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Challenge of the Yukon /
Sgt Preston Renfrew of the Mounted The Silver Eagle |
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"On, King! On, you huskies!" The
Challenge of the Yukon was an
adventure series about Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King, as they fought evildoers in the Northern
wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Preston had joined the Mounties
to capture his father's killer, and when he was successful he was promoted to
Sergeant. Typical plots involved the pair helping injured trappers, tracking
down smugglers, or saving cabin dwellers from wolverines. Sgt. Preston's
faithful steed was Rex, used
primarily in the summer months, but generally Yukon King and his dog team
were the key mode of transportation Von
Reznicek's Donna Diana Overture was the pulsing theme music, and the episodes
ended with the official pronouncement: "This case is closed!" The
Challenge of the Yukon began as a
fifteen minute serial, airing locally from 1938 until May 28, 1947. Shortly
thereafter, the program acquired a sponsor, Quaker Oats, and the series, in a
half-hour stand-alone format, moved to the networks with the premier episode The
Wolf Cub on 12th June 1947. The title changed from The Challenge of the
Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the
Yukon in November 1951, and
remained under that name through the end of the series and into television. Former
movie actor Paul Sutton held the
role of Sgt Preston for most of the radio run. In
1955, the same year the radio show ended, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon premiered as a television series (available from
the TV Series section of this website). Richard Simmons starred as Sgt. Preston, and was supported by Yukon
King and Rex, now played by real animals. The dog cast as King was not a
husky, however, but a large Alaskan Malamute. Charles Livingstone, who had
worked on the radio version, directed several episodes. Several of plotlines
seem to have been re-used from the radio show. To
"cash in" on the success of the TV series, a Xmas record was
released in November 1956. This small 45 rpm gem had two 8 minute sides and
told of how Sgt Preston first met King and then about his efforts (as
Constable) to track down his father's murderer - and his subsequent promotion
to Sergeant! Renfrew
of the Mounted was based on the
stories by Laurie York Erskine
and has often been called Sgt Preston set in "modern" times. Inspector
Douglas Renfrew was played by House
Jamison and "he always got his
man". Only one (30 minute stand-alone) episode has survived but its
enough to realize that this was quite a good show with a distinctive opening: "Rennnnnfrewwwww! É.Renfrew of the
Mounted!" The
Silver Eagle was creation of James
Jewell and told of the adventures
of Mountie Jim West (played by Jim
Ameche). Like Sergeant Preston,
West was a ruthless tracker of criminals and lawbreakers. He was widely known
for never giving up on a case and was aided in his endeavours by a giant
side-kick, Joe Bideaux (played
by Jack Lester). Of
significance here is that this 1951 - 55 series is often considered to be the
"last of significant juvenile radio adventures". Here again only one (30 minute stand-alone) episode
has survived of this popular ABC series, which began with this stirring
introduction: "The untamed North . . . frontier of
adventure and peril. The lone, mysterious North . . . where one man, dedicated to the motto of the Canadian Northwest
Mounted Police, faces danger and death to bring in the lawless
and maintain the right . . . the most famous Mountie of them all . . .
the Silver Eagle" Trev's
Short Note: I know what you're
thinking - there are so many episodes of this series available, has Trev just
accumulated heaps and hasn't bothered to do his noise reduction / sound
improvement regime? Not true, over several weeks and sticking to a tight but
realistic schedule, each and every episode below has been completely
"worked over" with the latest (& quite powerful) sound software
- as such, I'm very pleased with the quality of that which is presented below
(and indeed with all titles which are part of this Old Time Radio section of the website) Want
to check out an episode? - why not "taste & try"? This
episode can be freely downloaded to your computer - just right button click
on any link below and chose "Download Linked File" (or words to
that effect). The file is on an average about 18Mb - download time will
depend on your (broadband) speed CY_1947-06-12
The Wolf Cub.mp3 These
three MP3 CDs consist of 255 thirty minute stand-alone episodes of The
Challenge of the Yukon, 5 episodes from the retitled 30 minute series Sgt
Preston of the Yukon (1953-'55) and both (8 minute) sides of the 1956 Xmas
record. Additionally the lone surviving 30 minute episodes of both Renfrew of
the Mounted & The Silver Eagle are also included A. The
Challenge of the Yukon 1.
CY_1947-06-12 The Wolf
Cub.mp3 2.
CY_1947-06-19
Grizzly.mp3 3.
CY_1947-06-26 Pet
Bear.mp3 4.
