Gunsmoke
GUNSMOKE is one of those long-running classic Old-Time Radio shows that everyone knows and remembers. It's also one that is still respected for it's high values, in all aspects. GUNSMOKE first aired on the CBS network on April 26, 1952, billed as the first adult western. It was set in Dodge City, Kansas in the 1870's. The main character, Matt Dillion, was played by William Conrad. On August 6, 1951, William Conrad played the lead in a show entitled "Pagosa" in the series ROMANCE, where he played the part of a reluctant sheriff in a tough Western town. Although not a true audition, Conrad's character role is very close the that of Matt Dillon in GUNSMOKE. It was one of the "stepping stones" toward the production of GUNSMOKE. Other regular characters were Chester Proudfoot, played by Parley Baer, Kitty, played by Georgia Ellis and Doc Adams, played by Howard McNear (The Mayberry barber, with Andy Griffith and Don Knotts).
The series featured top-notch acting and well-developed scripts that
set it apart from many other shows, not only Westerns. However, it
was the sound effects that stood out the most. Listen carefully and
you can hear many levels of sound that really helps transport the
listener back to the old west.
Besides the US version, there was an Austrailian production of
GUNSMOKE. It began sometime in 1955, transcribed under the Artransa
label and aired Mondays at 7:00 PM on the Macquarie network. It is
not known how many shows aired or how long the series ran.
49/06/11 Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye (first audition starring Rye Billsbury) 49/07/13 Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye (second audion starring Howard Culver) 52/04/26 1 Billy the Kid - (Series Stars: William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer, Howard McNear) 52/05/10 3 Jaliscoe 52/05/17 4 Dodge City Killer 52/05/24 5 Ben Slade's Saloon 52/05/31 6 Carmen 52/06/07 7 Buffalo Killers 52/06/14 8 Jailbait Janet 52/07/0511 Never Pester Chester (Paul Dubov) 52/07/1212 The Boughten Bride 52/07/1913 Doc Holiday 52/07/2614 Gentleman's Disagreement 52/08/0215 Renegade White 52/08/0916 The Kentucky Tolmans 52/08/1617 The Lynching 52/08/2318 Shakespeare
52/08/3019 The Juniper Tree
52/09/0620 The Brothers
52/09/1321 Home Surgery
52/09/2022 Drop Dead
52/09/2723 The Railroad
52/10/0324 Cain
52/10/1025 Hinka-Do
52/10/1726 Lochinvar 
52/10/2427 The Mortgage
52/10/3128 Overland Express
52/11/0729 Tara
52/11/1430 The Square Triangle
52/11/2131 Fingered
52/11/2932 Kitty
52/12/0633 I Don't Know
52/12/1334 Post Martin
52/12/2035 Xmas Story
52/12/2736 The Cabin
53/01/0337 Westbound
53/01/1038 Word of Honor
53/01/1739 Paid Killer
53/01/2440 The Old Lady
53/01/3141 Cavalcade 
53/02/0742 Cain (reused script)
53/02/1443 The Round-Up
53/02/2144 Meshougah
53/02/2845 Trojan War
53/03/0746 Absalom
53/03/1447 Cyclone
53/03/2148 Pussy Cats
53/03/2849 Quarter Horse
53/04/0450 Jayhawkers
53/04/1151 Gonif
53/04/1852 Bum's Rush
53/04/2553 The Soldier
53/05/0254 Tacetta
53/05/0955 The Buffalo Hunter
53/05/1656 The Big Con
53/05/2357 Print Asper
53/05/3058 Fall Semester
53/06/0659 Sundown
53/06/1360 Spring Term 
53/06/2061 Wind
