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The Terry Bonadonna Show Terry Bonadonna
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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.
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December 22, 2023—The Christmas Program
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) -
December 22, 2022—The Christmas Program
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) -
December 17, 2021—The Christmas Program
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) -
December 20, 2019—The Christmas Program
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) -
December 21, 2018—The Christmas Program
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) -
December 22, 2017—The Christmas Program
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)