RADIO CLASSICS on CJNU

Your hosts are Mark Havens, Heather Robbins & Jennifer Benjaminson

Join us Sunday to Thursday for a listen back to the great days of radio.

Venture back with us 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.

 

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.

Apr. 07

Hopalong Cassidy – The Dead Man’s Hand – January 1, 1950

Gunsmoke – Shakespeare – August 23, 1952

Apr. 14

Fort Laramie – Captain’s Widow – February 19, 1956

The Six Shooter – Silver Annie – October 11, 1953

Apr. 21

Roy Rogers – The Story of Tom Barnes, Texas Ranger – January 30, 1945

Gunsmoke – Quarter Horse – March 28, 1953

Apr. 28

Lux Radio Theatre – Silver Dollar – April 3, 1939

 

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.

Apr. 01

Tales of the Texas Rangers – The White Elephant – July 15, 1950

Boston Blackie – Spy Ring – August 4, 1944

Apr. 08

Dragnet – Auto Burglaries – September 1, 1949

Mr. District Attorney – Case of the Supermarket Killer – August 17, 1952

Apr. 15

Harry Nile – Black Widow – June 23, 1991

Harry Nile – Wandering Wife Matter – May 30, 1978

Plus: Two 5-minute Mysteries

– Case of Oversight

– Home Stretch Homicide

Apr. 22

Broadway is My Beat – The Dr. Robbie McClure Murder Case – August 4, 1949

Dragnet – Red Light Bandit – July 14, 1949

Apr. 29

Box 13 – Actor’s Alibi – 1948

The Shadow – The Temple Bells of Neban – October 24, 1937

 

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.

Apr. 02
Lux Radio Theatre – To Mary With Love – November 16, 1942

Apr. 09

Theatre Guild on the Air – Pride and Prejudice – November 18, 1945

Apr. 16

Lux Radio Theatre – Wake Up and Live – February 21, 1944

Apr. 23

Hallmark Playhouse – A Breath of Air – May 3, 1951

CBS Radio Workshop – Speaking of Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits – April 6, 1956

Apr. 30

Hallmark Playhouse – Elmer the Great – October 7, 1948

Damon Runyan Theatre – Princess O’Hara – February 20, 1949

 

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.

Apr. 03

Inner Sanctum – The Black Art – May 15, 1945

Suspense – Two Sharp Knives – December 22, 1942

Apr. 10

Dark Fantasy – The Edge of Shadow – April 10, 1942

Weird Circle – The Goblet – April 1, 1945

Apr. 17

The Whistler – A Matter of Patience – September 16, 1951

Suspense – Wet Saturday – June 24, 1942

Apr. 24

X Minus 1 – Skulking Permit – February 15, 1956

Cloak and Dagger – Seeds of Doubt – September 15, 1950

May 01

Escape – The Man Who Would Be King – July 7, 1947

Mysterious Traveler – The Haunted Trailer – June 3, 1952