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New Episodes

Change of Hart | The Lone Ranger (05-23-47)

Original Air Date: May 23, 1947Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W....

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Still Waters – Fort Laramie (10-14-56)

Original Air Date: October 14, 1956Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Fort LaramiePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Raymond Burr (Captain Lee Quince)• Vic Perrin (Sgt. Goerss)• Jack Moyles (Major Daggett)• Harry...

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The Bear – Gunsmoke (01-16-54)

When Hod Logan comes to town it is possibly to shoot Andy the stable owner. Original Air Date: January 16, 1954Host: Andrew RhynesShow: GunsmokePhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:•...

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The Rainmaker of Eagle Nest Mountain – Hopalong Cassidy (01-08-50)

Hoppy wants to settle down in Eagle Nest, after a shooting Hoppy has some words for the sheriff. Original Air Date: January 08, 1950Host: Andrew RhynesShow: Hopalong CassidyPhone: (707)...

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Black Jack LaRue | The Cisco Kid (09-10-53)

Original Air Date: September 10, 1953Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Cisco KidPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Jack Mather (Cisco)• Harry Lang (Poncho) Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie...

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The Wild Horse | The Lone Ranger (05-21-47)

Original Air Date: May 21, 1947Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Lone RangerPhone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Stars:• Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger)• John Todd (Tonto) Writer:• Fran Striker Producer:• George W....

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Shows

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 upon. So when the radio characters...

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Horizons West

Historical,
Western,

Horizons West was a fascinating, thirteen-installment docudrama which traced the movements of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition from 1803 to 1806. President Thomas Jefferson's charter to Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was to trace the origination point of the Missouri River, from St. Louis, Missouri to the Great Falls of Montana--and eventually beyond....

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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 William Preston of the Northwest Mounted...

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The Cisco Kid

Western,
Young,

The Cisco Kid was a popular film, radio, television and comic book series based on the fictional Western character created by O. Henry in his short story, "The Caballero's Way," published in 1907 in the collection Heart of the West. Films and television depicted the Cisco Kid as a heroic Mexican caballero, although in O....

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The Lone Ranger

Drama,
Western,
Young,

The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker. The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his clever, laconic Indian sidekick, Tonto. Departing...

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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 Marshal Matt Dillon, Howard McNear as...

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