Golden Radio Hour Collection

Old Time Radio Western Shows

Western radio covered a much wider range than simple cowboy adventure. Golden Radio Hour includes adult dramas such as Gunsmoke and Fort Laramie, roaming gunfighters, Texas lawmen, frontier correspondents, family Westerns and long-running heroes such as The Lone Ranger.

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Billy the Kid

Gunsmoke · April 26, 1952

After a bank robber is murdered, Matt investigates the killing and discovers that the real danger comes from someone determined to build a deadly reputation.

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Xmas Comes to Sandy

The Lone Ranger · December 24, 1948

At Christmas, a poor mining-company cashier is framed for robbery, leaving the Lone Ranger to clear the innocent man and restore hope to his family.

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Playing Indian

Fort Laramie · January 22, 1956

Quince discovers white men posing as Arapaho raiders and sets a trap to expose the deadly scheme.

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The Shelton Brothers

Frontier Gentleman · February 2, 1958

London Times correspondent J. B. Kendall arrives in the small town of South Sunday and becomes involved with the violent Shelton brothers, eventually taking on the gang whose…

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The White Elephant

Tales of the Texas Rangers · July 15, 1950

A roadside murder leads Ranger Jace Pearson to a criminal operation concealed inside an apparently abandoned motel.

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Old Time Radio Western Shows

The collection keeps those different styles together at the broad level so listeners can start with the Western mood they want and then move into individual program guides.

A later Adult Western collection can give the more mature, character-driven programs their own search-focused page without weakening this broader destination.

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Programs in This Collection

12 programs