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Howard Miller chats with singer Pat Boone on Miller's 15 minute CBS Radio network show of July 27, 1955. According to Billboard, Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Until the 2010s, Boone held the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Boone

Episode 2563 June 18, 1954. "A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo silver! The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering Hoofbeats of the great horse Silver ... the Lone Ranger rides again! "

The second episode of the Hopalong Cassidy radio series was released by Commodore syndication, the second week of January 1950. Hopalong Cassidy was already a hit on television when Mutual Broadcasting began airing the radio version. A short time later, it moved to CBS, where it aired until 1952. Set on the Bar-20 Ranch.   In this episode the local sheriff has become obsessed with the idea of making it rain in the desert. "Hoppy" decides to settle down in Eagle Nest Mountain but his pal California tries to persuade him to obtain one last reward. However, Hoppy is not interested until shots are fired at a young woman. Hoppy says they should talk with the sheriff of Eagle Nest.

Juan Morita, who has killed twelve, will not kill again...he says! Episode 17 aired on CBS Radio March 5, 1959. The radio show consisted of 106 episodes on the CBS Radio Network between November 23, 1958, and November 27, 1960. It was one of the last radio dramas featuring continuing characters and the only significant American radio adaptation of a television series. John Dehner (a regular on the radio series version of Gunsmoke) played Paladin, and Ben Wright usually (but not always) played Hey Boy. Virginia Gregg played Miss Wong, Hey Boy's girlfriend.

Fort Laramie's protectorate duties during the Black Hills gold rush emerged as her most visible success in 1876. Gold had been discovered in the Hills in 1874, and with its graceful three-span iron bridge over the North Platte River, Fort Laramie quickly became the most popular gateway to the new El Dorado. Episode 17 aired on CBS Radio May 20, 1956. By the mid-1950s when Fort Laramie began, most of the actors on the west coast were doing some television and movie work so the program was rehearsed and taped for transcription during the evening. Once a week the cast and crew gathered at CBS Studio One in Hollywood to tape the show. In 1956 this was the last radio production studio in use in California. The series debuted on January 22, 1956 with an episode entitled "Playing Indian."

Episode 27 aired February 8, 1948 on CBS Radio. Somewhere in the Appalachian mountains a strange old man is too friendly with the cottonmouths.  And a small-minded hillbilly who is afraid of snakes has a neighbor he calls the "snake doctor."  The old man has no fear of the snakes, as he uses them to create a snake oil to sell for healing remedies.  Starring William Conrad (Photo). Paul Frees plays the teen-age hillbilly son.

Based on the events of June 23, 1947. A convict escapes from a small jail. The manhunt is aided by the prisoner's white jail clothes and a small walkie-talkie. There is only one prisoner in the county jail. It is John Elliott Bascomb a notorious and dangerous gunman. In the anteroom connecting the jail with the sheriff’s office deputy George Keaton dozes snoring at the end of a long and up until now uneventful nights duty. Sheriff Grissel soon discovered the bodies of his night deputy and the courthouse janitor when he came in to his office at 8 o’clock. He immediately telephoned the Texas Rangers.

First episode in the syndicated series from Commodore Productions in Los Angeles. Starring William Boyd as Hoppy and Andy Clyde as California. Hoppy has summoned California to the Bar-20 Ranch. Hoppy has received a letter from an old friend who has been mining for gold up in the mountains. It seems he’s struck it rich but his partner has been murdered, and he now fears for the safety of his family. The only problem is the letter is not in Hoppy’s friend’s hand.

Episode 91 aired May 11, 1944 on CBS Radio. A teenage boy who seems to have disappeared after having a quarrel with a friend some three years earlier. He is believed to have been murdered by his friend but no hard evidence has ever been found. Comedian Eddie Bracken stars in this serious role. Edward Vincent Bracken (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken became a Hollywood comedy legend with lead performances in the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek both from 1944, both of which have been preserved by the National Film Registry. During this era, he also had success on Broadway, with performances in plays like Too Many Girls (1939). 

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