CY_1947-07-03 The
Puppy.mp3 5.
CY_1947-07-12 Sam's
Gold.mp3 6.
CY_1947-07-19 The Man
in the Fur Cap.mp3 7.
CY_1947-07-26 A Dog
Named Mabel.mp3 8.
CY_1947-08-02
Messenger of Mercy.mp3 9.
CY_1947-08-09 Derelict
Dog.mp3 10.
CY_1947-08-23 The
Revenge of Steve Carlton.mp3 11.
CY_1947-08-30 Clue to
a Killer.mp3 12.
CY_1947-09-06 The
Stolen Pups.mp3 13.
CY_1947-09-11 The
Northern Pursuit.mp3 14.
CY_1947-09-18 The
Fraud.mp3 15.
CY_1947-09-25
Reprisal.mp3 16.
CY_1947-10-02 The
Proof.mp3 17.
CY_1947-10-09 The
Malamute Pup.mp3 18.
CY_1947-10-16 The Last
Cabin.mp3 19.
CY_1947-10-23 Rex.mp3 20.
CY_1947-11-01 Sam's
Wife.mp3 21.
CY_1947-11-08 King's
Escape.mp3 22.
CY_1947-11-15 The
Limping Dog.mp3 23.
CY_1947-11-22 King
Gets His Man.mp3 24.
CY_1947-11-29 Tara.mp3 25.
CY_1947-12-06 The
Marked Cards.mp3 26.
CY_1947-12-13 White
Man'sLaw.mp3 27.
CY_1947-12-27 The
Shepherd Dog.mp3 28.
CY_1948-01-03 The
Silent One.mp3 29.
CY_1948-01-10 Tago,
the Half Breed.mp3 30.
CY_1948-01-17 The
Bridge.mp3 31.
CY_1948-01-24 The
Loyalty of Chief.mp3 32.
CY_1948-01-31 The
Pamphlet.mp3 33.
CY_1948-02-07 The Red
Herring.mp3 34.
CY_1948-02-14 The
Klondike Palace.mp3 35.
CY_1948-02-21 Aunt
Em.mp3 36.
CY_1948-02-28
Silvertip.mp3 37.
CY_1948-03-06 The
Debt.mp3 38.
CY_1948-03-13 Witness
for the Crown.mp3 39.
CY_1948-03-20 King
Comes Home.mp3 40.
CY_1948-03-27 The Wire
Haired Terrier.mp3 41.
CY_1948-04-24
Rusty.mp3 42.
CY_1948-06-26
Breakup.mp3 43.
CY_1948-09-06 Shots in
the Dark.mp3 44.
CY_1948-09-08 Winner
by Proxy.mp3 45.
CY_1948-09-13 The
Fraud.mp3 46.
CY_1948-09-15 Trader
Muldoon.mp3 47.
CY_1948-09-17 The
Showdown.mp3 48.
CY_1948-09-20 Lost
Indian Mine.mp3 49.
CY_1948-09-22
Icebound.mp3 50.
CY_1948-09-24 Old
Ben's Gold.mp3 51.
CY_1948-09-27 Pot Luck
Killers.mp3 52.
CY_1948-09-29 Ghost
Town.mp3 53.
CY_1948-10-01 Find the
Body.mp3 54.
CY_1948-10-04 The
Extra Uniform.mp3 55.
CY_1948-10-25
Samaritan of the Trail.mp3 56.
CY_1948-10-27 Preston
Turns the Tables.mp3 57.
CY_1948-10-29 The
Phantom Gang.mp3 58.
CY_1948-11-01 The Call
of Duty.mp3 59.
CY_1948-11-03 The Man
with the Red Hair.mp3 60.
CY_1948-11-05 Death on
the Trail.mp3 61.
CY_1948-11-08 The
Wilderness Uprising.mp3 62.
CY_1948-11-10 Ben
Yancy's Legacy .mp3 63.
CY_1948-11-12
Shadow.mp3 64.
CY_1948-11-15 The
Second Chance.mp3 65.
CY_1948-11-17
Manhunt.mp3 66.
CY_1948-11-19 The St
Bernard Dog.mp3 67.
CY_1948-11-22 Mutiny
on the Penguin.mp3 68.
CY_1948-11-24 Old
Moby's Cairn.mp3 69.
CY_1948-11-26 Lost
River Roundup.mp3 70.
CY_1948-11-29 Strike
at Pelican Creek.mp3 71.
CY_1948-12-01 The
Black Husky.mp3 72.
