Radio Favorites – Volume Two was issued as a six-cassette set in 1991 by Radio Spirits. The one Jimmy Stewart show which was included in the set was found on the A-side of cassette 6: Titled Sheriff Ponset, but more commonly known as The New Sheriff, it had been originally broadcast on June 10, 1954…
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The Six Shooter – The New Sheriff
The New Sheriff was broadcast on June 10, 1954. This episode is also known as Write-In Candidate, Virtue City Election, The Election and Sheriff Ponset. This very brief preview appeared in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars for this episode were Carleton Young as the hotel clerk, Dal McKennon as Doc Cross, Paul…
The Six Shooter – Silver Threads
Broadcast on June 3, 1954, the title of this show is also sometimes given as Silver Threads Among the Gold or Song and Supper. As you know if you’ve been listening to the previous episodes, The Six Shooter was also being broadcast by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) to our troops overseas. So, for…
Radio’s Greatest Westerns
Radio’s Greatest Westerns was a 5-CD set issued in1992 by Prime Time Nostalgia (PTN-728). It featured shows from five radio programs – Gunsmoke starring William Conrad, Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr, Hopalong Cassidy starring William Boyd, The Cisco Kid Starring Jack Mather and The Six Shooter starring Jimmy Stewart. All five of the leading men…
The Six Shooter – Blood Relations (May 27, 1954)
The title is given at the break between acts one and two as Blood Relations. However, it is also sometimes known as Bad Blood. In The Independent Record, Helena, MT, the show was advertised as a part of an ad for two radio stations – KXLJ and KCAP. The co-stars of this show were Barbara…
Six Shooter – Audio File
This 2-cassette, four show set was issued by Audio File of Glenview, IL. The four shows included are: Jenny (as Jenny Garver) Sheriff Billy (as The New Sheriff) Duel at Lockwood (as The Young Gunslinger) The Shooting of Wyatt King (as The Wyoming Kid)…
The Six Shooter – The Shooting of Wyatt King
Broadcast on May 20, 1954, this show is also known by the titles The Wyoming Kid, Reluctant Hero and Wyatt King. A display ad for the program appeared in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, NY. These two previews appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, and the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ. Stewart’s co-stars were Bill…
James Stewart Stars as…The Six Shooter 1
We Americans are not the only ones obsessed with Jimmy Stewart’s radio career. The British also issued a series of cassettes featuring shows from The Six Shooter series. The first of these was issued in 1996 by Hodder Headline Audiobooks (HH350). This was a 2-cassette set, packaged differently than most U.S. sets. The plastic case…
The Six Shooter – The Double Seven
The Double Seven, also known as Ranchers vs. Sodbusters and Half-Way Creek, was broadcast on May 13, 1954. A short preview of the show was published in the Oakland Tribute, Oakland, CA, on the day of the broadcast. Joining Stewart in the cast were Lamont Johnson as Clint Sutton, Gerald Mohr as Gid Babscomb, Bob…
The Six Shooter – Anna Nordquist
Broadcast on May 6, 1954, Anna Nordquist is given as the title as the second act is introduced. Despite this, other titles, including Mail Order Bride, Swedish Bride and The Accused, are sometimes used as titles for this program. A short preview of the show appeared in the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, AZ, on the…