53/06/2762 Flashback
53/07/0463 Dirt
53/07/1164 Grass
53/07/1865 Wild West
53/07/2566 Hickock
53/08/0167 Boy
53/08/07 Sky (rehearsal)
53/08/0868 Sky
53/08/14 Moon (rehearsal)
53/08/1569 Moon
53/08/2270 Gone Straight
53/08/2971 Jesse
53/09/0572 The Sutler
53/09/1273 Prairie Happy
53/09/1974 There Was Never a Horse
53/09/2675 Fawn
53/10/0376 How to Kill a Friend
53/10/1077 How to Die for Nothing
53/10/1778 Yorky
53/10/2479 The Buffalo Hunter (reused script)
53/10/3180 How to Kill a Woman
53/11/0781 Stolen Horses
53/11/1482 Professor Lute Bone
53/11/2183 Custer
53/11/2884 Kick Me
53/12/0585 The Lamb
53/12/1286 The Cast
53/12/1987 Big Girl Lost
53/12/2688 The Guitar
54/01/0289 Stage Holdup
54/01/0990 Joke's on Us
54/01/1691 The Bear
54/01/2392 Nina
54/01/3093 Gunsmuggler
54/02/0694 Big Broad
54/02/1395 The Killer
54/02/2096 Last Fling
54/02/2797 Bad Boy
54/03/0698 The Gentleman
54/03/1399 Confederate Money
54/03/20 100 Old Friend
54/03/27 101 Blood Money (Sam Edwards)
54/04/03 102 Mr. and Mrs. Amber (Helen Kleeb)
54/04/10 103 Greater Love (John Dehner)
54/04/17 104 What the Whisky Drummer Heard (Edgar Barrier)
54/04/24 105 Murder Warrant
54/05/01 106 Cara
54/05/05 Going Bad (rehearsal)
54/05/08 107 The Constable
54/05/15 108 The Indian Horse
54/05/22 109 Monopoly
54/05/29 110 Feud
54/06/05 111 Blacksmith (Vic Perrin)
54/06/12 112 The Cover Up
54/06/19 113 Going Bad
54/06/26 114 Claustrophobia
54/07/03 115 Word of Honor (reused script)
54/07/05 116 Hack Prine
54/07/12 117 Texas Cowboys
54/07/19 118 The Queue (Edgar Barrier)
54/07/26 119 Matt for Murder
54/08/02 120 No Indians (Joseph Kearns)
54/08/09 121 Joe Phy
54/08/16 122 Mavis McCloud (Eleanor Tannin)
54/08/23 123 Young Man with a Gun
54/08/30 124 Obie Tater
54/09/06 125 The Promise aka The Handcuffs
54/09/13 126 Dooley Surrenders
54/09/20 127 The F. U.
54/09/27 128 Helping Hand
54/10/02 129 Matt Gets It
54/10/09 130 Love of a Good Woman
54/10/16 131 Kitty Caught (Lawrence Dobkin)
54/10/23 132 Ma Tennis
54/10/30 133 The Patsy
54/11/06 134 Smoking out the Beedles
54/11/13 135 Wrong Man
54/11/20 136 How to Kill a Woman (reused script)
54/11/27 137 Cooter (John Dehner)
54/12/04 138 Cholera
54/12/11 139 Bone Hunters
54/12/18 140 Magnus
54/12/25 141 Kitty Lost
55/01/01 142 The Bottle Man
55/01/08 143 Robin Hood
55/01/15 144 Chester's Murder
55/01/22 145 Sins Of The Fathers
55/01/29 146 Young Love
55/02/05 147 Cheyennes
55/02/12 148 Chester's Hanging
55/02/19 149 Poor Pearl
55/02/26 150 Crack-Up (John Dehner)
55/03/05 151 Kite's Reward
55/03/12 152 The Trial (John Dehner)
55/03/19 153 The Mistake
55/03/26 154 Horse Deal
55/04/02 155 Bloody Hands (Alafraganza)
55/04/09 156 Skid Row
55/04/16 157 The Gypsum Hills Feud
55/04/23 158 Born to Hang (Joseph Kearns)
55/04/30 159 Reward for Matt
55/05/07 160 Potato Road
55/05/14 161 Robber Bridegroom
55/05/21 162 The Liar from Blackhawk
55/05/28 163 Cow Doctor (Tom Hanley)
55/06/04 164 Jealousy
55/06/11 165 Trust
55/06/18 166 The Reed Survives (Michael Ann Barrett)
55/06/25 167 The Army Trial
55/07/02 168 General Parsley Smith
55/07/09 169 Uncle Oliver
55/07/16 170 20/20
55/07/23 171 Ben Tolliver's Stud (Norman Macdonnell)
55/07/30 172 Tap Day for Kitty
