Mutual
Mutual · 1920–1951
Broadcasts
3267
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1920
The run
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo silver! With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States.
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
12 dated broadcasts across 32 years on the air, with 27 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1920, in original transmission order.
16 Nov 1920 · 29 min
Broadcast 16 November 1920. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
10 Sep 1925 · 29 min
Broadcast 10 September 1925. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
11 Dec 1928 · 29 min
Broadcast 11 December 1928. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
7 Feb 1938 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 7 February 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
11 Apr 1938 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 11 April 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
11 May 1938 · 29 min
Broadcast 11 May 1938. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
13 Jun 1938 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 13 June 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
22 Jul 1938 · 29 min
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 11 May 1938.
11 May
1938
NBC
Wednesday
30 min
Broadcast 11 May 1938. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Cavalcade_of_America_SinglesListenable · 48 kbps
11 May
1938
NBC
Wednesday
29 min
Originally broadcast on NBC, 11 May 1938.
Internet ArchiveLightsOutoldTimeRadioRough but complete · 16 kbps
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