Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 June 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1951–1953
- Surviving broadcasts
- 74
- Genre
- adventure
production of Tarzan contains 75 episodes that were aired in 1951 and 1952. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group.
1953 · 21952 · 201951 · 23
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 5 of 45Rough but complete · 40 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_Tarzan_Singles_TLotJ
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
13 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1951
1952
1953
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1951, in original transmission order.
- 1. Trouble off San Lorenca · 26 Jul 1951
- 2. Curse of the Pharaohs · 2 Aug 1951
- 3. Headhunters of Yambesi · 9 Aug 1951
Two In The Bush
27 Jun 1953 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 June 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Night Riders of Tomkia
6 Jun 1953 · 21 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 6 June 1953. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Tarzan and the Long Journey
5 Jun 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 June 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The American Family Robinson
15 May 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 May 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
None So Blind
1 May 1952 · 50 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 May 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Mask of Monatiki
24 Apr 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Tarzan and the Hot Rod Kid
17 Apr 1952 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Tarzan and the Lypagor
10 Apr 1952 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 April 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
5 Jun 1952
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Jun 1952.
Originally broadcast on NBC, 5 June 1952. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1951–1953
Other series the network carried while Tarzan was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure 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
Working in the tradition of Tarzan
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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