The show featuring the Lone Ranger and his horse Silver premiered on WXYZ radio in Detroit for the first time on Jan. 30, 1933. Known for his strict moral code, his crime-fighting ways and eventually ...

The Lone Ranger began as a radio show during the 1930s and 1940s before becoming a television series in 1949. The opening episode told the now familiar story of how the Lone Ranger got his name ...

The Lone Ranger” was first aired by WXYZ radio station in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 31, 1933.   Over the past 92 years, while opinions vary as to whether the leading character ...

Radio programs provided a source of inspiration, with heroes like the Lone Ranger and The Shadow getting embroiled in deadly capers. But they also promoted old-fashioned American family values and ...