RADIO CLASSICS on CJNU

Your hosts are Mark Havens, 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.

Nov. 3
Jack Benny – Jack’s Birthday in NY – Feb 9, 1936
Jack Benny – The Eternal Triangle – Feb 28, 1936

Nov. 10
Jack Benny – Tax Advice – Mar 8, 1936
Jack Benny – Cinderallen – Mar 29, 1936

Nov. 17
Jack Benny – Phil Harris Introduced – Oct 4, 1936
The Phil Harris, Alice Faye Show – Tutor for the Girls – Oct 20, 1946

Nov. 24
Jack Benny – Clown Hall Tonight – Apr 9, 1936
Jack Benny – Prof. Benny Teaches About the Boston Tea Party – Apr 26, 1936

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.

Nov. 4
Gunsmoke – Westbound – Jan 3, 1953
Fort Laramie – Playing Indian – Jan 22, 1956

Nov. 11 – Remembrance Day special – 2 dramas by Brian Langlotz
Letters
Letters: War Within

Nov. 18
Luke Slaughter – Duel on the Trail – Feb 23, 1958
Gunsmoke – Word of Honor – Jan 10, 1953

Nov. 25
Gunsmoke – Paid Killer – Jan 17, 1953
The Six Shooter – Jenny – Sep 20, 1953

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.

Nov. 5
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – Slow Boat From China – Feb 25, 1949
Boston Blackie – The Manletter Bank Case – Jun 30, 1944

Nov. 12
Casey Crime Photographer – The Red Raincoat – Aug 29, 1946
Richard Diamond – The Tom Waxman Bombing Case – Jun 26, 1949

Nov. 19
Harry Nile – Seattle Blues – Nov 29, 1977
Harry Nile – Dead Ringer – Dec 6, 1977

Nov. 26
Rogue’s Gallery – Little Drops of Rain – Nov 8, 1945
Dragnet – The Big Grandma – Oct 19, 1950

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.

Nov. 6
Screen Guild Theatre – 12 O’Clock High – Sep 7, 1950

Nov. 13
Lux Radio Theatre – Knute Rockne, All American – Dec 2, 1940

Nov. 20
Theatre Guild of the Air – Elizabeth the Queen – Dec 2, 1945

Nov. 27
Hallmark Playhouse – Berkley Square – Mar 3, 1949
Damon Runyan Theatre – Little Miss Marker – Jan 9, 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.

Nov. 7
Mysterious Traveler – Death Comes for Adolf Hitler – Mar 24, 1945
Escape – Operation Fleur De Lis – Jul 14, 1947

Nov. 14
Suspense – Case History on Edgar Lowndes –  Jun 8, 1944
X-Minus One – A Logic Named Joe – Dec 28, 1955

Nov. 21
Escape – Confession – Dec 31, 1947
Mysterious Traveler – The Man Who Tried to Save Lincoln – Feb 7, 1950

Nov. 28
Inner Sanctum – Judas Clock – Apr 17, 1945
Suspense – Fugue in C Minor – Jun 1, 1944