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.
Feb. 01
Jack Benny – Leaving for Yosemite – February 4, 1940
Jack Benny – Arriving at Yosemite – February 11, 1940
Feb. 08
Jack Benny – Skiing at Yosemite – February 18, 1940
Jack Benny – Jack’s B-day, Recovering from a Skiing Accident – February 25, 1940
Feb. 15
Jack Benny – Jack Can’t Get a Date on his Birthday – February 15, 1942
Our Miss Brooks – The Sunnyvale Finishing School – November 23, 1948
Feb. 22
Jack Benny – Jack Goes Duck Hunting – November 26, 1939
The Mel Blanc Show – Mel Tries to Fix a Water Heater – September 24, 1946
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.
Feb. 02
Have Gun, Will Travel – Three Bells to Perdido – January 18, 1959
The Hopalong Cassidy Show – The Mystery of Skull Valley – January 22, 1950
Feb. 09
Gunsmoke – Monopoly – May 22, 1954
Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch – Cody Bennett Dams Up Lake – June 16, 1951
Feb. 16
Frontier Gentleman – Big Sam for Governor – March 16, 1958
The Roy Rogers Show – Fred Apt Wants to Buy a Ranch – October 9, 1952
Feb. 23
Gunsmoke – Overland Express – October 31, 1952
Fort Laramie – Lost Child – April 1, 1956
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.
Feb. 03
Broadway is My Beat – The Val Dane Murder Case – August 25, 1949
The Shadow – Mind Over Murder – August 31, 1946
Feb. 10
Philip Marlowe – The Hard Way Out – November 28, 1948
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Stolen Portrait of the Duke of Massen – April 1, 1949
Feb. 17
The Adventures of Harry Nile – Favor for a Friend – December 16, 1990
The Adventures of Harry Nile – The Eddie Mayhew Matter – January 10, 1978
Five Minute Mysteries – The Carnival Murder – unknown
Five Minute Mysteries – The Man in the Back Seat – unknown
Feb. 24
Casey, Crime Photographer – The Gray Kitten – February 6, 1946
Mr. District Attorney – Case of the 15 Year Old Trail – August 31, 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.
Feb. 04
Lux Radio Theatre – Only Angels Have Wings – May 29, 1939
Feb. 11
Hallmark Playhouse – Wine of Youth – February 2, 1950
Hallmark Playhouse – Smiling Through – February 10, 1949
Feb. 18
NBC University Theatre – Daisy Miller – January 17, 1951
Damon Runyan Theatre – Princess O’Hara – October 6, 1947
Feb. 25
Lux Radio Theatre – Stella Dallas – October 11, 1937
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.
Feb. 05
Suspense – Cross Eyed Bear – September 16. 1943
Dimension X – There Will Come Soft Rains / Zero Hour – June 17, 1950
Feb. 12
Lights Out – The Ugliest Man in the World – June 1, 1943
Radio City Playhouse – Strange Identity – December 27, 1948
Feb. 19
Suspense – Philomel Cottage – October 7, 1943
The Weird Circle – The Black Parchment – October 6, 1947
Feb. 26
Lux Radio Theatre – Double Indemnity – October 30, 1950