CBS
CBS · 1940–1956
Broadcasts
75
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
MELODY RANCH "Hard-riding, sweet-singing, cowboy picture star Gene Autry" was heard each Sunday evening on radios across America via CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Gene's Melody Ranch radio show aired for an unprecedented 16 years (between 1940 and 1956), featuring songs, comedy and action filled drama. Throughout the run, the show's sponsor was cool, refreshing Doublemint Gum. OTRR Certification Information: Series Name: Melody Ranch Certification Status: OTRR Certified Accurate Certification Date: September 14, 2011 Certification Version: Version 1 Number of CDs: 2 From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Note"…
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
12 dated broadcasts across 17 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
Restored broadcasts from 1940, in original transmission order.
4 Jan 1940 · 12 min
Broadcast 4 January 1940. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
29 Jun 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 29 June 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
21 Dec 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 21 December 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
19 Sep 1948 · 28 min
Broadcast 19 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
20 Aug 1949 · 30 min
Broadcast 20 August 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
17 Sep 1949 · 27 min
Broadcast 17 September 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
29 Oct 1949 · 30 min
Broadcast 29 October 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
30 Sep 1950 · 27 min
Broadcast 30 September 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 21 Dec 1947.
21 December
1947
NBC / CBS
Sunday
59 min
Ford Theater began on NBC in October 1947 with an hour-long adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, moving to CBS in 1948 under producer Fletcher Markle.
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21 December
1947
Mutual
Sunday
25 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 21 December 1947. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
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