Episode 811, April 19, 1943. John Reid and Tonto barely survive a locomotive crash.

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The Little Orphan Archie/Late Night Lounge program ran for 54 episodes on 40+ terrestrial and Internet radio stations in 2005-2006. The music was jazz, blues, swing, country, pop and easy listening, spanning about an 80 year period. The programs contained audio from artists like Bob and  Ray, George Burns, Laurel and Hardy and our in-house news authority, Lennie the Cabbie. Thanks to Jason Remington for his talents and sending us the CD to present his efforts to listeners of RADIOthen.network. 

William Lawrence Boyd (June 5, 1895 – September 12, 1972)....

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 13 1972 (AP) —William Boyd, who rose to stardom as Hopalong Cassidy, died last night at a South Laguna Beach, Calif., hospital of complications from Parkinson's disease and congestive heart failure. He was 74 years old. 

A feud between newspaper writer named Matt Hardesty and a neighbor, Knute Damlon, almost leads to a fistfight. Hoppy shoots a gunfighter and apparently kills him! Hopalong Cassidy was a radio western series in the United States, featuring the character Hopalong Cassidy portrayed by William Boyd and created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. It was syndicated via electrical transcription, beginning in 1948 and continuing into 1950. Its network broadcasts began on Mutual January 1, 1950, and ended on CBS December 27, 1952.

Episode 9, aired February 9, 1951. Edward R. Murrow hosts an hour long program with highlights of the weeks news from CBS Radio News.

Episode 22 aired on CBS Radio April 19, 1959. Paladin is put in the middle of a land dispute between two different railroad companies in Colorado. A right-of-way dispute has turned a small town into a seething battleground for the two railroads. Can Paladin mediate this problem? 

Episode 48 aired on CBS Radio March 21, 1953. Jack Farah and his wife casually kill four men in Dodge and then leave town. Ken Creed is fast with a gun. He is a gunfighter who only kills to build up his reputation. Killing a simple farmer for self defense is nothing to make him proud but if he could kill a man as fast on the draw as Marshall Matt Dillon that would bolster his reputation. Creed spends his time in Dodge irritating Dillon. Expecting Matt to draw against him but Matt is not interested in making Creed feel like a big man.

Indian Agent Lack is expecting an uprising...and for a very good reason. Episode 29 aired on CBS Radio August 12, 1956. Raymond Burr as Captain Lee Quince.

John Todd was played by Wilms Herbert, Captain Brock was played by Jack Kruschen, and Tony Barrett played Ganson. Also appearing were Don Diamond and Paul McVeigh. Adventure, cruelty and cowardice. The destruction of a bully. Actor Wilms Herbert (Photo) was born May 2, 1908. His voice is well-known in shows like this episode of Escape, Philip Marlowe, and Night Beat. He also appeared as Sgt. Otis Ludlum on Richard Diamond, Private Detective and Anthony J. Lyon on Jeff Regan, Investigator.