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Red Ryder

52 episodes · 1942–1948 · Blue Network, Mutual, Armed Forces Radio Service, Mutual-Don Lee · Westerns

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Red Ryder rode out of Fred Harman's 1938 comic strip and onto the Blue Network on February 3, 1942, three nights a week, with his young Navajo partner, Little Beaver. Later it was heard on Mutual and the Don Lee Network on the West Coast, sponsored by Langendorf Bread. Reed Hadley played Red from 1942 to 1944, then Carlton KaDell and Brooke Temple; Tommy Cook and Henry Blair were among the Little Beavers.

Sources: Red Ryder, Wikipedia

Episodes

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194237 episodes
  • Trouble on Shogono Trail February 7, 1942 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Trouble in Millersville, Part 1 February 10, 1942 · Blue Network · 27 min
    Part 1. After another robbery of the Bruce Freighting Company, Red stops a runaway team.
  • Trouble in Millersville, Part 2 February 12, 1942 · Blue Network · 28 min
    Part 2. Who is trying to ruin the freight company? The Millersville train is held up.
  • Trouble in Millersville, Part 3 February 14, 1942 · Blue Network · 31 min
    Part 3. Dynamite goes off on a freight wagon, with Red and Little Beaver on it.
  • Shooting at Paradise Plateau, Part 1 February 17, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Red finds a rancher shot nearly dead in his buckboard, gets him to a doctor, and takes on the schemer who wants their ranch.
  • Shooting at Paradise Plateau, Part 2 February 19, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The settlers meet over water rights, and Red barely survives a trip over the dam.
  • Shooting at Paradise Plateau, Part 3 February 21, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    The conclusion. Red, down with a fever, has to hide from his enemy, and a cigar butt at a burned-out ranch sets the valley free.
  • Hot Lead in Scorpion Gulch February 24, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    Ace Hanlon has Jane Bruce kidnapped, and Little Beaver tangles with a skunk.
  • The Range War February 26, 1942 · Blue Network · 27 min
    Sheepherders on the cattle range bring Devil's Hole to the edge of a range war.
  • Indians on the Warpath February 28, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    Ace Hanlon and old man Grant sell rifles and whiskey to the Indians.
  • Trouble at Bullion Bend March 3, 1942 · Blue Network · 28 min
    Red and Little Beaver help the owners of a stage line after a holdup at Bullion Bend.
  • Trouble at Iron Horse Junction March 5, 1942 · Blue Network · 26 min
    A rival railroad pays Ace Hanlon to stir up a buffalo stampede at Iron Horse Junction.
  • Terror in Pecos Valley March 7, 1942 · Blue Network · 27 min
    Red saves a herd from a cliff, and Ruth Rankin's ranch has had six 'accidents.'
  • Adventure in Dobie Town March 10, 1942 · Blue Network · 28 min
    Chasing Ace Hanlon, Red finds a plot to poison the water holes.
  • Casa Grande Valley March 12, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Trouble in Frying Pan Valley March 14, 1942 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Cherokee Strip March 17, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    An escaped prisoner heads for the lawless Cherokee Strip. Red and Little Beaver follow, and Red is framed for murder.
  • Back to Painted Valley March 19, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Sundown Valley March 21, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Sheriff of Painted Valley March 24, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Trouble in Pepperwood March 26, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Trouble in Devil's Hole March 28, 1942 · Blue Network · 26 min
    An editor challenges Ace Hanlon, who means to sabotage a new water tunnel.
  • Stoney Barton March 31, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Red's pal Stoney Barton is drawn toward a range war when his wife is shot.
  • The Bucktooth Canyon Dam April 2, 1942 · Blue Network · 26 min
    Heavy rains threaten a dam, and the water company won't open the floodgates.
  • Bank Robbery April 4, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    The Devil's Hole bank is robbed, and a mob wants to hang the banker.
  • Trouble in Roaring River April 7, 1942 · Blue Network · 26 min
    Red and Little Beaver ride to help Eli Corbin, who is shot as they arrive.
  • Trouble Along Brimstone Way April 9, 1942 · 26 min
  • Painted Valley Rustlers April 11, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    Someone is rustling the Duchess's cattle. Is her new foreman involved?
  • Chief Clearwater April 14, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Red stops a gang from rounding up a herd of wild horses.
  • Scarbone Clauson April 18, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The Devil's Hole bank is robbed again, by the worst outlaw since Billy the Kid.
  • Buckhorn Election April 21, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Election time in Buckhorn.
  • Devil's Circus April 23, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
    A circus comes to Devil's Hole and into trouble.
  • Tarantula Springs April 25, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Red saves the sheriff's son from hanging, and a pardoned outlaw is back.
  • Trouble in Shawnee April 30, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    The cousin of the Duchess's cook runs a restaurant in Shawnee and is being victimized.
  • Riata Springs May 2, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
    Someone has fenced off a pass, blocking Red's cattle drive.
  • Wildcat Wire May 16, 1942 · Blue Network · 26 min
    A young student of electricity fixes a cut telephone line with barbed wire and calls the cavalry.
  • Thundering Tumbleweeds May 18, 1942 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
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  • Flames of Hate March 19, 1946 · 28 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Treacherous Is the Wolf December 28, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
    $40,000 in stolen gold is hidden on Ghost Mountain.
19474 episodes
  • Pint-Sized Pinto February 11, 1947 · Mutual-Don Lee · 27 min
    Little Beaver's pony wins the rodeo, just when the Duchess needs money for an expensive rest cure. Brooke Temple is Red now.
  • The Badlands April 29, 1947 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Brandbuster May 17, 1947 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 28 min
    Red helps a girl save her ranch, though she doesn't want his help.
  • Tornado on the Trail June 12, 1947 · Mutual · 25 min
    Red and Little Beaver run into rustlers on the Chisholm Trail.
19483 episodes
  • Roar of the River April 20, 1948 · 22 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Rainmaker May 6, 1948 · Mutual · 30 min
    During a drought, a man tries to drive the Indians out of Tomahawk Valley.
  • Christmas Story December 23, 1948 · 24 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.