F R O N T I E R T O W N
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1952 - 1953
First Show: Sep 26, 1952 Last Show: Aug 14, 1953
Number Shows: 47 Audition Show: none known
Series Description:
FRONTIER TOWN was a syndicated Western that aired on CBS stations and
ran through the 1952-1953 season. It was syndicated by Broadcasters
Program Syndicate / Bruce Eells and Associates syndication. The main
character, Chad Remington, a two fisted lawyer in the town of Dos
Rios, was played by Jeff Chandler who was billed as "Tex" Chandler.
He had a sidekick, Cherokee O'Bannon, played by Wade Crosby, who
spoke in a W. C. Fields dialect. Mr. Chandler remained in the lead
role for the first 23 shows and was replaced by Reed Hadley who
played Remington until the end of the series. Bill Forman was the
announcer for the series.
This is an action series, directed toward juvenile listener, more
in the spirit of THE LONE RANGER or WILD BILL HICKOK than the adult
westerns that became popular in the 1950's.
Log Comments:
There was a lot of title variation from source to source. This was
mainly due to the fact that titles were not given at the start of the
shows. The most common found is shown first with others listed
below the main title.
Some catalogs listed show titles without broadcast dates or episode
numbers. Those that could not be identified as alternate titles
are listed after the last show.
Chronological Log:
Date Day Num Title
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Sep 26, 1952 Fri 1 "Chan Returns Home"
AKA: "Return To Dos Rios"
"Chad Remington Returns"
"Chad's Father Is Killed"
Oct 03, 1952 Fri 2 "Chad Versus Harry Cummings"
AKA: "His Name Is John Smith"
"Bank Held Up By John Smith"
"Cherokee Captures A Bank Robber"
"Senator Dunston"
"Harry Cummings Story"
"Quade Dunsten, State Senator"
Oct 10, 1952 Fri 3 "Carne, Claim Jumper"
AKA: "Rocky Carew, Claim Jumper"
"Todd Ford"
"The Big Strike"
Oct 17, 1952 Fri 4 "Marie"
AKA: "Marie Hoxey"
"Gold Mine Map"
"Lost Continent Mine Map"
"Marie Hocksee And The Lost Continent
Mine Map"
Oct 24, 1952 Fri 5 "The Poisoned Waterhole"
AKA: "Lefty Slaughter"
"Lefty Slaughter Poisons Waterholes"
Oct 31, 1952 Fri 6 "Confidence Man"
AKA: "Emily Bracket"
"Turkey Hunt"
"Tim Brackett Needs Money"
Nov 07, 1952 Fri 7 "The Seminole Strip"
AKA: "King Carson Of Seminole Strip"
Nov 14, 1952 Fri 8 "The Mexican Dialect"
AKA: "The Chavez Family"
"Chavez Land Grant"
"Navajo Pass Blockade"
Nov 21, 1952 Fri 9 "Badman Laredo and The Land Rush"
AKA: "The Opening of the Tioga Reserve"
"Tioga Land Rush"
"Land Rush"
"Laredo Jake"
Nov 28, 1952 Fri 10 "The Gambler, The Mayor, and High Taxes"
AKA: "Death and Taxes"
"High Taxes"
"The Tax Collector"
"Tax Collector of Medicine Creek"
"Crooked Mayor Of Medicine Creek"
Dec 05, 1952 Fri 11 "Sixgun Justice"
AKA: "Sixgun Lawyer"
"Judge Pegleg Cooper"
Dec 12, 1952 Fri 12 "Return of the Badmen"
Dec 19, 1952 Fri 13 "The Valley of the Lawless Men"
Dec 26, 1952 Fri 14 "The Guns of Wrath"
Jan 02, 1953 Fri 15 "Her Name is Burbon Kate"
AKA: "Burbon Kate"
