Radio Drama · Old Time Radio Researchers · Westerns
Tales of the Texas Rangers
- Networks
- NBC (as its archives name them)
- Heard
- 1950–1953
- Episodes
- 119
Individual episodes from the OTRR Maintained set of the Tales of the Texas Rangers:
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TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS Patrick Andre From July 8, 1950 until September 14, 1952, Tales of the Texas Rangers was a western radio drama which ran on the NBC radio network. The show was modeled after the very successful Dragnet program of the time. Although setup as a western, the show was actually a police drama which used sophisticated scientific techniques to track down and apprehend the guilty party. Also, instead of setting the time frame in the 1800’s that was common for westerns at the time, the show dealt with modern crimes which occurred in Texas between 1928 to 1948. The Rangers were originally organized in 1823 by Stephen Austin to protect colonists living in the Spanish province. Now called The Texas Ranger Division and a part of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Rangers have maintained the same operational structure since 1935. Today, there are 150 commissioned officers and other employees that make up the division. The series was produced and directed by Stacy Keach Sr. He hired real life Texas Ranger Captain Manuel “Lone Wolf” Gonzaullas as the show’s advisor. Gonzaullas was able to provide realism and accuracy to the stories. Ninety-five episodes and one audition episode were created for the radio series. The audition episode starred Frank Martin, but the run featured the very popular actor Joel McCrea as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson. Each show followed the same…
Episodes, in broadcast order page 1 of 2
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The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.
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Tales of the Texas Rangers - Singles
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Tales Of The Texas Rangers
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Tales Of The Texas Rangers - 93 episodes of the Old Time Radio program
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1 more set holds only episodes played here from a set above.
A set by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (otrr.org), at the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio collection.
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