As they said in the '40s, Happy New Year, gang . . . all aired originally on New Year's Eves gone by . . .
CBS World News Today, "On the Western Front" (1944)
Fibber McGee & Molly, "Fibber Finds a Gold Watch" (NBC, 1940)
The Lucky Strike Program with Jack Benny, "Jack Resolves to be Friends with Fred Allen" (1944)
New Year's Radio Dance Party, featuring live performances by Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and more. (AFRS, 1945-46)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, "The Thomas Jason Case" (NBC, 1949)
Broadway is My Beat, "The John Lomax Murder Case" (CBS, 1949)
The Big Show, Vivian Blaine, Jose Ferrer, Sam Levine, Ken Murray, Margaret O'Brien, Gloria Swanson, Fran Warren; host: Tallulah Bankhead (NBC, 1950)
Our Miss Brooks, "Christmas Gift Exchanges" (CBS, 1950)
The Couple Next Door, "Do Sick on New Year's Eve" (CBS, 1958)