Old time radio drama exists because of hobbyists and radio personnel, who rescued episodes of shows on transcription tapes and on glass or vinyl records. Some radio programs are presumed lost, primarily those from the 1930s – few programs from the 1920s were recorded

Tales of the Texas Rangers

Broadcast History: 8 July 1950 to 14 September 1952
Theme Tune: The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You

Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in this thirty-minute western adventure series. The shows are all re-enactments of incidents from Texas Ranger history. The Texas lawman and his trusty steed, Charcoal, would be tracking a criminal, often a killer, throughout the vast 260,000 square miles of Texas.