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Gene Autry's Melody Ranch

15 episodes · 1947–1956 · CBS, Armed Forces Radio Service · Variety & Music

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Gene Autry's Melody Ranch opened with "Back in the Saddle Again" on CBS from January 7, 1940, to May 16, 1956, all of it for Wrigley's Doublemint gum. Each half hour mixed Western songs with a dramatized adventure story. Pat Buttram supplied the comedy, with Johnny Bond and the Cass County Boys. Autry joined the Army Air Forces in 1942, taking his oath on the air, and the show became Sergeant Gene Autry until it was replaced in 1943; it returned in September 1945.

Sources: Gene Autry's Melody Ranch, Wikipedia

Episodes

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1947

• The Horse That Couldn't Be Ridden June 29, 1947 · CBS · 29 min
  Gene opens with "I Hate to Say Goodbye to the Prairie" and tells the story of a horse no one could ride.
• Christmas Show (First Song - Here Comes Santa Claus) December 21, 1947 · 28 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.

1948

• Uncle Billy Harlow September 19, 1948 · CBS · 29 min
  From St. Paul, Minnesota. "Uncle Billy" Harlow asks Gene to get the goods on a crook.

1949

• The Story of Gene's Guitar August 20, 1949 · CBS · 31 min
  Gene opens with 'Along That Utah Trail' and tells how a guitar once saved his life.
• Doc Reardon Is Tried for Murder September 17, 1949 · CBS · 28 min
  Pat Buttram plans to open a store, and Gene tells about the time Doc Reardon was accused of manslaughter.
• Tracking Counterfeiters October 29, 1949 · CBS · 31 min
  Gene's story of tracking counterfeiters, with Pat Buttram and the King Sisters.

1950

• The Caleb Hooten Story September 30, 1950 · CBS · 27 min
  From New York City. A miner disappears and somebody else starts working his claim.

1951

• Cody Bennett Dams up Lake (First Song - Gimme That Old Time Religion) June 16, 1951 · 30 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
• Buck and Kate September 1, 1951 · 25 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.

1952

• 12th Anniversary Show (First Song - South) January 5, 1952 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• John Loves Martha (First Song - the Bells Are Ringing) November 15, 1952 · 23 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1953

• Double Poison First Song - Shes My Sunflower September 6, 1953 · 26 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists a broadcast on this date but gives no title.
• The Church in Willow Valley September 20, 1953 · CBS · 29 min
  Gene opens with 'Tweedle-O-Twill' and tells of a minister's son tempted by money.

1956

• Champion Saves Genes Life aka Ringo Mine January 29, 1956 · 24 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Last Show May 13, 1956 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
  The last show of the series after seventeen years. Gene isn't on it, and Merle Travis sings 'Sixteen Tons.'