country station show birth_place timeslot birth_date article_title name
united states wdcb those were the days chicago , illinois 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. saturday 29 june 1934 chuck schaden
 chuck schaden
chuck schaden

charles leroy `` chuck '' schaden , born june 29 , 1934 , is a chicago-area broadcaster and historian who hosted the program `` those were the days '' on local radio from 1970 to 2009 .
schaden played recordings of classic old-time radio shows and reminisces with radio personalities about the early days of broadcasting .
the program first aired on wltd in evanston in 1970 and then moved to wnib , classical 97 in chicago from 1975 to 2001 , and since 2001 it has been heard on wdcb 90.9 fm , a public radio station in glen ellyn , illinois .
born in chicago , schaden is a former newspaper editor and marketing executive who turned his hobby of collecting radio shows into a vocation .
for his efforts in preserving and documenting radio history he was inducted into the national radio hall of fame in 1993 , the first radio fan to receive this honor .
he has often served as a consultant on topics related to broadcasting history , and he is a founding member of the board of directors of chicago 's museum of broadcast communications .
he was the editor and publisher of the magazine `` nostalgia digest '' from its inception in the mid-1970s until his retirement in 2005 .
the magazine is now edited and published by funny valentine press .
he documented the history of chicago 's wbbm in `` wbbm radio : yesterday and today '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , and he also wrote `` the cinnamon bear book '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and `` speaking of radio : chuck schaden 's conversations with the stars of the golden age of radio '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .
on october 9 , 2006 , he became the new host of the nationally syndicated `` when radio was ! ''
series , replacing stan freberg -lrb- who had hosted the show since 1995 -rrb- .
his first show for `` when radio was ! ''
was `` a salute to stan freberg . ''
chuck stepped down as host of this series in october 2007 , with xm satellite radio 's greg bell taking over the program beginning with the broadcast of october 8 .
schaden stepped down as host of `` those were the days '' in june 2009 .
when making the public announcement , schaden explained that he wanted to spend more time with his family .
on july 4 , 2009 , current host steve darnall took over as only the second host of the show .
mr. schaden currently resides in morton grove , illinois , where he lives in retirement with his wife of 50-plus years , ellen .