Jan 09, 1953 Fri 16 "Trouble Is His Target"
AKA: "The Railroad, Dam and The Water Works
or Where's Lulu"
Jan 16, 1953 Fri 17 "Land Grab"
Jan 23, 1953 Fri 18 "The Jailbird Rangers"
Jan 30, 1953 Fri 19 "Five Gun Final"
Feb 06, 1953 Fri 20 "Valley of the Varments"
Feb 13, 1953 Fri 21 "All Trails Lead To Trouble"
Feb 20, 1953 Fri 22 "Forest Fire"
Feb 27, 1953 Fri 23 "Thunder Over Texas" (last Chandler show)
Mar 06, 1953 Fri 24 "Gun Trouble Valley" (first Hadley show)
Mar 13, 1953 Fri 25 "Branding The Badlands"
Mar 20, 1953 Fri 26 "South Of Santa Fe"
Mar 27, 1953 Fri 27 "Maverick Town"
Apr 03, 1953 Fri 28 "The Coach Arrived Missing"
Apr 10, 1953 Fri 29 "Western Empire"
Apr 17, 1953 Fri 30 "Sixgun Lawyer"
Apr 24, 1953 Fri 31 "Sundown Valley"
May 01, 1953 Fri 32 "The Glory Trail"
May 08, 1953 Fri 33 "Trouble Rides The Rails"
May 15, 1953 Fri 34 "Open Range"
May 22, 1953 Fri 35 "The Chase"
May 29, 1953 Fri 36 "Bullets For Boot Hill"
Jun 05, 1953 Fri 37 "On The Prod"
AKA: "On The Prowl"
Jun 12, 1953 Fri 38 "The Trail Drive"
Jun 19, 1953 Fri 39 "Fort Disaster"
Jun 26, 1953 Fri 40 "End Of The Trail"
Jul 03, 1953 Fri 41 "Canyon Of The Wanted Men"
Jul 10, 1953 Fri 42 "Days Of The Road Agent"
Jul 17, 1953 Fri 43 "Stampede"
Jul 24, 1953 Fri 44 "The Badlands"
Jul 31, 1953 Fri 45 "Boom Town"
Aug 07, 1953 Fri 46 "Where Men Are Men"
Aug 14, 1953 Fri 47 "Lady Luck" (last show)
..... date and episode number not known .....
"Burnside Brothers Argue Over
The County Seat" (Jeff Chandler)
"Argument Over the County
Seat" (Jeff Chandler)
"Slaughter's Plan" (Jeff Chandler)
"Blackjack Turner" (Reed Hadley)
"Bonanza City" (Reed Hadley)
"Chicago Eddie Soolen" (Reed Hadley)
"Floyd Hunsacker" (Reed Hadley)
"Judy McGovern and Slash
Stones" (Reed Hadley)
"Packrat Scott Biggings" (Reed Hadley)
"Pecos Raughly Gang" (Reed Hadley)
"Phil Hardwell" (Reed Hadley)
"The Wounded Prospector"
Alphabetical Listing:
Title Date Num
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All Trails Lead To Trouble 53-02-13 21
Argument Over the County Seat unknown ??
Badlands, The 53-07-24 44
Badman Laredo and The Land Rush 52-11-21 9
Bank Held Up By John Smith 52-10-03 2
Big Strike, The 52-10-10 3
Blackjack Turner unknown ??
Bonanza City unknown ??
Boom Town 53-07-31 45
Branding The Badlands 53-03-13 25
Bullets For Boot Hill 53-05-29 36
Burbon Kate 53-01-02 15
Burnside Brothers Argue Over The County Seat unknown ??
Canyon Of The Wanted Men 53-07-03 41
Carne, Claim Jumper 52-10-10 3
Chad's Father Is Killed 52-09-26 1
Chad Remington Returns 52-09-26 1
Chad Versus Harry Cummings 52-10-03 2
Chan Returns Home 52-09-26 1
Chase, The 53-05-22 35
Chavez Family, The 52-11-14 8
Chavez Land Grant 52-11-14 8
Cherokee Captures A Bank Robber 52-10-03 2
Chicago Eddie Soolen unknown ??
Coach Arrived Missing, The 53-04-03 28
Confidence Man 52-10-31 6
Crooked Mayor Of Medicine Creek 52-11-28 10
Days Of The Road Agent 53-07-10 42
Death and Taxes 52-11-28 10
Emily Bracket 52-10-31 6
End Of The Trail 53-06-26 40
Five Gun Final 53-01-30 19
Floyd Hunsacker unknown ??
