Radio Memories

CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON


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     This drama program was first heard over the MUTUAL network as a once a week 15 minute program beginning on 02/03/38.  After 484 broadcasts, the program switch to the 30 minute format on 06/12/47 and moved to the ABC network and at the same time picked up sponsorship from Quaker.  Starting on 09/06/48, the series was heard three times a week.  For three months, beginning on 06/15/49, it again was heard once a week, and the moved back to three times a week for the next three months.  The series moved back to MUTUAL beginning on 01/02/50, three times a week.  This progam became a favorite across the country, Sgt. Preston was last heard on 06/09/55 with broadcast #1260.
 
The following programs are each 15 minutes in length, and stars Paul Sutton.
 
C02053 07/17/43 # 285 Meeting The Terms Of A Contract
              07/24/43 # 286 Till A Man's Proved Dead
              07/31/43 # 287 A Swindler Swindled
              08/07/43 # 288 (MISSING) Dealing In Death
 
C02054 08/14/43 # 289 A Footprint In Leather
              08/21/43 # 290 Caught By A Button
              08/28/43 # 291 The Last Days Of A Freight Line
              09/04/43 # 292 (MISSING) When The Law Helps An Orphan
 
C02055 09/11/43 # 293 A Swill O' Gunpowder
              09/18/43 # 294 King's Ransom
              09/25/43 # 295 Murder On Train Time
              10/02/43 # 296 A Previewed Confession
 
C02056 10/09/43 # 297 Attempted Manslaughter
              10/16/43 # 298 Lantern Rock
              10/23/43 # 299 The Ring On His Finger
              10/30/43 # 300 The Tell-Tale Bullet
 
C02057 11/06/43 # 301 A Date To Remember
              11/13/43 # 302 Belated Revenge
              11/20/43 # 303 Return To The Crime
              11/27/43 # 304 King Spots Murder
 
C02058 12/04/43 # 305 Self Defense Or Murder
              12/11/43 # 306 By Hook Or By Crook
              12/18/43 # 307 The Eleventh Hour
              12/25/43 # 308 Murder In ABC's
 
C02059 01/01/44 # 309 No Escape For A Murderer
              01/08/44 # 310 Revenge In The Yukon
              01/15/44 # 311 Forgery And Murder
              01/22/44 # 312 Macbeth's Bloody Knife
 
C02060 01/29/44 # 313 Wolf Pack
              02/05/44 # 314 Cabin On The Trail
              02/12/44 # 315 Lady Luck Claim
              02/19/44 # 316 As A Man Thinketh
 
C02061 02/26/44 # 317 The Hannagan Brothers
              03/04/44 # 318 The Great Dog King
              03/11/44 # 319 The Vallera Diamond
              03/18/44 # 320 (MISSING) Paul Matthews
 
C02062 03/25/44 # 321 King Meets Soapy Smith
              04/01/44 # 322 A Pack Of Bacon
              04/08/44 # 323 Edward Carson
              04/15/44 # 324 The Plaid Coat
 
C02063 04/22/44 # 325 Belle Brady's Gesture
              04/29/44 # 326 Preston's Right Hand Man
              05/06/44 # 327 A Woman Scorned
              05/13/44 # 328 Outlaw Dog
 
C02064 05/20/44 # 329 The Outlaw's Nemesis
              05/27/44 # 330 The Idol
              06/03/44 # 331 A Joke Led To The Gallows
              06/10/44 # 332 Reverend Jim
 
C02065 06/17/44 # 333 The Man From Missouri
              06/24/44 # 334 Design For Murder
              07/01/44 # 335 The Duke Bows To A King
              07/08/44 # 336 Unscheduled Escape
 
C02382 07/15/44 # 337 The Lady's Locket
              07/22/44 # 338 Lucky Walters
              07/29/44 # 339 Of Dogs & Horses
              08/05/44 # 340 Maintiens Le Droit
 
