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.
Nov. 30
Jack Benny – The Stolen Violin – February 7, 1937
The Burns and Allen Show – Successful Marriage Manual – October 13, 1942
Dec. 07
Jack Benny – How Jack and the Gang Spent Thanksgiving – November 28, 1945
Fibber McGee and Molly – Christmas Shopping – December 7, 1948
Dec. 14
Jack Benny – Jack Buys a Wallet for Don as a Christmas Gift – December 19, 1948
A Day in the Life of Dennis Day – Dennis Runs for Mayor – September 3, 1947
Dec. 21
Jack Benny – Christmas Open House at Jack’s – December 24, 1945
My Friend Irma – Irma is Convinced it’s Jane’s Birthday – May 2, 1947
Dec. 28
Jack Benny – First Performance of Professor Le Blanc – April 29, 1945
The Phil Harris – Alice Faye Show – New Year’s Resolution – December 29, 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.
Dec. 01
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone – June Bride – June 15, 1958
Gunsmoke – Ma Tennis – October 23, 1954
Dec. 08
The Roy Rogers Show – Smuggling Aliens – October 2, 1952
Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch – Church in Wilson Valley – September 20, 1953
Dec. 15
Gunsmoke – Hickok – July 25, 1953
Have Gun, Will Travel – Trouble in North Fork – June 21, 1959
Dec. 22
Lightning Jim – Lightning Jim and Calamity Jane – unknown
Fort Laramie – The Coward – March 25, 1956
Dec. 29
Gunsmoke – Distant Drummer – February 14, 1960
Hopalong Cassidy – Ten Strike Gold – March 5, 1950
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. 02
The Shadow – The Bride of Death – March 6, 1938
Tales of the Texas Rangers – Room 114 – December 3, 1950
Dec. 09
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe – Where There’s a Will – October 17, 1948
Broadway is My Beat – A Fixed Prize Fight – March 27, 1949
Dec. 16
The Adventures of Harry Nile – The Case of the Lisping Lover – June 13, 1978
The Adventures of Harry Nile – The Neptune Trading Company – December 6, 1978
5 Minute Mystery – The Radium Murder Case – unknown
5 Minute Mystery – Methodical to a Fault – unknown
Dec. 23
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Department Store Swindle Matter – December 24, 1949
Richard Diamond, Private Detective – A Christmas Carol – December 24, 1949
Dec. 30
Calling All Cars – San Quentin Prison Break – January 22, 1945
Mr. District Attorney – The Man from Alcatraz – February 12, 1941
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. 03
NBC University Theatre – Sister Carrie – October 16, 1949
Dec. 10
Lux Radio Theatre – The Wizard of Oz – December 25, 1950
Dec. 17
Lux Radio Theatre – The Lemon Drop Kid – December 10, 1951
Dec. 24
Screen Director’s Playhouse – Miracle on 34th Street – December 23, 1949
Screen Director’s Playhouse – It’s a Wonderful Life – May 8, 1949
Dec. 31
Lux Radio Theatre – Snow White and the Seven Dwarves – December 26,
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.
Dec. 04
Escape – Back for Christmas – December 24, 1947
Lights Out – Poltergeist – December 16, 1936
Dec. 11
Weird Circle – Markheim – May 20, 1945
Inner Sanctum – Death Out of Mind – December 29, 1947
Dec. 18
Screen Guild Theatre – The Dark Mirror – February 2, 1948
The Whistler – The Double Cross – December 27, 1942
Dec. 25
Suspense – The Brighton Strangler – December 21, 1944
Suspense – T’was the Night Before Christmas – December 21, 1953
Jan. 01
Mysterious Traveler – New Year’s Nightmare – January 5, 1947
Quiet Please – Rain on New Year’s Eve – December 29, 1947