The Lone Ranger!” Shortly after the show premiered, writers realized they needed a second character, said Larry Zdeb, a radio historian in Troy, Michigan. The ranger’s sidekick, Tonto, appeared on ...

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 ...

The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Pictures movie serial based on The Lone Ranger radio program. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth Western (a third of ...

As Avi Santos has written, over 10 million people a week listened to the Lone Ranger radio show, while nearly 100 million readers a week devoured the Lone Ranger newspaper comic strip. Cowboy fan ...