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Frontier Town

1952–1953 · 47 episodes · 111 listens

Frontier Town was an American adventure serial produced by Bruce Eells Productions. The 30-minute program’s first known broadcast was in 1952 and the show ran for 47 episodes. Because it was syndicated, it aired on different stations on different days.

The series followed the quest of Chad Remington, a two-fisted lawyer in the small town of Dos Rios, to bring his father’s killer to justice. This served as a springboard for Remington’s career as a crime-fighting attorney struggling to bring order to his corner of the frontier as it made the difficult transition from the Old West to the New.

The Stars

Remington was played initially by Jeff Chandler, billed as “Tex” Chandler. Halfway through the program’s run, after 23 episodes, the role was assumed by Reed Hadley.

Remington’s sidekick, Cherokee O’Bannon, was played by Wade Crosby using the speech patterns of W.C. Fields.

Key Dates

  • The series was first broadcast in on September 26th, 1952 and ran for 47 episodes.
  • Final episode was on August 14th, 1953.

Other Information

The series was written and directed by Paul Franklin, with Ivan Ditmars and Bob Mitchell providing the background music. Each episode opened with the following text:

“Frontier Town, the saga of the roaring West (organ music) Frontier Town… (sounds of men whooping and horse beats) Here is the Adventure Story of the Early West, the tamed and the untamed, from Cheyenne to Calgary, from Dodge City to Poker Flats. These are the towns they fought to live in and lived to fight for, teeming crucibles of pioneer freedom. Frontier Town!”

Fortunately all 47 episodes are available and here for you to listen to on RUSC.

Cast & Crew

JJeff ChandlerActorWWade CrosbyActorBBill FormanAnnouncerIIvan Ditmars OrchestraMusicRReed HadleyActor