CY_1948-12-03 The
Sergeant's Right.mp3 73.
CY_1948-12-06
Timber.mp3 74.
CY_1948-12-08 The
Dawson Fire.mp3 75.
CY_1948-12-10 The Trap
in Cabin Four.mp3 76.
CY_1948-12-13 Escape
to the North.mp3 77.
CY_1948-12-15 Marlow's
Gang.mp3 78.
CY_1948-12-17 Faith in
a Mountie.mp3 79.
CY_1948-12-20 The
Emerald in the Nugget.mp3 80.
CY_1948-12-22 The Man
with the Red Coat.mp3 81.
CY_1948-12-27 Injun
Devil.mp3 82.
CY_1948-12-29
Arrowhead Frame-Up.mp3 83.
CY_1948-12-31 Case of
Frank Weaver.mp3 84.
CY_1949-01-03 King
Takes Over.mp3 85.
CY_1949-01-07 Jim
Belden's Secret.mp3 86.
CY_1949-01-10 King
Proves His Worth.mp3 87.
CY_1949-01-14 Lem
Bailey's Pet Bear.mp3 88.
CY_1949-01-17 White
Water.mp3 89.
CY_1949-01-19 Jimmy's
Birthday Cake.mp3 90.
CY_1949-01-21 Skagway
Patrol.mp3 91.
CY_1949-01-24 Mystery
in the Cave.mp3 92.
CY_1949-01-26 The
Moose River Murder.mp3 93.
CY_1949-01-28 Lost
River Ambush.mp3 94.
CY_1949-01-31 The
Mongrel.mp3 95.
CY_1949-02-02 On One
Condition.mp3 96.
CY_1949-02-07 Rogue's
Progress.mp3 97.
CY_1949-02-09 Sergeant
Preston Faces Death.mp3 98.
CY_1949-02-11
Ambush.mp3 99.
CY_1949-02-14 The
Coward.mp3 100.
CY_1949-02-16 Double
Cross Creek.mp3 101.
CY_1949-02-18 The Dog
with the Gold Tooth.mp3 102.
CY_1949-02-21 The
Magic Light.mp3 103.
CY_1949-02-23 Signal
in Green.mp3 104.
CY_1949-02-25 Danger
Signal.mp3 105.
CY_1949-02-28 River
Pirates.mp3 106.
CY_1949-03-02 Ambush
at Forty Mile.mp3 107.
CY_1949-03-04 The
Music Hall Murder.mp3 108.
CY_1949-03-07 Trail
Mates.mp3 109.
CY_1949-03-09 Bulldog
Charm.mp3 110.
CY_1949-03-11 The Meal
the Convicted.mp3 111.
CY_1949-03-14 The
White Huskie.mp3 112.
CY_1949-03-16 The
Klondike Queen.mp3 113.
CY_1949-03-18 The
Caribou Case.mp3 114.
CY_1949-03-21 The
Black and White Pup.mp3 115.
CY_1949-03-23 The
Devil Dog.mp3 116.
CY_1949-03-25 Letters
to a Killer.mp3 117.
CY_1949-03-28
Conover's Crime.mp3 118.
CY_1949-03-30 Crumpled
Handbill.mp3 119.
CY_1949-04-01 The
Killer.mp3 120.
CY_1949-04-04 The
Remittance Man.mp3 121.
CY_1949-04-06 Dead
Man's Man.mp3 122.
CY_1949-04-08 The
Knife Throwers.mp3 123.
CY_1949-04-11 The
Lucky Shirt.mp3 124.
CY_1949-04-13 The
Trail of the Werewolf.mp3 125.
CY_1949-04-15 Trouble
at Forty-Mile.mp3 126.
CY_1949-04-18 The Luck
of the Newtons.mp3 127.
CY_1949-04-20 The
Empty Coffin.mp3 128.
CY_1949-04-22 The
Doomed Witness.mp3 129.
CY_1949-04-25 The Bear
Trap.mp3 130.
CY_1949-04-27 The
Perfect Crime.mp3 131.
CY_1949-04-29 Fire in
the Sky.mp3 132.
CY_1949-05-02 Escape
to the North.mp3 133.
CY_1949-05-04 The
Sparrow.mp3 134.
CY_1949-05-06 The Case
of the Hard-Hearted Hermit.mp3 135.
CY_1949-05-09 Race to
Twenty Mile.mp3 136.
CY_1949-05-11 The
Million Dollar Deadline.mp3 137.
