Originally broadcast on CBS, 5 March 1961. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1950–1962
- Surviving broadcasts
- 144
- Genre
- kids
""Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill. Pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snows, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions.
1962 · 81961 · 251960 · 12
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Listenable · 14 of 45Rough but complete · 31 of 45
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_Ranger_Bill_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
20 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 10 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 1960, in original transmission order.
- 1. Birthday Rescue aka Fallen Hunter · 17 Aug 1960
- 2. Cliff Rescue aka Clean Up Work aka Timmy Climbs Mount Evergreen · 26 Aug 1960
- 3. Ranger Bill ep090 The Foreman's Accident aka Trouble In Tunnel 13 · 16 Sep 1960
Ranger Bill ep123 The Fire Bomber's Pink Cloud
16 May 1962 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 16 May 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Fire Bug aka The Fisherman And The Firebug
9 May 1962 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 May 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Run Away aka The River Giant
25 Apr 1962 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 April 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Trestle Ice Jam
18 Apr 1962 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 April 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Forest Fire aka Hot Fire And Sowing Seeds
4 Apr 1962 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 April 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Ranger Bill ep117 Contentment In God's Will aka A Need For Excitement
13 Mar 1962 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 13 March 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Border Town aka Tongues Of Fire
1 Feb 1962 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 February 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Ranger Bill ep009 Henry's Bus Trip
10 Jan 1962 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 January 1962. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
5 Mar 1961
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Mar 1961.
Originally broadcast on CBS, 5 March 1961. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1950–1962
Other series the network carried while Ranger Bill was on the air.
Same seasons
kids on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
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Modern series carrying this form forward.
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