Frontier Fighters

As a huge lover of all the Gunsmoke episodes I like the gritty realism of this series.

I enjoyed the first few "Frontier Fighters" I encountered and am buying the complete set today. Ot is a wonderful program that appears to have distributed in 1938. I took a long look at a newspaper archive today and the first stations I found listing the program were in KRNR in Roseberg, Oregon and KSTM in El Paso, Texas. Both began running the program in January 1938. Two Florida stations soon followed, time sharing WFLA and WSUN Tampa/St. Petersberg. Other stations included KFBB Great Falls, Montana KOOS North Bend, Oregon WHEC Rochester, New York CJCA Edmonton, Alberta KTAR Phoenix, Arizona "Frontier Fighters" largest audience was likely on 50,000 watt KSL Salt Lake City. The KSL schedule is found in newspaper listings in Idaho, Nevada, Montana and western Canada. The last station I found broadcasting the show was KSCJ in Sioux City, Iowa. It last lists the program on March 9, 1939. Todd Kosovich Minnesota

I’ve used these recordings in history classes I’ve taught, the dramatized accounts are fun listening, but just as important, it demonstrates how we thought about our history in an earlier era.

"Frontier Fighters" is a wonderful collection of action-packed drama featuring the resourceful men and women in an expanding America. Not only do the recordings cover drmatic episodes of well-know figures, but includes the exploits of many obscure historical personalities who helped navigate and shape the history of our nation. Tremendous find, exciting stories! Thank you! AL