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Episodes

Apr 10, 1953 · 28:28
There’s great wealth on the frontier and Chad Remington doesn’t mean just mining wealth or oil or cattle. He means the…
Apr 17, 1953 · 30:17
A swindler gets permission to drill for oil on an Indian reservation after giving the chief a little too much alcohol.
Apr 24, 1953 · 30:07
Local ranchers want to run off immigrant homesteaders for their water rights.
Apr 3, 1953 · 28:18
It’s almost one o’clock and Maud Jackson is concerned that the 11 o’clock stagecoach hasn’t arrived from Beranka…
Aug 14, 1953 · 28:36
Chad Remmington received an invitation from Kurt Bolding the sheriff at Bonanza city inviting him to a big party…
Aug 7, 1953 · 28:24
Only recently Chad handled a case, which was really three cases in one, and they all revolved around Si Bardwell's…
Dec 12, 1952 · 27:36
The little frontier town of Dos Rio’s is situated between the Red river and the White river, which makes this part of…
Dec 19, 1952 · 27:50
Everyone is talking about the new man has moved to Dos Rios named Doc Stonebender and who has started to option…
Dec 26, 1952 · 28:00
Cherokee O’bannon and Chad Remington went to the Judge’s house for supper. Cherokee was more interested in the supper…
Dec 5, 1952 · 27:43
Chad Remington is a lawyer and out in the frontier country although Lawyers are n’t too well regarded they sure are…
Feb 13, 1953 · 27:44
Chad Remmington is a cow town lawyer. He doesn’t get too many cases and those he does pay slowly if at all and that’s…
Feb 20, 1953 · 27:33
Chad Remington is a frontier lawyer in Dos Rios. Somehow or other it seems that the best in folks and the worse in…
Feb 27, 1953 · 27:59
Chad Remington received a long letter a desperate cry for help from people he’d never seen from a part of the country…
Feb 6, 1953 · 27:29
When you’re a cow town lawyer like Chad Remmington there are several things that you’ve got to know and the least of…
Jan 16, 1953 · 27:25
With the type of character the Frontier has attracted they’ve got just about as many Scheming evildoers as it has solid…
Jan 2, 1953 · 27:37
Last winter had been an especially severe winter, colder than usual with almost constant snows so deep and heavy that…
Jan 23, 1953 · 27:53
On two occasions the jailbird rangers almost cost Chad Remington his life. You see not too long ago the entire state…
Jan 30, 1953 · 27:50
Two men are in Dodge putting on a theatrical exhibition for a hatful of maoney. Cranston Grover places a small can on…
Jan 9, 1953 · 27:15
Out on the Frontier things are pretty new and although the land is rich it sure needs water and plenty of it. In fact…
Jul 10, 1953 · 28:33
For the past few months, our particular section of the country has been plagued by a continuous series of stage coach…
Jul 17, 1953 · 28:35
A few days back, I was riding for my ranch accompanied by the ex medicine man Cherokee. Cherokee would like to make an…
Jul 24, 1953 · 28:26
With the Frontier just developing, there are areas which are not yet incorporated and still have no law at all. In Chad…
Jul 3, 1953 · 28:08
It all started when a brazen and cold-blooded gang of road agents under the whiplash of a gun slammer known as Pacos…
Jul 31, 1953 · 28:24
Cherokee O'Bannan is a reformed character, having given up his alleged profession of medicine man. As like attracts…
Jun 12, 1953 · 28:00
After his last experience Chad Remington, frontier town lawyer, is looking for a little more restful case. It all…
Jun 19, 1953 · 28:25
There’s trouble aplenty on the Frontier and what ever happens Chad Remington, frontier town lawyer, together with his…
Jun 26, 1953 · 13:05
This case started with trouble, real trouble. It seems that Chicago Eddie Duellin, who operates the 'Bottoms Up Bar and…
Jun 5, 1953 · 28:23
Floyd Hunsacker and one of his neighbors are having some trouble over some stock and he wants to stop it before it gets…
Mar 13, 1953 · 28:50
Oliver Baldwin sent a telegram requesting help to Ched Remington who enlisted the company and help of Cherokee…
Mar 20, 1953 · 30:41
As a lawyer Chad Remington makes it a practice to pretty much keep his temper under control but as a rancher it blows…
Mar 27, 1953 · 30:39
The town is inhabited by a few men who want to run off the Mexican-American owners of a local business because the…
Mar 6, 1953 · 27:58
When a small town faces a corrupt election that threatens its very existence, lawyer Chad Remington must use his wits…
May 1, 1953 · 29:00
“Frontier Town, the saga of the roaring west. Frontier Town, El Paso, Cheyenne, Calgary, Tombstone, Frontier Town. Here…
May 15, 1953 · 30:00
A lot of trouble on the frontier ends abruptly with sudden death and from the way Bud Gafferty was acting it wouldn’t…
May 22, 1953 · 30:00
“Frontier Town, the saga of the roaring west. Frontier Town, El Paso, Cheyenne, Calgary, Tombstone, Frontier Town. Here…
May 29, 1953 · 28:28
Chad Remington is a frontier lawyer in Dos Rios. He is just about the only lawyer in the whole county and for hundreds…
May 8, 1953 · 27:14
Harvey and Milo Burnside are brothers with different ideas of which town should be voted county seat and get the…
Nov 14, 1952 · 27:45
If you know anything about the Frontier maybe you know Dos Rios the home town of Chad Remington not only the only…
Nov 21, 1952 · 30:00
Step into the wild frontier with this thrilling episode of Frontier Town. As a land rush begins in the Tioga National…
Nov 28, 1952 · 27:52
Chad Remington is the one and only lawyer in Dos Rios and in that frontier there is always something going on. But…
Nov 7, 1952 · 27:48
Things do happen in Chad Remington’s neck of the woods, which not alone make exciting telling but make exciting living.…
Oct 10, 1952 · 28:00
“Frontier Town, the saga of the roaring west. Frontier Town, El Paso, Cheyenne, Calgary, Tombstone, Frontier Town. Here…
Oct 17, 1952 · 27:46
“Being as I’m the town’s Lawyer, I’d like to tell you about Dos Rios, a sprawling, lusty and raw bone frontier town.…
Oct 24, 1952 · 28:01
“Ever hear of a cow town called Dos Rios? Don’t feel bad if you haven’t, it’s just one of those frontier towns…
Oct 3, 1952 · 30:00
“If ever you’re in Dos Rios and need a lawyer you might look me up. In a cow town a frontier town you don’t need much…
Oct 31, 1952 · 27:08
From all that Chad Remington has noticed death, sudden and brutal death is as shocking in a frontier town as any place…
Sep 26, 1952 · 30:21
“Frontier Town eh? Yes, I guess that’s what most folks would call Dos Rios, a frontier town, loud and lusty, tough and…