CY_1949-05-13 The
Skagway-Mail.mp3 138.
CY_1949-05-16 The
Counter Plan.mp3 139.
CY_1949-05-20
Adventure in Selkirk.mp3 140.
CY_1949-05-23 The
Duel.mp3 141.
CY_1949-05-25 Death
and the Lucky Seven.mp3 142.
CY_1949-05-27 The
Skull in the Stone.mp3 143.
CY_1949-05-30 The Case
of the Turncoat Mountie.mp3 144.
CY_1949-06-01 The Case
of the Frightened Child.mp3 145.
CY_1949-06-03 The Case
of the Canyon Holdup.mp3 146.
CY_1949-07-06 The Case
of the Crown Fire.mp3 147.
CY_1949-12-05 Dance at
Caribou Creek.mp3 148.
CY_1949-12-07 The
Return of Tom Becket.mp3 149.
CY_1949-12-14 The Wainwright
Cache.mp3 150.
CY_1949-12-16 The
Black Bag.mp3 151.
CY_1949-12-19 Missing
Gold.mp3 152.
CY_1949-12-21 The
Shanghaied Sergeant.mp3 153.
CY_1949-12-23 The
Sergeant's Present.mp3 154.
CY_1949-12-26 Journey
for Revenge.mp3 155.
CY_1949-12-28
Swindler's Luck.mp3 156.
CY_1949-12-30 The Prodigal
Father.mp3 157.
CY_1950-01-02
Rainbow's End.mp3 158.
CY_1950-01-04 Jeff
Marco's Gang.mp3 159.
CY_1950-01-06 The
Battle at Bradley's.mp3 160.
CY_1950-01-09 Barry
Jeffer's Trust.mp3 161.
CY_1950-01-11 Red
Devil.mp3 162.
CY_1950-01-13 The
Miners' Meeting.mp3 163.
CY_1950-01-16 The
Diamond Collar.mp3 164.
CY_1950-01-18 The Long
Trail.mp3 165.
CY_1950-01-20 No
Epitaph for Tombstone.mp3 166.
CY_1950-01-23 The Ten
Thousand Dollar Rewards.mp3 167.
CY_1950-01-25 The Trap
That Failed.mp3 168.
CY_1950-01-27 The
Ghost Raider.mp3 169.
CY_1950-01-30 Casper
Mott's Adventure.mp3 170.
CY_1950-02-01
Circumstantial Evidence.mp3 171.
CY_1950-02-03 Blind
Man's Buff.mp3 172.
CY_1950-02-06
Jailbreak.mp3 173.
CY_1950-02-08 The
Runaway Heir.mp3 174.
CY_1950-02-10 Flaming
Valley.mp3 175.
CY_1950-02-13 The
Haunted Mine.mp3 176.
CY_1950-02-15 The
Black Cat.mp3 177.
CY_1950-02-17 Alias Al
Gibson.mp3 178.
CY_1950-02-20 The
Murdered Witness.mp3 179.
CY_1950-02-22 Trail's
End.mp3 180.
CY_1950-02-24 Uncle
Joe's Luck.mp3 181.
CY_1950-02-27 Guardian
for Jimmy.mp3 182.
CY_1950-03-01 When
Thief Catches Thief.mp3 183.
CY_1950-03-03 The
Innocent Criminal.mp3 184.
CY_1950-03-06 Wolf
Creek.mp3 185.
CY_1950-03-08
Restitution.mp3 186.
CY_1950-03-10 The Lost
Lady.mp3 187.
CY_1950-03-13 Hidden
Evidence.mp3 188.
CY_1950-03-15 Secret
Orders.mp3 189.
CY_1950-03-17 The Man
Who Fled.mp3 190.
CY_1950-03-20 The
Cascade Case.mp3 191.
CY_1950-03-22 The
Fugitive Bride.mp3 192.
CY_1950-03-24 The Wolf
Cub.mp3 193.
CY_1950-03-27 Canyon
Cache.mp3 194.
CY_1950-03-29 Mystery
of the Ridge.mp3 195.
CY_1950-03-31 Twenty
Little Indians.mp3 196.
CY_1950-04-03
Unfinished Note.mp3 197.
CY_1950-04-05 The Two
Bullets.mp3 198.
CY_1950-05-26 Wand
Diamond.mp3 199.
CY_1950-05-29 Notorious
Chet Craig.mp3 200.
CY_1950-05-31 The Dead
Man's Trail.mp3 201.
