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Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Western,
Young,

This western featured movie star Guy Madison as the lead, ably assisted by media veteran Andy Devine as his sidekick Jingles. Both remained with the series for its entire run. Kellogg's was the sponsor from start to finish. After the last show in December 1954, it went into syndication...

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All Star Westerns Theatre

Music,
Western,

The All Star Western Theatre graced the airwaves in the mid-1940's and was made up of a variety of different shows. The shows delivered riotous laughs and down-to-earth humor that was a pleasant alternative to other heavier and intense programs. The music of these old radio shows was done...

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Challenge of the Yukon

Drama,
Western,
Young,

Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running radio series that began on Detroit's station WXYZ (as had The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet), and an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938. The program was an adventure series about Sergeant...

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Country Style USA

Music,
Western,

Strap on your boots and pop on your ten gallon hat because:   "It's time for Country Style USA… stay all night, stay a little longer, dance all night, dance a little longer, pull off your coat and go a little longer, don't see why you don't stay a...

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Dr. Sixgun

Drama,
Western,

Dr. Ray Matson, (Karl Weber) is a frontier physician based in a small western town in the 1870s called Frenchman's Ford. The stories are told by a recurring character named Pablo (Bill Griffis), a gypsy peddler who has a talking raven named Midnight as his sidekick. As his name implied,…

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Fort Laramie

Drama,
Historical,
Realistic,
Western,

When Norman Macdonnell created FORT LARAMIE in late 1955, he made it clear to his writers that historical accuracy was essential to the integrity of the series. Correct geographic names, authentic Indian practices, military terminology, and utilizing actual names of the original buildings of the real fort, was insisted...

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Frontier Gentleman

Drama,
Historical,
Realistic,
Western,

“Herewith an Englishman’s account of life and death in the West. As a reporter for the London Times, he writes his colorful and unusual accounts. But as a man with a gun, he lives and becomes a part of the violent years in the new territories.” Frontier Gentleman is...

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Frontier Town

Drama,
Western,

Chad Remington is an aspiring new lawyer in the big city whose world and dreams are turned upside down by the news of his father’s murder back in the small ranching town of Dos Rios where he was raised. His quest to bring the killer to justice serves as...

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Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch

Music,
Western,

Gene Autry's Melody Ranch is a Western variety radio show, the program ran from January 7, 1940 to August 1, 1943, and from September 23, 1945 to May 16, 1956. Initially titled Doublemint's Melody Ranch, the show's name was changed to Gene Autry's Melody Ranch in early 1941.

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Grand Ole Opry

Music,
Western,

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM. Dedicated to honoring country...

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Gunsmoke

Drama,
Realistic,
Western,

Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program set in Dodge City, Kansas during the settlement of the American West. 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...

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Have Gun Will Travel

Drama,
Western,

Have Gun Will Travel was a popular American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was the #4 show in the Nielsen ratings in its first year, and #3 for the next three years. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful…

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