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 ...

So died a rootin’, tootin’, shootin’, hell-for-leather buckaroo —radio’s Lone Ranger. As founder of ... then took up acting in tent shows throughout Michigan. He got a job with Detroit ...

Lone Ranger fans Anna and Frank Denton of Burien said Parker’s presentation brought back a lot of memories of all the radio shows they enjoyed throughout the ’30s and ’40s.

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 ...

Retired teacher Jeff Mason will be the guest speaker. He will discuss “The Lone Ranger” which began as a radio show more than 90 years ago in Buffalo.

and who listened to the 1949 radio show, know all this because that masked character went on to live in movies and television. The movies kept “masked men” alive, even though the Lone Ranger ...