CY_1950-09-11 The Gold
Behind the Waterfall.mp3 202.
CY_1950-09-13 The
Polar Quest.mp3 203.
CY_1950-09-15 Left to
Die.mp3 204.
CY_1950-09-18 The Sack
of Sand.mp3 205.
CY_1950-09-20 The
Malamute Express.mp3 206.
CY_1950-09-22 The Torn
Map.mp3 207.
CY_1950-09-25 Diagram
of Danger.mp3 208.
CY_1950-10-02 The
Malacca Cane.mp3 209.
CY_1950-10-04 The
Vagabond.mp3 210.
CY_1950-10-09 The Blue
Paper.mp3 211.
CY_1950-10-13 A Dog
Called Sparky.mp3 212.
CY_1950-10-16 Fugitive
from Bald Rock.mp3 213.
CY_1950-10-18 The
Masked Gunman.mp3 214.
CY_1950-10-25 Dead
Man's Whistle.mp3 215.
CY_1950-10-27 A Call
to Action.mp3 216.
CY_1950-10-30
Undercover.mp3 217.
CY_1950-11-01
Contention.mp3 218.
CY_1950-11-03
Whistling in the Dark.mp3 219.
CY_1950-11-06 Friend
in Need.mp3 220.
CY_1950-11-08 The
Ghost Riders.mp3 221.
CY_1950-11-13 The Clue
of the Silver Pup.mp3 222.
CY_1950-11-15 Passport
to Death.mp3 223.
CY_1950-11-17 The
Telltale Knife.mp3 224.
CY_1950-11-20 The
Wrong Map.mp3 225.
CY_1950-11-27 The Man
in the Canyon.mp3 226.
CY_1950-12-04 Wild
Dog.mp3 227.
CY_1950-12-06 The
Indian Sign.mp3 228.
CY_1950-12-08 The
Notorious Hawk Cooper.mp3 229.
CY_1951-01-20 Danger
at Devil's Gorge.mp3 230.
CY_1951-05-06 Fur
Thieves.mp3 231.
CY_1951-06-10 Number
One Challenger.mp3 232.
CY_1951-07-01 The
Stuffed Shirt.mp3 233.
CY_1951-07-08 Murder
at the Flood.mp3 234.
CY_1951-07-12 A Boy
Called Jack.mp3 235.
CY_1951-07-15 Thieves
Congress.mp3 236.
CY_1951-07-19 Tom
Barry's Return.mp3 237.
CY_1951-07-22 The
Trail's End.mp3 238.
CY_1951-07-26 The
Innocent Fugitives.mp3 239.
CY_1951-08-02 And Far
Away.mp3 240.
CY_1951-08-05 The
Widow's Son.mp3 241.
CY_1951-08-09 The Man
Who Feared Dogs.mp3 242.
CY_1951-08-12 Ambush
in Bellary Flats.mp3 243.
CY_1951-08-16 Against
Time.mp3 244.
CY_1951-08-19 The Red
Parka.mp3 245.
CY_1951-08-23 The
Scent of Death.mp3 246.
CY_1951-08-26 Bullets
for Preston.mp3 247.
CY_1951-08-30 Red
Coated Crook.mp3 248.
CY_1951-09-02 Boy
Alone.mp3 249.
CY_1951-09-06 Junior
Partner .mp3 250.
CY_1951-09-09 Dividend
on Murder.mp3 251.
CY_1951-09-13 The
Landlady.mp3 252.
CY_1951-09-16 The
Killer Cree.mp3 253.
CY_1951-09-20 Chance
Meeting.mp3 254.
CY_1951-09-23
Trapper's Gold.mp3 255.
CY_1951-09-27 Uncle
Ben.mp3 B. Sergeant
Preston of the Yukon 1.
SGPY_1953-02-19 The
Queen's Parlor.mp3 2.
SGPY_1953-03-05 SOS
from Panamint.mp3 3.
SGPY_1953-10-29 The
Death Dart.mp3 4.
SGPY_1953-11-03 The
Rag Doll.mp3 5.
SGPY_1955-01-06 Outlaw
in Uniform.mp3 C. Sergeant
Preston on Record 1.
SGPY_1956-11-15 How
Preston Found King.mp3 2.
SGPY_1956-11-15 The
Case That Made Preston.mp3 D. Renfrew
of the Mounted 1.
RM_1939-02-04 The
Bribe.mp3 E. The
Silver Eagle 1.
SE_1954-07-20 Decoy
For Death.mp3 |