Forest Fire 53-02-20 22
Fort Disaster 53-06-19 39
Gambler, The Mayor, and High Taxes, The 52-11-28 10
Glory Trail, The 53-05-01 32
Gold Mine Map 52-10-17 4
Gun Trouble Valley 53-03-06 24
Guns of Wrath, The 52-12-26 14
Harry Cummings Story 52-10-03 2
Her Name is Burbon Kate 53-01-02 15
High Taxes 52-11-28 10
His Name Is John Smith 52-10-03 2
Jailbird Rangers, The 53-01-23 18
Judge Pegleg Cooper 52-12-05 11
Judy McGovern and Slash Stones unknown ??
King Carson Of Seminole Strip 52-11-07 7
Lady Luck 53-08-14 47
Land Grab 53-01-16 17
Land Rush 52-11-21 9
Laredo Jake 52-11-21 9
Lefty Slaughter 52-10-24 5
Lefty Slaughter Poisons Waterholes 52-10-24 5
Lost Continent Mine Map 52-10-17 4
Marie 52-10-17 4
Marie Hocksee And The Lost Continent Mine Map 52-10-17 4
Marie Hoxey 52-10-17 4
Maverick Town 53-03-27 27
Mexican Dialect, The 52-11-14 8
Navajo Pass Blockade 52-11-14 8
On The Prod 53-06-05 37
On The Prowl 53-06-05 37
Open Range 53-05-15 34
Opening of the Tioga Reserve, The 52-11-21 9
Packrat Scott Biggings unknown ??
Pecos Raughly Gang unknown ??
Phil Hardwell unknown ??
Poisoned Waterhole, The 52-10-24 5
Quade Dunsten, State Senator 52-10-03 2
Railroad, Dam and The Water Works or Where's Lulu, The 53-01-09 16
Return of the Badmen 52-12-12 12
Return To Dos Rios 52-09-26 1
Rocky Carew, Claim Jumper 52-10-10 3
Seminole Strip, The 52-11-07 7
Senator Dunston 52-10-03 2
Sixgun Justice 52-12-05 11
Sixgun Lawyer 52-12-05 11
Sixgun Lawyer 53-04-17 30
Slaughter's Plan unknown ??
South Of Santa Fe 53-03-20 26
Stampede 53-07-17 43
Sundown Valley 53-04-24 31
Tax Collector of Medicine Creek 52-11-28 10
Tax Collector, The 52-11-28 10
Thunder Over Texas 53-02-27 23
Tim Brackett Needs Money 52-10-31 6
Tioga Land Rush 52-11-21 9
Todd Ford 52-10-10 3
Trail Drive, The 53-06-12 38
Trouble Is His Target 53-01-09 16
Trouble Rides The Rails 53-05-08 33
Turkey Hunt 52-10-31 6
Valley of the Lawless Men, The 52-12-19 13
Valley of the Varments 53-02-06 20
Western Empire 53-04-10 29
Where Men Are Men 53-08-07 46
Wounded Prospector, The unknown ??
References:
* "The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide To All
Circulating Shows", by Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514
* OTR club and vendor catalogs or web sites:
* Crabapple Sound, Henry Hinkel, 254 Florida Ave., Amsterdam, NY
12010
* Memories Of Radio, Dick Judge, PO Box 67800, Rochester NY 14617
* North American Radio Archives, 134 Vincewood Dr., Nicolasville,
KY 40356
* Radio Historical Association of Colorado, PO Box 1908,
Englewood, CO 80150
* Radio Memories, Ted Davenport, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little
Rock, AR 72116
* Radio Showcase, Steve Kelez, PO Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
* Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And
Comedy, PO Box 7177, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7177
Reader Feedback:
* Dick Judge identified some titles without date or episode number.
* Joseph Russell sent some additional titles.
Other Logs or Books:
* FRONTIER TOWN log, Jerry Haendiges Productions, 13808 Sunset Dr.,
Whittier, CA 90602 (http://www.otrsite.com)
* FRONTIER TOWN log, Audio Classics Archive, Terry Salomonson, P.O.
Box 347, Howell, MI 48844-0347 (http://www.audio-classics.com)
Last Update: May 20, 2004
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