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The Roy Rogers Show
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Radio

The Roy Rogers Show

Mutual

Mutual · 1945–1955

Broadcasts

259

Cadence

Fortnightly

Rated

PG

Since

1945

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1945–1955
Surviving broadcasts
259
Genre
western

Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger, and his German shepherd Bullet were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television from 1951 through 1964.

1954 · 11953 · 21952 · 51951 · 21948 · 11945 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Rough but complete · 45 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: The_Roy_Rogers_Show

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 5 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 1945, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Roy Rogers Guest Sarah Berner · 23 Jan 1945
  2. 2. Roy Rogers The Horse Thieves of Paradise Valley · 5 Sep 1948
  3. 3. Roy Rogers Ed Bailey's Bad Luck · 12 Oct 1951
  • 01

    Roy Rogers Guest Sarah Berner

    23 Jan 1945 · 30 min

  • 02

    Roy Rogers The Horse Thieves of Paradise Valley

    5 Sep 1948 · 28 min

    Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    Roy Rogers Ed Bailey's Bad Luck

    12 Oct 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 12 October 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    Roy Rogers 198 The Map

    30 Nov 1951 · 29 min

  • 05

    Roy Rogers 204 Cattle Swindle

    11 Jan 1952 · 30 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 11 January 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 06

    Roy Rogers Ride for Life

    22 Feb 1952 · 30 min

    Broadcast 22 February 1952. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 07

    Roy Rogers 217 Rene Eigan Case

    11 Apr 1952 · 30 min

    Originally broadcast on Mutual, 11 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

  • 08

    Roy Rogers Fred Apt Wants to Buy a Ranch

    9 Oct 1952 · 25 min

    Broadcast 9 October 1952. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Same night on the air

5 Sep 1948

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Sep 1948.

Transmission

5 September

1948

The Author Meets the Critics

Gertrude Stein

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948.

Internet ArchiveThe-Author-Meets-the-CriticsListenable · 64 kbps

Transmission

5 September

1948

Nick Carter, Master Detective

The Case of the Quiet Roommate

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

26 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Nick_Carter_Master_Detective_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps

Transmission

5 September

1948

Box 13

Box 13 48-09-05 ep03 Suzi Quits Paper To Work For Dan

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

26 min

Broadcast on Mutual.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Box_13_SinglesCondition unmeasured

Transmission

5 September

1948

Under Arrest

Max Kemp

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Under_Arrest_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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