Your hosts are Mark Havens, Heather Robbins & Jennifer Benjaminson
Join us Sunday to Thursday as we travel back in time to the period when the family gathered around the radio to listen as the world was being brought into their living rooms. It was a marvel in its time and thankfully many of those marvelous moments are preserved for other generations to enjoy. At CJNU we try to bring you the best of the best for your listening pleasure nightly on the Nostalgia station.
Sunday: Comedy Club
There’s nothing better than going to bed with a smile on your face. Get your week started off with a dose of humor from the likes of Jack Benny, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Life of Riley, Groucho Marx and many other mirth-makers from the golden age of radio comedy.
Jan. 04
Jack Benny – Gladys Zybisco Disappoints Jack on New Year’s Eve – December 31, 1939
Duffy’s Tavern – Making a Movie (with Larry Storch) – January 11, 1946
Jan. 11
Jack Benny – Jack is Late, With No Script – January 12, 1941
Lum and Abner – Lum and Abner Sell an Oil Well to Mr. Carter – January 4, 1935
Lum and Abner – Squire Skimp President of Swith Oil – January 7, 1935
Jan. 18
Jack Benny – Rochester Lost at Sea – Briefly – February 17, 1946
The Great Gildersleeve – Marjoirie’s Girl Friend Visits – September 21, 1941
Jan. 25
Jack Benny – Guest Star Frank Sinatra – May 2, 1948
The Halls of Ivy – Student Editorial – January 13, 1950
Monday: Sage Brush Theater
Saddle up for adventures on the dusty plains of the American Old West. Ride with The Lone Ranger, Matt Dillon and Luke Slaughter as they bring six gun justice to bandits and brawlers alike. Sarsaparilla not included.
Dec. 29
Gunsmoke – Distant Drummer – February 14, 1960
Hopalong Cassidy – Ten Strike Gold – March 5, 1950
Jan. 05
Lux Radio Theatre – Come and Get It – November 15, 1937
Jan. 12
Gunsmoke – Joke’s on Us – January 9, 1954
Frontier Town – The Poisoned Waterhole – 1949
Jan. 19
The Six Shooter – Ben Scofield – November 1, 1953
All-Star Western Theatre – At Sundown with Alan Lane – October 27, 1946
Jan. 26
Gunmoke – The Soldier – April 25, 1953
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone – Wagon Train – April 13, 1958
Tuesday: Crime Time
Hit the mean streets with cops, private eyes, federal agents, spies and even a man who can cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him. On CJNU, crime does not pay.
Dec. 30
Calling All Cars – San Quentin Prison Break – January 22, 1945
Mr. District Attorney – The Man from Alcatraz – February 12, 1941
Jan. 06
Dragnet – Big Dance – January 18, 1951
Richard Diamond – Lt. Levinson Kidnapped – October 18, 1950
Jan. 13
Boston Blackie – Murder of John Walter – May 2, 1945
Tales of the Texas Rangers – Quicksilver – August 5, 1950
Jan. 20
The Adventures of Harry Nile – Malibu – December 13, 1977
The Adventures of Harry Nile – Photo Finish – February 7, 1978
Five-Minute Mysteries – Lady Garage Mechanic
Five-Minute Mysteries – Case of the Announcer
Jan. 27
Box 13 – Short Assignment – 1948
Dragnet – Big Paper – August 21, 1952
Wednesday: Four Star Theater
Revisit the golden age of Hollywood as a movie or book plays out before your very ears, courtesy of the Lux Radio Theater and other great theatrical institutions of the air.
Dec. 31
Lux Radio Theatre – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves – December 26, 1938
Jan. 07
Screen Guild Theatre – Bachelor Mother – February 1, 1942
Screen Guild Theatre – Junior Miss – September 30, 1946
Jan. 14
Mercury Theatre on the Air – Hell on Ice – October 9, 1938
Jan. 21
Academy Award Playhouse – Lost Angel – December 18, 1946
Hallmark Playhouse – My Financial Career – November 18, 1948
Jan. 28
Lux Radio Theatre – Kitty Foyle – May 5, 1941
Thursday: Thriller Thursday
Prepare for the weekend with chills and shivers from the likes of Suspense, The Whistler, Inner Sanctum, X Minus One and more. No ghost, murderer or alien is too scary for us to tackle before Friday comes.
Jan. 01
Mysterious Traveler – New Year’s Nightmare – January 5, 1947
Quiet Please – Rain on New Year’s Eve – December 29, 1947
Jan. 08
Dark Fantasy – Pennsylvania Turnpike – March 20, 1942
Lights Out – Until Dead – May 26, 1937
Jan. 15
X Minus One – Dwellers in Silence – November 10, 1955
Suspense – The Body Snatchers – November 24, 1942
Jan. 22
Hall of Fantasy – Return from Death – April 6, 1953
Suspense – One Hundred in the Dark – September 30, 1942
Jan. 29
Inner Sanctum – Death Across the Board – June 5, 1945
Whistler – Caesar’s Wife – June 4, 1950