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TALES TEXAS RANGERS "Fool's Gold"

06 May 2021

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This episode, number 7, aired on NBC Radio, August 19, 1950. It is shortly after 9 am on the Tuesday after Labor Day 1946. Two men in a late model bla...

SUSPENSE "Body Snatchers"

05 May 2021

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In old England, doctors would be given human bodies for experimentation from grave robbers.  These so-called body snatchers brought fear to the d...

SIX SHOOTER "Rink Larken"

04 May 2021

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James Stewart's great Western NBC radio drama, this is the episode called Rink Larkin, which originally aired on October 18, 1953. Brit Ponset is on t...

LONE RANGER "Wrong Man"

04 May 2021

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Artifact collector finds something unusual. This radio episode, number 2551,  aired in syndication on May 21, 1954.

CALIFORNIA MELODIES "Meet Dave Rose"

03 May 2021

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AIRED: March 28, 1940 on the Don Lee Mutual Network. "From out of the west to you," California Melodies features British-American music director and c...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "No Visitors"

02 May 2021

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When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagon master, he enlists the aid of a female doctor from a nearby...

FORT LARAMIE "Captain's Widow"

29 Apr 2021

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Episode 6 aired on CBS Radio February 26, 1956. The supply train will arrive and Captain Quince hears that Mrs. Wentner, the widow of a fallen captain...

GUNSMOKE "Home Surgery"

28 Apr 2021

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This is episode 21, aired September 13, 1952 on CBS Radio. Marshal Dillon is forced to amputate the leg of a settler on the prairie.  Dillon, US ...

DRAGNET "Eric Kelby"

27 Apr 2021

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This episode aired September 3, 1949 on NBC Radio. A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously. On the surface it appears only as a ro...

STAN FREBERG "The Yellow Rose of Texas"

27 Apr 2021

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 Stan Freberg had problems with a Yankee snare drummer Alvin Stoller in the hit parody. The Yellow Rose Of Texas featured Stan Freberg, with Bill...

BOGART: "Bullets or Ballots"

26 Apr 2021

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A Lux Radio Theater REHEARSAL PRE-BROADCAST presentation on April 16, 1939. A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work ...

ESCAPE "Ring of Thoth"

25 Apr 2021

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Episode 6 of the series aired August 11, 1947 on CBS Radio. Starring Jack Webb as the sorcerer, a person who claims or is believed to have magic power...

SIX SHOOTER "Silver Annie"

24 Apr 2021

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Sheriff Bill Riddle is the law in Dawson. He faces down an escaped killer without a gunfight...and with good reason. It's midday and Britt Ponset has ...

SUSPENSE "Devil In The Summer House"

23 Apr 2021

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This episode aired on CBS Radio on September 2, 1942 and stars Martin Gable as Mr. Parker. It was originally written by John Dickson Carr and adapted ...

ESCAPE "Dead of Night"

22 Apr 2021

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Escape's premier episode was based on one of the stories from the classic British horror film Dead of Night (1945). The movie is a collection of supe...

SIX SHOOTER "The Stampede"

21 Apr 2021

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Episode 3 aired on NBC Radio October 4, 1953. James Stewart, Lou Merrill, James McCallion. Britt Ponset finds himself on a cattle drive with two feudi...

TALES TEXAS RANGERS 'Broken Spur"

20 Apr 2021

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This episode aired August 12, 1950 on NBC Radio. Based on the events of June 5, 1948. A dead man is found in a burned out house. Also found is a broke...

SIX SHOOTER "The Coward"

19 Apr 2021

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This is episode 2 which aired on NBC Radio September 27, 1953. Jimmy Stewart stars as Britt Ponset, legendary Texas  plainsman who wandered the w...

THE LONE RANGER "MYSTERY HOTEL"

18 Apr 2021

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In 1933, producer George W. Trendle and writer Fran Striker had the Lone Ranger ride out of the western sky, and it was "Hi Oh Silver, Away!" from the...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Hanging Cross"

17 Apr 2021

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Episode 5 aired December 21, 1958 on CBS Radio. A Christmas episode written by Gene Roddenberry. Paladin tries to prevent a fight between Matt Beecher...

GUNSMOKE "Renegade White"

16 Apr 2021

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This episode, number 15, aired on CBS Radio August 3, 1952. Ord Spicer sells rifles to the Cheyenne. He kills two cowboys with one of his new  ri...

FORT LARAMIE "Boredom"

15 Apr 2021

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This episode, 05, aired on CBS Radio February 19, 1956. The men at Fort Laramie are to work on building a trail. Private's Soothy and Pulver have been...