C02383 08/12/44 # 341 The Plan That Failed
              08/19/44 # 342 King Breaks The Wheel Of Fortune
              08/26/44 # 343 A Rendezvous
              09/02/44 # 344 Smokey
 
C02384 09/09/44 # 345 A Frame-Up That Failed
              09/16/44 # 346 Death And The Flickering Eye
              09/23/44 # 347 A Masquerade
              09/30/44 # 348 Eyes For The Blind
 
C02385 10/07/44 # 349 (MISSING) A Wrong Righted
              10/14/44 # 350 King Saves The Day
              10/21/44 # 351 Suzanne Verrill
              10/28/44 # 352 Case History Of A Mountie
 
C02386 11/04/44 # 353 Seahorse City's Editor
              11/11/44 # 354 King Found The Clue
              11/18/44 # 355 Florabelle's Adventure
              11/25/44 # 356 Paula Buchanan
 
C02387 12/02/44 # 357 King Meets A Grizzley
              12/09/44 # 358 Trial By Fire
              12/16/44 # 359 One Went To The Gallows
              12/23/44 # 360 How Connelly Paid The Law
 
C02388 12/30/44 # 361 Preston's Dilemma
              01/06/45 # 362 Trap For A Mountie
              01/13/45 # 363 Man-Hunt
              01/20/45 # 364 Murder On The Trail
 
C02389 01/27/45 # 365 The Fugitives
              02/03/45 # 366 King Led The Way
              02/06/45 # 367 An Unlucky Gambler
              02/13/45 # 368 Guilty By Proxy
 
C02390 02/20/45 # 369 Wilderness Girl
              02/27/45 # 370 Glynns Canyon
              03/06/45 # 371 Trail Scent
              03/13/45 # 372 The Dog-Head Nugget
 
C02391 03/20/45 # 373 Silver Point Renegades
              03/27/45 # 374 Landslide
              04/03/45 # 375 Blizzard In The Yukon
              04/10/45 # 376 Back Door Of The Mountain
 
C02392 04/24/45 # 377 Her Weight In Gold
              05/01/45 # 378 Spawn Of The North
              05/08/45 # 379 The Dog Team Race
              05/15/45 # 380 God Of The Mountain
 
C02393 05/22/45 # 381 A Boy And A Dog
              05/29/45 # 382 Ambush
              06/05/45 # 383 Trap Robber
              06/12/45 # 384 Medicine Man
 
C02394 06/19/45 # 385 Thunder
              06/26/45 # 386 Recovered Claim
              07/03/45 # 387 Old Tom
              07/10/45 # 388 The Brass Button
 
C02395 07/17/45 # 389 Escape
              07/24/45 # 390 Skipper
              07/31/45 # 391 The Chase
              08/07/45 # 392 The Map
 
C02396 08/14/45 # 393 Arctic Chase
              08/21/45 # 394 Maw Baker's Pies
              08/28/45 # 395 Magnamimous Ghost
              09/04/45 # 396 Bear Trap
 
C02397 09/11/45 # 397 Alibi
              09/18/45 # 398 Big Bill
              09/25/45 # 399 The Red Mitten
              10/02/45 # 400 Chechako
 
C02398 10/09/45 # 401 The Black Bear
              10/16/45 # 402 Scorpion Sam's Gold
              10/23/45 # 403 Dynamite Provides
              10/30/45 # 404 The Trail
 
C02399 11/06/45 # 405 The Last Laugh
              11/13/45 # 406 The Irish Wolf Hound
              11/20/45 # 407 Father Donovan
              11/27/45 # 408 Long Fall Canyon
 
C02400 12/04/45 # 409 The Bonanza Belle
              12/11/45 # 410 The Dachshund
              12/18/45 # 411 Christmas Present
              12/29/45 # 412 New Year's Eve
 
