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Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy
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Radio

Hopalong Cassidy

Mutual

Mutual · 1941–1952

Broadcasts

135

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1941

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1941–1952
Surviving broadcasts
135
Genre
western

is a fictional cowboy-hero, created in 1904 by Clarence E. Mulford and appearing in a series of popular stories and later novels. Here the character appears as a rude, rough-talking 'galoot'. Beginning in 1935, the character, played by William Boyd was transformed into the clean-cut hero of a series of 66 immensely popular films, only a f

1952 · 11951 · 51950 · 51941 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Listenable · 6 of 45Rough but complete · 39 of 45

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: HopalongCassidy

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 dated broadcasts across 12 years on the air, with 8 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1941, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Audition Program · 11 Aug 1941
  2. 2. The Voice of the Dead · 26 Feb 1950
  3. 3. Bullots for Ballots · 30 Apr 1950
  • 01

    Audition Program

    11 Aug 1941 · 28 min

    Broadcast 11 August 1941. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    The Voice of the Dead

    26 Feb 1950 · 28 min

  • 03

    Bullots for Ballots

    30 Apr 1950 · 25 min

  • 04

    The Sundown Kid

    2 Jul 1950 · 26 min

  • 05

    The Secret of Martin Doon

    3 Sep 1950 · 24 min

  • 06

    Melody of Murder

    4 Nov 1950 · 24 min

  • 07

    Bad Medicine at Rimrock

    13 Jan 1951 · 25 min

  • 08

    The Land of the Gunhawks

    17 Mar 1951 · 24 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 17 March 1951. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Same night on the air

26 Feb 1950

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 26 Feb 1950.

Transmission

26 February

1950

Mr Malone

The Amazing Mr. Malone Appearances Can Be Deceiving

Network

ABC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 26 February 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Mr_Malone_SinglesCondition unmeasured

Transmission

26 February

1950

The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show

Phil Harris 50-02-26 (133) Wabash Avenue

Network

NBC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Harris_Faye_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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Mutual in 1941–1952

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