On This Day, August 26: The Lone Ranger Across the Golden Era (1933–1942)
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for…
August 26 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 26 across American network and regional radio, six classic broadcasts of The Lone Ranger originating from WXYZ Detroit and broadcasting across the Mutual and Blue Networks spanning 1933 to 1942, starring George Stenius (George Seaton), Earle Graser, and Brace Beemer alongside John Todd as Tonto (for Silvercup Bread, Bond Bread, and General Mills Cheerioats):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Border Outlaws of the Rio Grande (George Stenius & John Todd — Silvercup Bread)" | WXYZ Detroit 1933-08-26 8:00 PM EST |
Gordon Baking Co. Silvercup Bread |
George Stenius (The Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | George W. Trendle, Fran Striker, Harold True | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"Silvercup Bread presents The Lone Ranger! Hi-Yo, Silver! A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver! The Lone Ranger!" The masked rider and Tonto track a gang of ruthless cattle smugglers crossing the Rio Grande, rescuing a trapped rancher's family from a burning adobe ranch house for Silvercup Bread. |
| "The Apache Canyon Ambush (Earle Graser & John Todd — Silvercup Lone Ranger)" | Mutual (WOR/WGN) 1935-08-26 7:30 PM EDST |
Gordon Baking Co. Silvercup Bread |
Earle Graser (The Ranger), John Todd (Tonto) | Fran Striker, James Jewell, Brace Beemer | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver!" In Apache Canyon, the Lone Ranger and Tonto expose a crooked Indian agent selling contraband rifles to renegades while framing peaceful reservation scouts for Silvercup Bread. |
| "The Gunsmoke at Red Gulch (Earle Graser & John Todd — Silvercup Lone Ranger)" | Mutual (WOR/WXYZ) 1936-08-26 7:30 PM EDST |
Gordon Baking Co. Silvercup Bread |
Earle Graser, John Todd | Fran Striker, James Jewell, Brace Beemer | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"The Lone Ranger rides again! Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!" When an outlaw gang takes over the frontier settlement of Red Gulch by intimidating the local sheriff and seizing the town water spring, the Lone Ranger uses trick marksmanship and silver bullets to disarm the gang without bloodshed. |
| "Jailed for Rustling (Earle Graser & John Todd — Bond Bread Lone Ranger)" | Mutual (WOR/WXYZ) 1938-08-26 7:30 PM EDST |
General Baking Co. Bond Bread ("Bond Guarantee") |
Earle Graser, John Todd | Fran Striker, Livingstone, Brace Beemer | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"Bond Bread presents The Lone Ranger! Hi-Yo, Silver!" An innocent young homesteader is framed for cattle rustling by a syndicate baron seeking his fertile river pasture, prompting the Lone Ranger to infiltrate the county jail disguised as an itinerant prospector to uncover the real rustlers for Bond Bread. |
| "A Life for Sale (Earle Graser & John Todd — Bond Bread Lone Ranger)" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1940-08-26 7:30 PM EDST |
General Baking Co. Bond Bread & Krums |
Earle Graser, John Todd | Fran Striker, Livingstone, Brace Beemer | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!" A destitute gambler tries to auction off his own life and servitude to pay a debt to a saloon crime boss, until the Lone Ranger intervenes to reveal the poker game was rigged and restore the young man's dignity for Bond Bread. |
| "Greed Drowns a Town (Brace Beemer & John Todd — General Mills Cheerioats)" | Blue (WJZ/WXYZ) 1942-08-26 7:30 PM EWT |
General Mills, Inc. Cheerioats & Kix Cereal |
Brace Beemer (The Ranger), John Todd | Fran Striker, Livingstone, Fred Foy | ["Western", "Adventure", "Action", "Juvenile", "Americana"] |
"Cheerioats and Kix present The Lone Ranger! Hi-Yo, Silver, Away!" A greedy mining syndicate dynamites an upstream earthen mountain reservoir dam to expose gold-bearing quartz veins, threatening to submerge the entire valley town of Cedar Creek until the masked rider and Tonto divert the floodwaters. |