C02401 01/05/46 # 413 The Grave Robbers
              01/10/46 # 414 The Mail Team
              01/17/46 # 415 Preston Takes Over
              01/24/46 # 416 Jane Gets Her Man
 
C02402 01/31/46 # 417 The Blind Man
              02/14/46 # 418 The Cure
              02/21/46 # 419 Mabel
              02/28/46 # 420 The Shamaness
 
C02403 03/07/46 # 421 Mad Wolf
              03/14/46 # 422 The Bully
              03/21/46 # 423 Hold Up
              03/28/46 # 424 The Rivals
 
C02404 04/04/46 # 425 The Return Of Pete Hunt
              04/11/46 # 426 Ned's Wife
              04/18/46 # 427 Rex
              04/25/46 # 428 Torn Parka
 
C02405 05/02/46 # 429 Balmy Bill
              05/09/46 # 430 Eskimo Justice
              05/16/46 # 431 Shrimp Togan
              05/23/46 # 432 Chap
 
C02406 05/30/46 # 433 The Mitten
              06/06/46 # 434 Annie Jones
              06/13/46 # 435 The Great Dane
              06/20/46 # 436 How Preston Got King
 
C02407 06/27/46 # 437 The Sharp Shooter
              07/04/46 # 438 The Pup That Ate Too Much
              07/11/46 # 439 Flash
              07/18/46 # 440 Preston Breaks A Rule
 
C02408 07/25/46 # 441 Beaver Dam
              08/01/46 # 442 The Silver Fox
              08/08/46 # 443 (MISSING) Blind Wolf
              08/15/46 # 444 The Mute Speaks
 
C02409 08/22/46 # 445 Grizzly Martin
              08/29/46 # 446 Preston Goes To Jail
              09/05/46 # 447 (MISSING) The Man Who Couldn't Remember
              09/12/46 # 448 The Epidemic
 
C05946 09/19/46 # 449 Preston Sells King
              09/26/46 # 450 Blind Man's Claim
              10/03/46 # 451 The Wooden Case
              11/07/46 # 456 Trap In The Mountains
 
C02412 11/14/46 # 457 The Choice
              11/21/46 # 458 The Cat Collar
              11/28/46 # 459 Thanksgiving In The Wilderness
              12/05/46 # 460 The Watch Dog
 
C02413 12/12/46 # 461 The Dog Fight
              12/19/46 # 462 Christmas Present
              12/26/46 # 463 The Man Who Limped
              01/02/47 # 464 The False Beard
 
C02414 01/09/47 # 465 Zeb
              01/16/47 # 466 The Black Dog
              01/23/47 # 467 A Question Of Ethics
              01/30/47 # 468 The Gold Fang
 
C02415 02/04/47 # 469 Pet Bear
              02/11/47 # 470 The Substitution
              02/20/47 # 471 The Red Parka
              02/27/47 # 472 The Hermit Of Nugget Hill
 
C02416 03/06/47 # 473 The Coffin
              03/12/47 # 474 Sunshine Stones
              03/19/47 # 475 The Birthday Present
              03/26/47 # 476 The Big Stone House
 
C02417 04/02/47 # 477 The Dancing Bear
              04/09/47 # 478 The Story Of Big John
              04/16/47 # 479 The Torn Sleeve
              04/23/47 # 480 The Mad Trapper
 
C02418 04/30/47 # 481 The Red Setter
              05/14/47 # 482 The Usurpers
              05/21/47 # 483 (MISSING) The Maniac
              05/28/47 # 484 Lost Mitten
 
(The Following Are All 30 Minutes Each)
 
C01356 06/12/47 # 485 The Wolf Cub
              06/19/47 # 486 Grizzley
 
C01357 06/26/47 # 487 Pet Bear
              07/03/47 # 488 The Puppy
 
C01358 07/12/47 # 489 Sam's Gold
              07/19/47 # 490 The Man In The Fur Cap
 
C01359 07/26/47 # 491 A Dog Named Mabel
              08/02/47 # 492 Messenger Of Mercy
 
