Originally broadcast on Mutual, 25 April 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1938–1938
- Surviving broadcasts
- 31
- Genre
- adventure
Blair of the Mounties is the story of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police -- a fictional series based on the work of the Northwest Mounted Police before the World War I. It was a fifteen minute weekly serial heard every Monday for 36 weeks beginning January 31st, 1938 and running through the 3rd of October of 1938.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 26 of 31Rough but complete · 5 of 31
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Blair_of_the_Mounties_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
10 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1938
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1938, in original transmission order.
- 1. Blair of the Mounties 01 Fire Valley · 31 Jan 1938
- 2. Blair of the Mounties 02 Incident at Long Cooley · 7 Feb 1938
- 3. Blair of the Mounties 05 The Murder at Haggets Landing - Part 1 · 28 Feb 1938
Blair of the Mounties 37 The Ibex Mystery - Part 3
3 Oct 1938 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 3 October 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 36 The Ibex Mystery - Part 2
26 Sep 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 26 September 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 35 The Ibex Mystery - Part 1
19 Sep 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 September 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 34 The Most Famous Spy
12 Sep 1938 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 12 September 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 33 The Disappearance of Alexander Pressman
5 Sep 1938 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 5 September 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 28 The Feminine Touch - Part 2
8 Aug 1938 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 August 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 27 The Feminine Touch - Part 1
1 Aug 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 1 August 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Blair of the Mounties 26 The Return Of Inspector Blair
25 Jul 1938 · 13 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 July 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
25 Apr 1938
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Apr 1938.
Originally broadcast on Mutual, 25 April 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1938–1938
Other series the network carried while Blair of the Mounties was on the air.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
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