The Terry Bonadonna Show features Old Time Radio (OTR) programming from the Golden Age of radio. From 2007 to 2010, it aired Friday nights, 9:00 pm-midnight, on WXAV, 88.3 FM, the college radio station of Saint Xavier University in Chicago. The show features several genres: comedy starring radio greats like Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Jim and Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and Molly), Bob and Ray, Burns and Allen; mystery programs (Suspense, The Whistler, I Love a Mystery); detective programs (The Shadow; Dragnet; Casey, Crime Photographer); westerns (The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Roy Rogers); science fiction (Dimension X); quiz shows (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, You Bet Your Life); sports; drama; history; and so on. The program first aired on September 14, 2007, and that episode (minus the opening greeting, unfortunately) and most of the program's episodes are gathered here. Each show is roughly three hours in length. With the assistance of his guest bandleader (e.g., Benny Goodman, Glen Miller), host Terry Bonadonna guides listeners through a weekly tour of five or six programs he has chosen from the archives of radio's Golden Age.
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The Terry Bonadonna Show features Old Time Radio (OTR) programming from the Golden Age of radio. From 2007 to 2010, it aired Friday nights, 9:00 pm-midnight, on WXAV, 88.3 FM, the college radio station of Saint Xavier University in Chicago. The show features several genres: comedy starring radio greats like Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Jim and Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and Molly), Bob and Ray, Burns and Allen; mystery programs (Suspense, The Whistler, I Love a Mystery); detective programs (The Shadow; Dragnet; Casey, Crime Photographer); westerns (The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Roy Rogers); science fiction (Dimension X); quiz shows (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, You Bet Your Life); sports; drama; history; and so on. The program first aired on September 14, 2007, and that episode (minus the opening greeting, unfortunately) and most of the program's episodes are gathered here. Each show is roughly three hours in length. With the assistance of his guest bandleader (e.g., Benny Goodman, Glen Miller), host Terry Bonadonna guides listeners through a weekly tour of five or six programs he has chosen from the archives of radio's Golden Age.
This week’s programming includes:
My Friend Irma, “Double Surprise Christmas Party” (December 22, 1947)
The Coronet Little Show, “The Gift of the Magi” (December 19, 1943)
Jack Benny Program, “The English Butler” (December 23, 1945)
Ray Bradbury, “The Gift” (Date unknown)
Richard Diamond, “A Contemporary Christmas Carol” (December 24, 1949)
This week’s programming includes:
Escape, “The Cave” (December 24, 1950)
Nightbeat, “Five Days Off for Christmas” (December 21, 1951)
Fibber McGee and Molly, “The Radio Phonograph” (December 24, 1940)
Jack Benny Program, “Trimming a Tree” (December 24, 1944)
This week’s programming includes:
Fibber McGee and Molly, “Christmas Presents” (December 23, 1941)
Dragnet, “The Big Little Jesus” (December 22, 1953)
The Stan Freberg Show, “Yulenet” (1953)
The Phil Harris Show, “Christmas Show” (December 25, 2949)
Suspense, “Christmas for Carol” (December 21, 1950)
This week’s programming includes:
Fred Allen: ”Santa Claus Sits Down” (December 20, 1942)
Bill Stern Sports Newsreel: ”Guest Ezra Stone” (December 21, 1945)
Mayor of the Town: ”A Christmas Carol” (December 24, 1942)
One Man’s Family: ”Christmas at the Barbours” (December 25, 1950)
Jack Benny Program: “Last Moment Christmas Shopping” (December 21, 1947)
This week’s programming includes:
Jack Benny Program: “Old-Fashioned Christmas Party” (December 20, 1936)
The Saint: “Christmas Jewels” (December 24, 1950)
Truth or Consequences: “Christmas Seals” (December 20, 1947)
The Big Show: “Jimmy Durante, Ed Wynn, Margaret O’Brien” (December 24, 1950)
This week’s programming includes:
Candy Matson: “Jack Frost” (December 19, 1949) ||***||
Jack Benny Program: “Jack Buys a Wallet for Don As a Christmas Gift” (December 19, 1948) ||***||
Radio Reader’s Digest: “Room for a Stranger” (December 19, 1946) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: “Looking for a Christmas Tree” (December 21, 1943)
This week’s programming includes:
Jack Benny Program: “The Beavers Come to Jack’s for Christmas” (December 24, 1950) ||***||
Dennis Day: Christmas Medley ||***||
Grand Central Station: “Miracle at Christmas” (December 22, 1945) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: “Christmas Card from Elizabeth” (December 21, 1948) ||***||
The Great Gildersleeve: “Family Christmas” (December 22, 1948)
This week’s programming includes:
Damon Runyon Theater: “Dancing Dan’s Christmas” (March 3, 1949) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: “On the Night Before Christmas” (1945) ||***||
Jack Benny Program: “Jack’s Christmas Open House” (December 25, 1938) ||***||
Boston Blackie: “Rings for Santa” (December 22, 1948) ||***||
This week’s programming includes:
Screen Directors’ Playhouse: “It’s a Wonderful Life” (May 8, 1949) ||***||
Sherlock Holmes: “The Night Before Christmas” (December 24, 1945) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: “Listening to Christmas Carols” (December 22, 1942) ||***||
Jack Benny Program: “Christmas Tree Decoration” (December 23, 1951) ||***||
This week’s programming includes:
Jack Benny: “Christmas at Jack’s House” (December 26, 1943) ||***||
The Six Shooter: “Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol” (December 20, 1953) ||***||
Radio City Playhouse: “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” (December 25, 1949) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: “A Lost Key Ring” (December 23, 1947) ||***||
This week's programming includes:
Jack Benny: "Vacation Plans" (June 9, 1940) ||***||
Fred Allen: "Breakfast Show" (October 27, 1946) ||***||
Green Hornet: "Invisible Plans for Victory" (May 19, 1942) ||***||
The Shadow: "Carnival of Death" (November 10, 1942) ||***||
The Adventures of Babe Ruth: "Kidnapped" (1934) ||***||
You Bet Your Life: The Secret Word is "Dust" (December 7, 1949)
This week's programming includes:
The Men From the Ministry: "Bye Bye Mildred" (June 30, 1970)) ||***||
Fibber McGee and Molly: "Fibber Has a Ribbon" (December 28, 1943)) ||***||
Johnny Madero, Pier 23: "Find Pete Sutro" (June 19, 1947)) ||***||
Escape: "Confession" (December 31, 1947)) ||***||
X Minus One: "Requiem" (October 27, 1955)
This week's programming includes:
The Thin Man: "The Adventure of the Passionate Palooka" (July 6, 1948) ||***||
Casey, Crime Photographer: "Tobacco Pouch" (September 18, 1947) ||***||
Jimmy Durante: "Should Men be Allowed in Beauty Parlors?" (June 18, 1948) ||***||
CBS Radio Workshop: "The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes" (March 23, 1956) ||***||
Suspense: "A Terribly Strange Bed" (June 7, 1954)
This week's programming includes:
Adventures of Babe Ruth: "Bobby Lee" (July 2, 1934) ||***||
Life of Riley: "Baseball Uniform" (May 1, 1948) ||***||
Gunsmoke: "Big Broad" (February 6, 1954) ||***||
Broadway is My Beat: "Joan Gales Case" (January 21, 1950) ||***||
Vic and Sade: "Fancy Box" (September 7, 1944) ||***||
You Bet Your Life: The Secret Word is "Milk" (January 11, 1950)
This week's programming includes:
Dragnet: "The Big Building" (June 14, 1951) ||***||
Stan Freberg: "St. George and the Dragonet" ||***||
Backstage Wife (January 10 and 11, 1951) ||***||
Bob and Ray: "Mary Backstayge Noble Wife" ||***||
The Whistler: "Pattern for Terror" (July 16, 1945) ||***||
Jack Benny: "The Fiddler" (October 20, 1946)
The Terry Bonadonna Show features Old Time Radio (OTR) programming from the Golden Age of radio. From 2007 to 2010, it aired Friday nights, 9:00 pm-midnight, on WXAV, 88.3 FM, the college radio station of Saint Xavier University in Chicago. The show features several genres: comedy starring radio greats like Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Jim and Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and Molly), Bob and Ray, Burns and Allen; mystery programs (Suspense, The Whistler, I Love a Mystery); detective programs (The Shadow; Dragnet; Casey, Crime Photographer); westerns (The Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Roy Rogers); science fiction (Dimension X); quiz shows (Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, You Bet Your Life); sports; drama; history; and so on. The program first aired on September 14, 2007, and that episode (minus the opening greeting, unfortunately) and most of the program's episodes are gathered here. Each show is roughly three hours in length. With the assistance of his guest bandleader (e.g., Benny Goodman, Glen Miller), host Terry Bonadonna guides listeners through a weekly tour of five or six programs he has chosen from the archives of radio's Golden Age.
