From Bob Dearborn's The Olde Disc Jockey's Almanac, this little tidbit from 80 years ago today...
January 30, 1933…"The Lone Ranger" debuted on WXYZ Radio in Detroit. Next it was heard on the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network; and finally on NBC's Blue Network, which became ABC. The last of its 2,956 original episodes was broadcast September 3, 1954. Transcribed repeats of the 1952–53 episodes continued on ABC until June 24, 1955, and then selected repeats appeared on NBC from September 1955 until May 25, 1956, giving the radio series a total run of more than 23 years.
I always loved the Lone Ranger television show (which obviously was inspired by the radio show). When I was a kid, WGN showed it every Sunday morning (along with the Cisco Kid). I even bought a Lone Ranger DVD box-set for my son Johnny when he was little (he loved cowboys), and he liked it too. Not sure why, exactly. It's unbelievalby corny. I think part of its appeal was this totally cool opening sequence...
