The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 52
- Genre
- adventure
THE CLYDE BEATTY SHOW Clyde Beatty, born in 1903, was a household name by the mid-20th century, recognized as one of the world’s most renowned animal trainers. Beatty was a multi-media star; over the course of a long career he ran his own circus and featured in motion pictures, multi-chapter movie serials, comic books, television, and radio. The Clyde Beatty Show represents the pinnacle of his broadcasting career. Commodore Productions and Artists Inc. announced the program in November, 1949, with the hope it would be as popular as another of their programs, Hopalong Cassidy . Sponsored by Kellogg, The Clyde Beatty Show premiered at the beginning of 1950 and aired on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Commodore recorded 156 syndicated episodes that were offered for sale through the end of 1951. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Clyde_Beatty_Show_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (002) · Date unknown
- 2. The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (011) · Date unknown
- 3. The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (023) · Date unknown
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (002)
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (011)
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (023)
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (037)
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 51xxxx (045)
Date unknown · 19 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (001)
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (012)
Date unknown · 24 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
The Clyde Beatty Show 50xxxx (017)
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while The Clyde Beatty Show was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
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
Working in the tradition of The Clyde Beatty Show
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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