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Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys
Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys
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Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys

Syndicated

Syndicated · 1940–1950

Broadcasts

98

Cadence

Seasonal

Rated

PG

Since

1940

The run

Network
Syndicated
Years active
1940–1950
Surviving broadcasts
98
Genre
western

PINTO PETE AND HIS RANCH BOYS The Old Time Radio Researchers are excited to bring to you these little-known country and western programs. Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys recorded 104 shows and Pinto Pete in Arizona an additional 78. References to the Ranch Boys are found as early as 1930, though they may have been on earlier. They broadcast over KTM those first few years, nearly every day and at various times. Jack Ross, a versatile actor and producer apparently served as Pinto Pete, with Joe "Curley" Bradley and Ken "Shorty" Carson rounding out the trio. All three had acted as stuntmen. They also appeared in a few movies, including It Happened One Night and In Old Monterey . The first recorded notice of the Pinto Pete and His Ranch Boys that researcher Ben Kibler was able to locate was a December 13, 1933 broadcast in Sandusky, Ohio. Mentions of the broadcast appeared through 1936. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Pinto_Pete_and_His_Ranch_Boys_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

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: OTRR_Pinto_Pete_and_His_Ranch_Boys_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 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

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. First Song - Ragtime Cowboy Joe · Date unknown
  2. 2. First Song - Utah Trail · Date unknown
  3. 3. First Song - Chime Bells · Date unknown
  • 01

    First Song - Ragtime Cowboy Joe

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 02

    First Song - Utah Trail

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 03

    First Song - Chime Bells

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 04

    First Song - When It's Harvest Time, My Sweet Angeline

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 05

    First Song - Grandfather's Clock

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 06

    First Song - An Old Lullaby

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 07

    First Song - I Get The Blues

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 08

    First Song - The Old Pine Tree

    Date unknown · 14 min

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