsky.social. Check us out at wdcb.org!

Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org

Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org

Bob Hope: I don't play golf with Bing Crosby anymore. After all, would you play with a man who cheats on his score and kicks his ball out of the sand trap? Jack Benny: Certainly not! Bob: Well, neither will Crosby.

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents radio... about television! Streaming live at wdcb.org!

One hundred years ago, John Logie Baird transmitted an image via the new medium of television—and this Saturday, Those Were the Days presents an afternoon of radio…about television. Join us at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST as we hear from Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Jack Webb, The Green Hornet and more!

Nostalgia Digest will never use artificial intelligence. Whenever possible, we will use actual intelligence.

His take on the Nutcracker is pretty amazing too.

And if you missed any of last Saturday's Those Were the Days—or just want to hear it again—the whole thing's available for streaming at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were....

Dinah Shore! Vincent Price! Space Patrol! and... Harold Lloyd?!? Believe it or not, you'll hear all this and more today from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Hear it live at wdcb.org

And of course, you can hear our birthday salute to Peggy Webber anytime this week or next at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates a milestone birthday—and we'll tune in The Whistler, The Life of Riley, Broadway is My Beat and our 2010 conversation with the birthday girl herself! Hear it as it happens at wdcb.org

Dear @classicshowbiz.bsky.social — any chance you could tell your neighbor Peggy that we’ll be celebrating her birthday this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days? It,ll be streaming live at WDCB.org … and happy birthday to her!

This Autumn, Nostalgia Digest is celebrating: 70 years of “The Honeymooners"... 75 years of Walt Disney’s “Cinderella”... 100 years of “Grand Ole Opry”... read all about ‘em (and a whole lot more!) in the new Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

The holiday weekend's nearly over—why not go out swinging? Enjoy the archived version of Those Were the Days' recent afternoon of 1940s big band broadcasts any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Today's the day! Don't miss an afternoon of swinging sounds from radio's Golden Age from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Hear it live at wdcb.org

Count Basie! Artie Shaw! Glenn Miller! Harry James! Tune in to Those Were the Days to hear these bands and others, as they were heard performing live during the Golden Age of Radio! It's all happening Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

Post someone who looks good in stripes.

Celestial scene in THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926), the earliest surviving full-length animated feature

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org as we hear from these iconic performers (and others besides) on Those Were the Days!

RIP.

Doris Day! Liberace! Eddie Cantor! Billie Burke! Fran Allison in a rare dramatic role! You’ll hear all these folks and more this Saturday on Those Were the Days! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org)!

RIP Terence Stamp. He was a great General Zod, of course, but he was also a great Billy Budd and he's magnificent in The Collector and Bowfinger and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and... oh, nearly everything. He'll be missed. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Today's the day! Join us at @wdcb909.bsky.social from 1-5 pm CST for an afternoon of radio starring Don Ameche and Dan Duryea! Stream it live at wdcb.org — and read all about both men in the Summer issue of Nostalgia Digest!

What do Don Ameche and Dan Duryea have in common? You'll hear both of them this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days (hear it live at wdcb.org) — and you can read articles about both men in the Summer Nostalgia Digest, available (while they last) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

Last Saturday, Those Were the Days was devoted to the radio of World War II, with FDR, Danny Kaye, Martha Raye and many more. Now, with the actual 80th anniversary of the war's end upon us, that four-hour show is available for streaming any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

If you missed Those Were the Days’ look at the radio of World War II—or just want to hear it again—it’s available for streaming all week (and one more) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...!

Today's the day! Join us on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org) from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents radio to win a war by, featuring big-name Hollywood stars and a thoughtful, articulate president!

Just a reminder: Today, Those Were the Days tunes in to the Radio of World War II, with four hours of broadcasts designed to sell war bones, to entertain the troops, and just generally beat back fascism. Hear it from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

Want to hear about America beating back fascists? Tune in to Those Were the Days this Saturday to hear Radio From World War II, with President Roosevelt, Vice-President Wallace, Danny Kaye, Martha Raye and more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org).

Talk about endless Summer: We've still got copies of the current Summer 2025 Nostalgia Digest (with the Don Ameche cover) AND the Summer 2023 Digest Swimsuit Issue (featuring stars ranging from Rita Hayworth to Phil Silvers). Copies are limited but get 'em at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

RIP Loni Anderson. She could've gotten away with simply being beautiful but her performances proved that she was also funny and smart and talented and deserving of the attention she received.

Today's the day! Tune in to Those Were the Days for all you see below and a little Tom Lehrer besides—1 to 5 pm CST on wdcb.org!

What do Linda Darnell, Martin and Lewis and the great Mary Boland have in common? You'll hear them all this Saturday on Those Were the Days! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org — and read the article about Linda in the Summer Nostalgia Digest (available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...)

"From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse SilverOHWAITASECOND!"

For @maryjopehl.bsky.social and anyone who's ever asked: Can't we get Beyond Christmas?

You can read an excerpt from our conversation with Tippi Hedren in the Autumn 2017 Nostalgia Digest. The print version is sold out but the digital version is alive and well (along with many other out-of-print issues) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...

RIP to the brilliant Tom Lehrer, whose musical output consisted of roughly 37 songs over 20 years but somehow they've been saying what all of us are thinking for the last seventy years. "There's a vestigial desire for literacy somewhere that keeps these songs alive."

Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org as Those Were the Days celebrates radio's Golden Age, with The Shadow, a pre-Dragnet Jack Webb and more!

What were the top tunes in the country the week of October 27, 1945? Find out this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days presents "Your Hit Parade," along with broadcasts of the Shadow, Henry Morgan, a pre-Dragnet Jack Webb and more! Hear it all at wdcb.org

And if you missed any of Those Were the Days' salute to the Marx Brothers (featuring a guest appearance by the Famous Brothers), fear not! It's available for streaming any time this week at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those%20were...

Today's the day! Join us at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST for great comedy from radio's past and great music from our collective present on Those Were the Days!

RIP Connie Francis. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...

This Saturday on Those Were the Days, it's Marx Brothers-meets-Famous Brothers, as we hear vintage broadcasts featuring Groucho, Chico and Harpo (really!) and welcome Willie B. Darren 2B and Ricky to the studio to discuss their "farewell tour." Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org

The terrific @bradricca.bsky.social provides some historical context involving the creation of Superman and proves why the character was a sensation from the very start. yhttps://www.comicsbeat.com/unassuming-barber-shop-superman-is-a-political-protest/

As someone whose show has spent the last 24 years on a Public Radio station, we second that emotion.

This year, our Those Were the Days show turned 55—and celebrated with performances from @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, @rachellichtman.bsky.social, @dagjuhlin.bsky.social and many others—and you can get a copy of the show at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those-were-t...

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