Volume 13 , Issue 38

Don't Touch That Dial

Remember these words: "Don't Touch that dial!" . . . "From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse, Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!"

There never was nor will there ever be again a mortal as great as The Lone Ranger. Or will there? Whenever those literally galloping bars of the William Tell Overture burst forth from the radio speaker, there wasn't a child or adult within earshot who didn't sidle up next to it to find out which band of outlaws the Lone Ranger and his trusty scout Tonto would uncover, shoot-it-out with and ultimately bring to justice that week. Is that how you saw it?

Remember? Of course you do, and the hundreds of other radio shows that demanded part of your time, whether it was at noon, late afternoon or early evening. We gave up that time willingly and eagerly, because those were the "Good Old Days of Radio," a period in our lives that wasn't quite that far behind us, but just far enough back that we need to jog our memories a little to bring it back into focus.   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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