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Red Ryder"Wildcat Wire"(05-16-42)
Red Ryder was a newspaper comic western hero, and was a natural for the radio kids. Known on the air as "America's famous fighting cowboy," he was still an upstanding cowboy action hero. The hero was first seen in a series of short stories …
Fort Laramie"Still Waters"(10-14-56)
Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry". When NormanMacdonnell…
Gunsmoke"Sundown"(06-06-53)
Gunsmoke - The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. It was created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard…
Lightning Jim"The Snake Strikes"(1945).
Lightning Jim - Stereotypical portryayals of Native Americans, the history of the Union-Pacific railroad, and other Western related subjects. It is a delight and a rarity for all Western radio fans. Only about 41 Lightning Jim broadcasts have been…
Hopalong Cassidy"Death Paints A Picture"(06-04-50)
Hopalong Cassidy - What red-blooded kid of the early 1950s didn't listen to Hopalong Cassidy on the radio. A western that was greater than The Roy Rogers Show or Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. Hoppy was a hero to one and all. He and his sidekick,…
Have Gun Will Travel"Blind Courage"(05-31-59)
Have Gun, Will Travel - was a popular American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted on November 23, 1958. The show…
Gunsmoke"Tail To The Wind"(11-25-56)
Gunsmoke was created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as…
Wild Bill Hickock"Gunsmoke Pass"(02-01-52)
Wild Bill Hickock - This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done…
Frontier Gentleman"The Education Of Kid Yancey"(07-06-58)
Frontier Gentleman was a radio Western series heard on CBS from February 2 to November 16, 1958. Written and directed by Antony Ellis, it followed the adventures of J.B. Kendall (John Dehner), a London Times reporter, as he roamed the Western United …
Frontier Fighters"Oregon 54-40"and"Nevada Comstock Load"(1935)
FRONTIER FIGHTERS This is not your typical western drama -- it is a series that will transport you back in time to the days of the wild, unsettled west. Retrace the steps of heroes who, despite the odds, fought and conquered the West. Frontier…
The Cisco Kid"The Feud"(02-12-53)
The Cisco Kid - Western Drama mainly for the young ones or maybe just the young at heart. I say the young at heart, because The Cisco Kid and his likeable but simple partner Pancho were a couple of lovable rogues and because there was usually a…
Fort Laramie"Lost Child"(04-01-56)
Fort Laramie opened with "Specially transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the wild frontier. The saga of fighting men who rode the rim of empire and the dramatic story of Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry". When Norman Macdonnell …
Gunsmoke"Kitty's Kidnap"(06-14-59)
Gunsmoke - It was created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The radio show first aired on April 26, 1952 and ran until June 18, 1961 on the CBS radio network. The series starred William Conrad as Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard…
Cisco Kid Podcast 50 Black Jack Larue
This weeks The Cisco Kid presents "Black Jack Larue" 9/29/53 The Cisco Kid came to radio October 2, 1942, with Jackson Beck in the title role and Louis Sorin as Pancho. With Vicki Vola and Bryna Raeburn in supporting roles and Michael Rye…
The Six Shooter"The Shooting Of Wyatt King"(05-20-54)
The Six Shooter brought James Stewart to the NBC microphone on September 20, 1953, in a fine series of folksy Western adventures. Stewart was never better on the air than in this drama of Britt Ponset, frontier drifter created by Frank Burt. The…
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