Walden Hughes

Education:

• 1990 – BA degree from University of California, Irvine:  Major, Economics and Political Science; Minor, Business Management.
• 1995 – MBA from University of California, Irvine with emphasis in accounting/finance

Professional Experience

• 10 years in the investment/securities field.
• 1990 – Present – Entertainment Consultant – procurement of show business/radio memorabilia for Kitty Kallen and the Sinatra family.
• Producer and host of live shows Yesterday USA.  This is a mix of talk show, celebrity interviews and old-time radio shows.
• General Manger, Yesterday USA
• Produced and interviewed over 200 celebrities for Yesterday USA network.  Topics: nostalgia in entertainment.
• Produced or planned old-time radio conventions and special events since 2007 in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Las Vegas for Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio, Drama, Variety and Comedy (SPERDVAC) and Bellevue, Washington for Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound (REPS) since 2007 www.repsshowcase,com and Newark, New Jersey (Friends of Old Time Radio 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007).
• Produced old-time radio re-creation at Cherry Blossom Festival in Marshfield, MO.
• Produced Norman Corwin, the poet of radio, last live radio re-creation for Recorded Sound Archivist group 2011.
• Produced “Maltese Falcon” for Oceanside Public Library 2014.

For the gallery:

Here is a link to the audio play you can upload.  It runs around 30 minutes I Remember Mama starring Margaret O’Brien, Beverly Washburn and Tommy Cook:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/u4iwe5kww7ylsdw9q015x/ALJeGxX8C6AAo37dfI4q9Ys?rlkey=bj8kvo5fe4odkup65kar68wt1&dl=0