RADIO CLASSICS on CJNU
Your hosts are Mark Havens, Peter Nadolny, Heather Robbins and 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.
Oct. 6 1) Jack Benny The First Show May 2, 1932 and 2) Jack Benny Review of 1932 Jan 1, 1933
Oct. 13 1) Jack Benny Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl Jan. 22, 1933 and
2) Jack Benny Mary Does, She Done Him Wrong March 31, 1933
Oct. 20 1) Jack Benny Guest Edward G. Robinson April 21, 1933 and
2) Jack Benny Sherlock Holmes and King Kong June 2, 1933
Oct. 27 1) Jack Benny Who Killed Mr. X June 9, 1933 and
2)Jack Benny Mary’s Birthday – All Star Party June 23, 1933
Monday: Sage Brush Theater
Saddle up for adventures on the dusty plains of the American Old West. Ride with The Lone Ranger, Matt Dillon, Hopalong Cassidy and Paladin as they bring six gun justice to bandits and brawlers alike. Sarsaparilla not included.
Oct. 7 1) Gunsmoke Billy the Kid April 26, 1952 and 2) Gunsmoke Jalisco May 10, 1952
Oct. 14 1) Gunsmoke Carmen Oct. 8, 1955 and 2) Gunsmoke Fingered Nov 21, 1952
Oct. 21 1) Gunsmoke The Big Con May 16, 1953 and 2) Gunsmoke The Lamb April 26, 1952
Oct. 28 1) Gunsmoke The Army Trial June 25, 1955 and 2) Gunsmoke Legal Revenge Feb. 5, 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.
Oct 1 1) Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Parakoff Policy – Feb 18, 1949 and
2) Boston Blackie – The Johnathan Diamond – Jun 23, 1944
Oct. 8 1) Broadway is My Beat – The Helen Carrol Murder Case – Oct 13, 1950 and
2) Dragnet – Big Quack – Oct 12, 1950
Oct. 15 1) Richard Diamond – Fred Sears Murder Case – Jun 19, 1949 and
2) Rogue’s Gallery – The Impossible Murder – May 16, 1945
Oct. 22 Harry Nile – West for My Health – Nov 22, 1977
Oct. 29 – 1) The Shadow – The Death Triangle – Dec 12, 1937 and
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.
Oct 2 Lux Radio Theatre – Girl in White – May 18, 1953
Oct. 9 Theatre Guild of the Air – State Fair – Jan 4, 1953
Oct. 16 Lux Radio Theatre – People vs O’Hara – Mar 9, 1953
Oct. 23 Lux Radio Theatre – Stand-In – Apr 7, 1941
Oct. 30 Lux Radio Theatre – The Phantom of the Opera – Sep 13, 1943
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.
Oct 3 1) Mysterious Traveler – Vacation From Life – Sep 7, 1947 and
2) Mysterious Traveler – The Man the Insects Hated – Oct 17, 1944
Oct. 10 1) Mysterious Traveler – Queen of the Cats – Jun 15, 1948 and
2) Suspense – Locked Room – Jan 27, 1944
Oct. 17 Lux Radio Theatre – The Day the Earth Stood Still – Jan 4, 1954
Oct. 24 1) Suspense – Sorry Wrong Number – May 25, 1943 and
2)Weird Circle – The Fall of the House of Usher – Aug 29, 1943
Oct. 31 Mercury Theatre on the Air – Dracula – Jul 11, 1938