WYYR.com -YesterYear Radio Schedule

All WYYR programs focus on the greatest era of American Popular Culture, the era of the Big Bands and everything that comes with it... the values, the people, the stars, and especially the music. WYYR listeners from across the globe feel we have the best ensemble of programs and on air personalities and stars with the knowledge and spirit needed to convey the deeply rooted feelings of Our Greatest Generation. 

WYYR's Schedule of Programs

Friday: The Swing Museum - with star Jan Eberle - 9PM EST   

 Monday: Big Band Jump - with Don Kennedy - 9PM EST

Tuesday: Swinging Down The Lane - with David Miller - 9PM EST followed by...

America Swings - with bandleader Horace Heidt, Jr.

1st Monday every other month: Miller On Mondays - with Miller historian Jeff Karpinski - Live 9PM EST 

The Swing Museum @ 9PM EST Fridays with Jan Eberle

Jan Eberle and her dad Glenn Miller's #1 singer Ray Eberle

Swing Museum with Jan Eberle celebrates the very best of Big Band, Standards and Jazz. As a "second generation-er" and performer (daughter of big band singing balladeer, Ray Eberle and niece of baritone crooner, Bob Eberly), I've been blessed with a unique understanding and incredible passion for this Era. One of the things I enjoy most about this show is bringing snippets of history and rare tidbits about the artists and music... some personal.

Here's a word from your Swing Museum host Jan Eberle 

Visit the Official Jan Eberle website: JanEberle.com

The Swing Museum Archives

The Big Band Broadcast @ 9PM EST (EDT) Saturdays

The only 'All Request' Big Band radio program broadcast worldwide!

With Your Host Chris Valenti - About the show     

It's all email and live call-in requests. What's unique is that every 78 rpm record played is a request!

The only one of its kind. Click here on how to make a request. 

Plus, the last Saturday monthly features, 'The Top Five Countdown' with Ronnie Allen.

The top five email requests sent in from around the world for the month are tabulated by the man who worked closely with Casey Kasem for his famous Top 20 Countdown... Mr. Ronnie Allen.

Here is 'The Top 5 Countdown' show opener:

The Big Band Broadcast Archives

 Off The Cuff-7PM (EST) Last Sunday Every Month

... with our very special guest star The Pretty Perky Peggy King!

Here's a WYYR one of a kind exciting program that features the never before told backstage stories about every star we've ever known from the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Occasionally major stars are also guests, and these amazing and provocative recollections come to light with great reunions with a This Is Your Life type segment. Visit Peggys WYYR archive page to learn and listen to these wonderful programs.  

Peggys WYYR Off The Cuff Archive Page

Here's the 'Off The Cuff ' show opener: 

Visit the official Peggy King website: PeggyKing.org

Executive Producer and moderator Chris Valenti. Associate Producer and archivist Anthony DiFlorio III

1st & 3rd Sundays is Harry & Edna On The Wireless @ 7PM EST

 with hosts Harry & Edna from the UK

From the U.K. is Harry and Edna on the Wireless. It is an hour long bi-weekly radio show hosted by husband & wife team Harry & Edna. Their Website describes the program as a look At The Current British 1930's -1940's scene through a steamed-up monocle. Harry & Edna On The Wireless is set to a back drop of 'tip top' recorded gramophone music while stylish guests and big band artists help ensure a sense of old fashioned well-being. Inside knowledge of this greatest generations lifestyles and music as lived today in the UK cannot be heard anywhere else.

 Harry and Edna Jingle as performed by The Three Belles:   

Mondays @ 9PM EST is Big Band Jump

with legendary DJ Don Kennedy

BIG BAND JUMP is a two hour weekly program now in its seventeenth year of syndication. It's all about the Big Bands as presented by Don in his own illustrative way. He is syndicated in over 200 markets and we are pround to have him here at WYYR.com.

Here's Don about Big Band Jump  

Tuesdays @ 9PM EST

Swinging Down The Lane with David Miller

I am dedicated to keeping the big band sound alive. New generations are thrilling to Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and of course the illustrious Duke Ellington.  Somehow swing music went into hibernation for a while, as vocalists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como stole the spotlight away. Determined to keep the old sound alive, I accumulated a collection of over 9,000 recordings. With such a rich resource at my fingertips, it was a natural step to inaugurate a weekly radio program, which went on the air in 1983 and is now carried by over 40 National Public Radio stations. Stop by often. We’re determined to make this your single best source of Big Bands on WYYR.com

Immediately followed by:

One of Americas great Big Band leaders, Horace Heidt, passed the baton to his son, Horace Heidt, Jr., a great Big Band leader in his own right. He continues the legacy of his dad by selling out our ballroons and also being the host of his own radio program. He contines this traditon with his program America Swings. It offers not only the music we love, but candid interviews with many stars of the entertainment industry.

    Horace Heidt, Jr. and his legendary dad Horace Heidt   

 For more about America Swings and Horace Heidt, Jr. click here. 

The First Monday Every Other Month @ 9PM EST is...

Miller On Mondays

Special programming that comes around once every two months!

Miller On Mondays features two hours of Glenn Miller music with commentary from world recognized Big Band writer and historian Jeff Karpinski with occasional special guests. Plus archival and never before heard Glenn MIller recordings. 

Here's a word about 'Miller On Mondays' 

A TRUE Glenn Miller learning experience!

The Miller On Mondays Archive page