C01360 08/09/47 # 493 Derelict Dog
              08/23/47 # 494 The Revenge Of Steve Carlton
 
C01361 08/30/47 # 495 Clue To A Killer
              09/06/47 # 496 The Stolen Pups
 
C01362 09/11/47 # 497 The Northern Pursuit
              09/18/47 # 498 The Fraud
 
C01363 09/25/47 # 499 Reprisal
              10/02/47 # 500 The Proof
 
C01364 10/09/47 # 501 The Malamute Pup
              10/16/47 # 502 The Last Cabin
 
C01365 10/23/47 # 503 Rex
              11/01/47 # 504 Sam's Wife
 
C01366 11/08/47 # 505 King's Escape
              11/15/47 # 506 The Limping Dog
 
C01367 11/22/47 # 507 King Gets His Man
              11/29/47 # 508 Tara
 
C01368 12/06/47 # 509 The Marked Cards
              12/13/47 # 510 White Man's Law
 
C01369 12/27/47 # 511 The Shepherd Dog
              01/03/48 # 512 The Silent One
 
C01370 01/10/48 # 513 Tago, The Half Breed
              01/17/48 # 514 The Bridge
 
C01371 01/24/48 # 515 The Loyalty Of Chief
              01/31/48 # 516 The Pamphlet
 
C01372 02/07/48 # 517 The Red Herring
              02/14/48 # 518 The Klondike Palace
 
C01373 02/21/48 # 519 Aunt Em
              02/28/48 # 520 Silvertip
 
C01374 03/06/48 # 521 The Debt
              03/13/48 # 522 Witness For The Crown
 
C01375 03/20/48 # 523 King Comes Home
              03/27/48 # 524 The Wire Haired Terrier
 
C01376 09/06/48 # 545 Shots In The Dark
              09/08/48 # 546 Winner By Proxy
 
C01377 09/13/48 # 548 The Fraud
              09/15/48 # 549 Trader Muldoon
 
C01378 09/17/48 # 550 The Showdown
              09/20/48 # 551 The Lost Indian Mine
 
C01379 09/22/48 # 552 Icebound
              09/24/48 # 553 Old Ben's Gold
 
C15023 11/15/48 #575 The Second Chance
              11/17/48 #576 Manhunt
 
C22372 01/03/49 #595 King Takes Over
              01/05/49 #596 Bonanza 47 (First Half Only)
 
C22373 01/07/49 #597 Jim Beldens Secret
              01/10/49 #598 King Proves His Worth
 
C22374 (C-90)
              01/14/49 #600 Lem Baileys Pet Bear
              01/17/49 #601 White Water
              01/19/49 #602 Jimmy's Birthday Cake
 
C18693 02/21/49 #616 The Magic Light
              02/23/49 #617 Signal In Green
 
C18694 02/25/49 #618 Danger Signal
              02/28/49 #619 River Pirates
 
C18660 05/02/49 #646 Escape To The North
              05/04/49 #647 The Sparrow
 
C18662 05/09/49 #649 Race To Twenty-Mile
              05/11/49 #650 The Million Dollar Deadline
 
C18661 05/13/49 #651 The Skagway Mail
              05/16/49 #652 The Counter Plan
 
C-90
C18921 05/20/49 #654 Adventure In Selkirk
              05/23/49 #655 The Duel
              05/25/49 #656 Death & The Lucky Seven
 
C16013 01/30/50 #737 Casper Mott's Adventure
              02/01/50 #738 Circumstantial Evidence
 
C16021 02/08/50 #741 The Runaway Heir
              02/10/50 #742 Flaming Valley
 
C16088 12/08/50 #843 The Notorious Hawk Cooper
              01/20/51 #844 Danger At Devil's Gorge
 
Series title now changed to Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon
 
C16337 10/29/53 #1118 The Death Dart
              11/03/53 #1119 The Rag Doll