The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1946–1948
- Surviving broadcasts
- 92
- Genre
- western
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
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
- 1. ep001 Miss East Goes West with Jean Rogers · 11 Aug 1946
- 2. ep012 At Sundown with Alan Lane · 27 Oct 1946
- 3. ep022 Streets of Laredo with Tex Ritter · 5 Jan 1947
ep001 Miss East Goes West with Jean Rogers
11 Aug 1946 · 28 min
Broadcast 11 August 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep012 At Sundown with Alan Lane
27 Oct 1946 · 29 min
Broadcast 27 October 1946. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep022 Streets of Laredo with Tex Ritter
5 Jan 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 5 January 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep030 New Mexico Badman with Red Barry
2 Mar 1947 · 29 min
Broadcast 2 March 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep038 The Lone Bandit with Jimmy Wakely
22 Apr 1947 · 30 min
Broadcast 22 April 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep047 Time to Ride
28 Jun 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 28 June 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep057 The Raisin Bee
6 Sep 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 6 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
ep067 One Mans Poison
15 Nov 1947 · 28 min
Broadcast 15 November 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1946–1948
Other series the network carried while All Star Western Theatre was on the air.
Same seasons
western on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The adult western
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
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