On This Day, August 23: The Lone Ranger Frontier Chronicles (1940–1954)
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on…
August 23 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 23 across the Golden Age of The Lone Ranger on American network radio (1940–1954):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Brothers: A Range War Averted (Bond Bread)" | WXYZ / Mutual 1940-08-23 7:30 PM EST |
General Baking Co. Bond Bread |
Earle Graser (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto intervene in a deadly frontier dispute between two estranged rancher brothers who are being manipulated into a bloody range war by a scheming land speculator. |
| "A Good Woman's Love: Reforming a Gunslinger (Cheerios & Kix)" | Blue Network (WJZ) 1943-08-23 7:30 PM EWT |
General Mills Inc. Cheerios & Kix Cereal |
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger aids a courageous frontier schoolteacher in her efforts to reform a wayward young gunslinger before a gang of ruthless bank robbers forces him back into a life of crime. |
| "Tricky: The Counterfeit Horse Trader (Cheerios & Wheaties)" | Blue Network (WJZ) 1944-08-23 7:30 PM EWT |
General Mills Cheerios & Wheaties |
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto expose a deceptive frontier horse trader whose counterfeit bills and stolen thoroughbred stock are part of an interstate smuggling ring. |
| "The Stubborn Homesteader (Cheerios)" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-08-23 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios Cereal |
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride to protect an obstinate homesteader who refuses to leave his fertile valley homestead despite violent intimidation and night-riding arson attacks by a corrupt water baron. |
| "Feud on the Range (Cheerios & Wheaties)" | ABC (WJZ) 1950-08-23 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios & Wheaties |
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto prevent bloodshed in a volatile range war between sheep herders and cattle barons, revealing that an ambitious outlaw gang provoked the feud to seize grazing lands for themselves. |
| "The Dead Man's Trail (Cheerios)" | ABC (WABC) 1954-08-23 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios Cereal |
Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Drama"] |
The Lone Ranger tracks an elusive escaped convict who staged his own death in a desert mine collapse, exposing his disguise as a respectable frontier town banker before he can loot the town vault. |