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The creators and actors of the radio series discuss the preparation, presentation and camaraderie of putting on one of radio's most popular and respected western series. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time."

Episode 70 aired May 26, 1937 on CBS Radio. Gang Busters was an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories ." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957.

Episode 37 aired on CBS Radio October 7, 1956. Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. Of those, more than 250 had begun their service as Union soldiers, were captured in battle, then enlisted in prison to join a regiment of the Confederate States Army. They surrendered to Union forces in December 1864 and were held by the United States as deserters, but were saved from prosecution by being enlisted in the 5th and 6th U.S. Volunteers. An additional 800 former Confederates served in volunteer regiments raised by the states, forming ten companies. Four of those companies saw combat in the Western Theater against the Confederate Army, two served on the western frontier, and one became an independent company of U.S. Volunteers, serving in Minnesota.

The creators and actors of the radio series discuss the preparation, presentation and camaraderie of putting on one of radio's most popular and respected western series. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time."

William Conrad stars in this drama from October 29, 1946. Episode 20 of Favorite Story. "The Phantom Rickshaw” appeared in Kipling’s 1888 collection The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales. “Rickshaw” takes place in British colonial India in  a town called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh (located in the northwest Himalayas, and served as the summer capital of the British Raj).

The creators and actors of the radio series discuss the preparation, presentation and camaraderie of putting on one of radio's most popular and respected western series. Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television. The radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. John Dunning wrote that among radio drama enthusiasts, "Gunsmoke is routinely placed among the best shows of any kind and any time."

Episode 90 aired on CBS Radio December 20, 1949. Starring Frank Lovejoy and his wife Joan Banks. 

From AFRTS, July 1964. The program opens with Strike Up the Band by George Gershwin (Photo). Also music by R. Strauss, Khachaturian and Bizet.

Episode 128 aired on NBC Radio November 22, 1951. Friday is assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, he must start from scratch to find her killer.

Light music is a less-serious form of Western classical music, which originated in the 18th and 19th centuries and continues today. Its heyday was in the mid‑20th century. The style is through-composed, usually shorter orchestral pieces and suites designed to appeal to a wider context and audience than more sophisticated forms such as the concerto, the symphony and the opera.