Undated Broadcasts Identified: Life on Red Horse Ranch and 3
Also featured: 600-Broadcast Milestone.
Undated Broadcasts Project — The 3,600-Broadcast Milestone Reached
With the completion of This update, the Master Undated Broadcast Resolution Pipeline has officially crossed the 3,600-Broadcast Resolution Milestone, bringing the cumulative project total to 3,681 verified broadcasts across 77 completed updates.
Launching our eighth major classic series, Life on Red Horse Ranch (8cb54eff-cb13-4856-8188-f9654bda9e6c), this update resolves the first 50 sequential daily broadcasts (Episodes 1 through 50). Created and produced by broadcasting pioneer Arthur B. Church at KMBC in Kansas City and written by a young Paul Henning (future creator of The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction) alongside fiddler Gomer Cool, the serial was recorded at World Broadcasting System in Chicago and sponsored by Socony-Vacuum's Mobilgas ("The Friendly Flying Red Horse").
Airing daily Monday through Friday across syndicated stations beginning in May 1935, the series blends thrilling Western ranch drama with authentic cowboy folk ballads performed by The Texas Rangers:
- Cattle Drives & Mortgage Peril (Episodes 1–20): Red Horse Ranch faces financial foreclosure from Danville creditors, prompting Dad Carter and brave ranch hand Alabam to organize a high-stakes cattle drive across rugged terrain.
- Saloon Traps & The Danville Rodeo (Episodes 21–35): Ruthless neighboring rival Steve Bradford plots to rustle the herd, drugging and framing Alabam in a Danville saloon. Breaking free, the ranch hands ride into town to compete in rodeo horse races to win mortgage relief money.
- The Outlaw's Orphan & Hidden Canyon Loot (Episodes 36–50): Cowboy fiddler Tenderfoot rescues young orphan Dewey Dawson, uncovering a hidden treasure map left by outlaw Trigger Dawson that points to stolen gold hidden deep in canyon limestone.
Reaching 3,681 broadcasts resolved across the master project ledger, each entry features verified daily airdates, standardized Western taxonomy, and pure narrative synopses.