Syndicated (transcription)
Syndicated (transcription) · 1946–1948
190 EpisodesSeasonalPGSince 1946
The run
The All Star Western Theatre graced the airwaves in the mid-1940's and was made up of a variety of different shows. The shows delivered riotous laughs and down-to-earth humor that was a pleasant alternative to other heavier and intense programs. The music of these old radio shows was done by a group called "The Riders of the Purple Sage," and was fronted by Foy Willing. Enjoy a rootin' tootin' hoe-down with the best of the West and download All Star Western Theatre today! Of the 78 episodes produced, Otter lists 66 that are in circulation today. So sit back, relax, and enjoy some well produced radio from…
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 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
11 Aug 1946 · 28 min
Broadcast 11 August 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
20 Oct 1946 · 30 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_All_Star_Western_Theatre_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
15 Dec 1946 · 30 min
Broadcast 15 December 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
9 Feb 1947 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_All_Star_Western_Theatre_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
30 Mar 1947 · 30 min
Broadcast 30 March 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
24 May 1947 · 29 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_All_Star_Western_Theatre_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
12 Jul 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 12 July 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
13 Sep 1947 · 28 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_All_Star_Western_Theatre_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 9 Feb 1947.
9 Feb 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on AFRS, 9 February 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 February 1947. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated (transcription)
Other series the network carried while All Star Western Theatre was on the air.
Same seasons
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Gunsmoke was sold as the first adult western: moral ambiguity, weather, silence. Serialised folk horror and long-form fiction inherited its patience.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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