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Nostalgia Digest
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The publication that's been chronicling the "Golden Age" of entertainment for more than 50 years—available in print and digital formats from nostalgiadigest.com
November 1925: WSM/Nashville starts a new show devoted to "country" music.

November 15, 2025: Those Were the Days celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry with three broadcasts of this classic series—plus, Alan Young and The Lux Radio Theatre! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org!
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! Milton Berle! Ozzie and Harriet! Lum and Abner! You’ll hear these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days. Join us at wdcb.org for an afternoon of great sounds from radio’s past!
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Just in time for Hallowe’en: Read about the man who revolutionized radio horror in the new Autumn Nostalgia Digest—plus, articles about The Honeymooners, The Grand Ole Opry, Walt Disney’s Cinderella, Martha Raye at War… and more! Available now at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If you're watching that Frank Capra film with Bing Crosby, you're Here Comes the Groomscrolling.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tonight on Radio's Golden Age: Superman battles bigotry! Plus: Lucille Ball, Rhonda Fleming and a pre-Password Allan Ludden! Hear it all from 6-9 pm CST on kxel.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Frank Sinatra! George Burns and Gracie Allen! Eve Arden as Our Miss Brooks! Gunsmoke! You’ll hear all that and more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days. Tune in at wdcb.org ... where the only royalty we celebrate is the Duke, the Count and the King of Swing)!
October 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Humphrey Bogart! Lauren Bacall! Red Skelton! Irene Dunne! The marvelous Vic and Sade! You'll hear all these folks and many more this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Stream it live at wdcb.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If it will help, everything in our publication is the work of human beings and it always will be. www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One hundred years ago, John Logie Baird transmitted an image via the new medium of television—and this Saturday, Those Were the Days presents an afternoon of radio…about television. Join us at wdcb.org from 1-5 pm CST as we hear from Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Jack Webb, The Green Hornet and more!
September 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Dinah Shore! Vincent Price! Space Patrol! and... Harold Lloyd?!? Believe it or not, you'll hear all this and more today from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days! Hear it live at wdcb.org
September 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST as Those Were the Days celebrates a milestone birthday—and we'll tune in The Whistler, The Life of Riley, Broadway is My Beat and our 2010 conversation with the birthday girl herself! Hear it as it happens at wdcb.org
September 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This Autumn, Nostalgia Digest is celebrating:
70 years of “The Honeymooners"...
75 years of Walt Disney’s “Cinderella”...
100 years of “Grand Ole Opry”...
read all about ‘em (and a whole lot more!) in the new Autumn issue of Nostalgia Digest: www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
September 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Count Basie! Artie Shaw! Glenn Miller! Harry James! Tune in to Those Were the Days to hear these bands and others, as they were heard performing live during the Golden Age of Radio! It's all happening Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org!
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Post someone who looks good in stripes.
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Doris Day! Liberace! Eddie Cantor! Billie Burke! Fran Allison in a rare dramatic role! You’ll hear all these folks and more this Saturday on Those Were the Days! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org)!
August 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And what could be more nostalgic than print?
August 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
What do Don Ameche and Dan Duryea have in common? You'll hear both of them this Saturday from 1-5 pm CST on Those Were the Days (hear it live at wdcb.org) — and you can read articles about both men in the Summer Nostalgia Digest, available (while they last) at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
August 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Want to hear about America beating back fascists? Tune in to Those Were the Days this Saturday to hear Radio From World War II, with President Roosevelt, Vice-President Wallace, Danny Kaye, Martha Raye and more! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org).
August 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Talk about endless Summer: We've still got copies of the current Summer 2025 Nostalgia Digest (with the Don Ameche cover) AND the Summer 2023 Digest Swimsuit Issue (featuring stars ranging from Rita Hayworth to Phil Silvers). Copies are limited but get 'em at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
What do Linda Darnell, Martin and Lewis and the great Mary Boland have in common? You'll hear them all this Saturday on Those Were the Days! Join us from 1-5 pm CST at wdcb.org — and read the article about Linda in the Summer Nostalgia Digest (available at www.nostalgiadigest.com/nostalgiadig...)
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Today's the day! Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org as Those Were the Days celebrates radio's Golden Age, with The Shadow, a pre-Dragnet Jack Webb and more!
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This Saturday on Those Were the Days, it's Marx Brothers-meets-Famous Brothers, as we hear vintage broadcasts featuring Groucho, Chico and Harpo (really!) and welcome Willie B. Darren 2B and Ricky to the studio to discuss their "farewell tour." Join us from 1-5 pm CST on wdcb.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This year, our Those Were the Days show turned 55—and celebrated with performances from @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social, @tracebeaulieu.bsky.social, @rachellichtman.bsky.social, @dagjuhlin.bsky.social and many others—and you can get a copy of the show at www.nostalgiadigest.com/those-were-t...
July 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This Saturday's Those Were the Days show has it all, from Burns and Allen to Bob and Ray, from a pre-Perry Mason Raymond Burr to America's first famous pulp-fiction detective. Hear them all and more from 1-5 pm CST on @wdcb909.bsky.social (wdcb.org)!
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
And just to prove it, here are the images that somehow got left out of the previous post promoting Saturday's show.
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM