Completeist: The Golden Age of Radio

Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Golden Age of Radio - Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke was one of the best, if not the best, drama ever on radio. Its life on radio from 1952-1961 was during the last days of great radio dramas as television finally supplanted radio as the medium of choice for entertainment in US homes.

Thanks to Buck Benny and his wonderful podcast I bring you this episode from the first radio season of Gunsmoke.

A special treat for fans as it also has radio legend Paul Frees as a soldier headed for Fort Dodge. This was a reunion of sorts due to Frees and William Conrad being together in this episode, they were mainstays of the classic radio program Escape (1947-1954).

Gunsmoke
The Soldier
originally aired April 25th 1953
CBS Radio

1 comment:

Booksteve said...: One has to look at radio drama with different standards. Certainly SUSPENSE, X MINUS ONE and a few others are, to me, better than GUNSMOKE. That said, GUNSMOKE is arguably the more modern sounding and thus the "best" to modern ears.; April 25, 2013 at 10:07 AM