Challenge of the Yukon
Mutual
Mutual · 1943–1955
Broadcasts
661
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1943
The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1943–1955
- Surviving broadcasts
- 661
- Genre
- adventure
Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running radio series that began on Detroit's station WXYZ (as had The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet ), and an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
8 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 10 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
- 1. COTY Meeting the Terms of a Contract · 15 Jul 1943
- 2. COTY Race to Twenty Mile · 9 May 1949
- 3. One Man's Meat · 29 Jan 1952
- 01
COTY Meeting the Terms of a Contract
15 Jul 1943 · 14 min
Broadcast 15 July 1943. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
COTY Race to Twenty Mile
9 May 1949 · 29 min
Broadcast 9 May 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
One Man's Meat
29 Jan 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 29 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 04
Bread upon the Waters
12 Feb 1952 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 12 February 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 05
The Missing Heir
26 Feb 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 26 February 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 06
The Burial Totem Case
11 Mar 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 11 March 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 07
The Boy from Seattle
25 Mar 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 25 March 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 08
Arctic Odyssey
8 Apr 1952 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 8 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
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