Dragnet "Police Academy-Mario Koski"

14 Apr 2021

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Aired August 25, 1949 on NBC Radio, e012 - A gang of criminals are committing three and four burglaries a night, eighteen liquor stores and restaurant...

BOGART "House on 92nd Street"

13 Apr 2021

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The House on 92nd Street was presented on Stars in the Air May 3, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation of the 1945 motion picture. This radio version  ...

TALES TEXAS RANGERS "Quick Silver"

12 Apr 2021

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Original Air Date: August 05, 1950 Joel McCrea (Ranger Jayce Pearson) Supporting players Tony Barrett, D.J. Thompson, Byron Kane, Lou Krugman, and Rus...

SIX SHOOTER "Jenny"

10 Apr 2021

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This is the first episode of the series, The Six Shooter, starring James Stewart. Aired on September 20, 1953 over the NBC radio network. Supporting c...

THE LONE RANGER "Laugh of Death"

10 Apr 2021

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This episode was aired September 19, 1954. Brace Beemer as The Masked Man. The announcer-narrator was Fred Foy. The Lone Ranger finally captures a lau...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "The Outlaw"

08 Apr 2021

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Episode 4 aired on December 14, 1958 on CBS Radio. Paladin accepts the task of capturing an escaped criminal, only to form an irregular bond with the ...

GUNSMOKE "Gentleman's Disagreement"

07 Apr 2021

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Ed makes no secret of his intention to kill Bert for marrying the girl Ed wanted. So when Ed is the one who turns up dead, folks assume that Bert did ...

THE SIX SHOOTER "Britt Ponset"

06 Apr 2021

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James Stewart starred as Britt Ponset, a drifting cowboy in the final years of the wild west. Episodes ranged from straight western drama to whimsical...

FORT LARAMIE "Woman at Horse Creek"

05 Apr 2021

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Episode 4 aired February 12, 1956 on CBS Radio. Mrs Dennis, recently widowed, now all alone out on the prairie is easy prey for Indians. Mrs Dennis an...

DRAGNET "Benny Trounsel"

04 Apr 2021

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Dragnet episode 009 aired August 14, 1949 on NBC Radio. A small-time narcotics user named Benny Trounsel has been beaten to death shortly after tippin...

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Spanish Gold"

03 Apr 2021

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Bold Venture is the radio adventure series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall that originally aired in 1951-52. Bogart plays hotel and boat ow...

TALES TEXAS RANGERS "Trigger Men"

02 Apr 2021

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The "Trigger Men" aired July 29, 1950 on NBC Radio. This episode is based on events of May 27, 1947. The killers are the Gordon brothers who are want...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Ella West"

01 Apr 2021

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Episode 3 aired December 7, 1958 on CBS Radio. A character named Ella West is an unrefined Annie Oakley and Paladin is hired by Tomahawk to refine her...

www.RADIOthen.network (Trailer)

31 Mar 2021

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FORT LARAMIE "Squaw Man"

31 Mar 2021

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Episode 3 aired February 5, 1956 on CBS Radio. The cavalry must assure a wagon train gets to it's destination safely. Pioneer women are attracted to m...

GUNSMOKE "Boughten Bride"

30 Mar 2021

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Episode 12, aired on CBS Radio July 12, 1952. Stage robbers get $50,000 worth of gold, and kidnap Carter's girl friend. When she returns to Dodge, and...

TALES TEXAS RANGERS "Apache Peak"

27 Mar 2021

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Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air t...

FORT LARAMIE "Boatwright's Story"

26 Mar 2021

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January 29, 1956  Captain Quince, Raymond Burr, and his patrol must stop the sale of Henry rifles to Yellow Knife. Quince heads to the Indian res...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Road to Wickenburg"

25 Mar 2021

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Episode 2, November 30, 1958. CBS Radio network. Paladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of ...

The Lone Ranger episode "Brightest Star" May 17, 1954

24 Mar 2021

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"The Lone Ranger" radio program was created by George W. Trendle (photo insert) and Fran Striker. First aired on Trendle's radio station WXYZ in Detro...

CBS STAN FREBERG SHOW "Musical_Sheep"

24 Mar 2021

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First Episode aired July 14, 1957. The Stan Freberg Show was a weekly radio comedy show that ran on the CBS Radio Network for only fifteen episodes in...

FORT LARAMIE "Playing Indian"

23 Mar 2021

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January 22, 1956. Premiere episode. Captain Quince sets a trap for a group of horse thieves and murderers who are hoping the cavalry will think t...

TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS 'WHITE ELEPHANT'

22 Mar 2021

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Joel McCrea stars as Jayce Pearson in Tales of the Texas Rangers, a contemporary procedural crime Western. With all of the technology available in the...

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL "Strange Vandetta"

21 Mar 2021

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Have Gun Will Travel, the first episode on radio was broadcast on CBS network, November 23, 1958 the show continued until November 22, 1960. Paladin '...

Article about The Lone Ranger

21 Mar 2021

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HI YOU SILVER The radio image

BOGART Theater of Romance "One Way Baggage"

20 Mar 2021

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From December 18, 1945 with Joan Bennett. Theater of Romance ran for over 12 years between 1943 and 1956 on CBS Radio.  The show substituted for ...

DRAGNET "City Hall Bombing"

19 Mar 2021

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Episode 007 aired July 21, 1949 An ex-con bears a grudge against the city of Los Angeles. He wants to blow up city hall unless his demands are met. He...

LONE RANGER "BADGE OF HONOR"

18 Mar 2021

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May 14, 1954 episode from transcription. Many ABC network stations would not clear the series any longer so General Mills distributed the series to in...

BOGART PRESENTS "Dead Man"

16 Mar 2021

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An unaired pilot for a Bogart-produced anthology series in which Humphrey Bogart plays a railroad policeman who is killed by a young hobo who hears th...

GUNSMOKE "Slades Saloon"

16 Mar 2021

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A series of murders of men who have been lucky while gambling leads Marshal Dillon to a most unusual killer. Jones’s had been spending time in Dodge...

LONE RANGER "Infernal Machine"

14 Mar 2021

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The Lone Ranger is an American radio and television show created by George W. Trendle and developed by writer Fran Striker. This episode 2547 was...

DRAGNET "CORDAY CASE"

12 Mar 2021

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A well liked waitress named Helen Corday has been murdered with a steel pipe. The suspect's name is Larson. Somewhere in the tangled web of the city t...

BOGART in SUSPENSE a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio from 1940 through 1962.

11 Mar 2021

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Humphrey Bogart & Lurene Tuttle in "Love's Lovely Counterfeit" by James M. Cain for Suspense Radio.  March 8th 1945. The show was on the air ...

GUNSMOKE "BILLY THE KID"

02 Mar 2021

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This is the first show of the series. Great old time entertainment. The script, acting and especially the sound effects are excellent. I'm certainly s...

DRAGNET "Werewolf"

02 Mar 2021

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“Werewolf” aired June 17, 1949. The women are left half-dead, victims of robbery and horrible attacks. “The Werewolf” as dubbed by the local p...

NBC RECOLLECTIONS...RADIOthen.network

10 Jul 2019

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 To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the company, NBC created a series of shows called Recollection at 30. Using a vast number of archival recor...

JOHN DEHNER...RADIOthen.network

09 Jul 2019

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 John Dehner (born November 23, 1915 – February 4, 1992) was an American actor and animator. He played roles in radio, television, and film, of...

Creation of GUNSMOKE...RADIOthen.network

08 Jul 2019

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 Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

The AFRS Story...American military radio

07 Jul 2019

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 The American Forces Network (AFN) is the broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces' American Forces Radio and Television Serv...

E G MARSHALL...CBS MYSTERY THEATER

05 Jul 2019

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 The format was similar to that of classic old time radio shows like The Mysterious Traveler and The Whistler, in that the episodes were introduc...

Hollywood Is On The Air

02 Jul 2019

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REMEMBER RADIO Comedy and Variety shows MEMORY MOMENTS MONTAGE

NEWS Reporting

02 Jul 2019

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Golden radio memories of news reporting hosted by Frank Knight. 1920's and 1930's. KDKA, Luck Lindy, Amos and Andy, Eddie Cantor, Billy Sunday, FDR, E...

NEWS Reports in old time radio

01 Jul 2019

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Old Time Radio NEWS Reporting in the 1930s. BBC, NBC. British monarchy, WWII, Submarine rescue, Hitler speech, Britian declares war and Beethoven symp...

FRED FOY...Lone Ranger

30 Jun 2019

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FRED FOY best known Lone Ranger announcer and narrator.

BRACE BEAMER...LONE RANGER

30 Jun 2019

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A Tribute to the radio actor who is most remembered as the Lone Ranger.   Brace Beemer (December 9, 1902 – March 1, 1965) was an American radio...