55/08/06 173 Innocent Broad
55/08/13 174 Johnny Red (Virginia Gregg)
55/08/20 175 Indian Scout
55/08/27 176 Doc Quits
55/09/03 177 Change of Heart
55/09/10 178 Alarm at Pleasant Valley
55/09/17 179 Thoroughbreds
55/09/24 180 Indian White
55/10/01 181 Barton Boy
55/10/08 182 Good Girl - Bad Company
55/10/09 183 The Coward (Vic Perrin)
55/10/16 184 Trouble in Kansas
55/10/23 185 Brush at Elkader (James Nusser)
55/10/30 186 The Choice (Lawrence Dobkin)
55/11/06 187 The Second Choice
55/11/13 188 The Preacher
55/11/20 189 Dutch George
55/11/27 190 Amy's Good Deed
55/12/04 191 Sunny Afternoon
55/12/11 192 Land Deal
55/12/18 193 Scared Kid
55/12/25 194 Twelfth Night (Helen Kleeb)(reused script)
56/01/01 195 Pucket's New Year (James Nusser)
56/01/08 196 Doc's Revenge
56/01/15 197 How to Cure a Friend
56/01/22 198 Romeo
56/01/29 199 Bureaucrat
56/02/05 200 Legal Revenge
56/02/12 201 Kitty's Outlaw
56/02/15 The New Hotel (rehearsal)
56/02/19 202 The New Hotel
56/02/26 203 Who Lives by the Sword
56/03/04 204 The Hunter
56/03/11 205 Bringing Down Father
56/03/18 206 The Man Who Would Be Marshal
56/03/25 207 Hanging Man
56/04/01 208 How to Sell a Ranch
56/04/08 209 Widow's Mite
56/04/15 210 The Executioner
56/04/22 211 Indian Crazy
56/04/29 212 Doc's Reward
56/05/06 213 The Photographer
56/05/13 214 Cows and Cribs (Jeanette Nolan)
56/05/20 215 Buffalo Man
56/05/27 216 Man Hunter
56/06/03 217 The Pacifist
56/06/10 218 Daddy-O (John McIntire)
56/06/17 219 Cheap Labor
56/06/24 220 Sunday Supplement
56/07/01 221 Gun for Chester
56/07/08 222 Passive Resistance
56/07/15 223 Letter of the Law (Joseph Kearns)
56/07/22 224 Lynching Man
56/07/29 225 Lost Rifle
56/08/05 226 Sweet and Sour (Harry Bartell)
56/08/12 227 Snakebite
56/08/19 228 Annie Oakley
56/08/26 229 No Sale
56/09/02 230 Old Pal
56/09/09 231 Belle's Back
56/09/16 232 Thick 'n' Thin
56/09/23 233 Box O' Rocks
56/09/30 234 The Brothers (different story than 52-09-06)
56/10/07 235 The Gambler
56/10/14 236 Gunshot Wound
56/10/21 237 'Til Death Do Us
56/10/28 238 Dirty Bill's Girl
56/11/10 239 Crowbait Bob (Nov 4th broadcast preempted)
56/11/11 240 Pretty Mama
56/11/18 241 Brother Whelp
56/11/25 242 Tail to the Wind
56/12/02 243 Speak to Me Fair
56/12/09 244 Braggart's Boy
56/12/16 245 Cherry Red
56/12/23 246 Beeker's Barn (Ralph Moody)
56/12/30 247 Hound Dog
57/01/06 248 Devil's Hindmost
57/01/13 249 Ozymandias
57/01/20 250 Categorical Imperative
57/01/27 251 Woman Called Mary
57/02/03 252 Cold Fire
57/02/10 253 Hellbent Harriet
57/02/17 254 Doubtful Zone
57/02/24 255 Impact
57/03/03 256 Colleen So Green
57/03/10 257 Grebb Hassle
57/03/17 258 Spring Freshet
57/03/24 259 Saddle Sore Sal
57/03/31 260 Chicken Smith
57/04/07 261 Rock Bottom
57/04/14 262 Saludos
57/04/21 263 Bear Trap
57/04/28 264 Medicine Man
57/05/05 265 How to Kill a Friend (reused script)
57/05/12 266 Sheep Dog
57/05/19 267 One Night Stand
57/05/26 268 Pal
57/06/02 269 Ben Tolliver's Stud (Les Crutchfield)(reused script)
57/06/09 270 Dodge Podge
57/06/16 271 Summer Night
57/06/23 272 Home Surgery (reused script)
57/06/30 273 The Buffalo Hunter (reused script)
57/07/07 274 Word of Honor (reused script)
57/07/14 275 Bloody Hands (Long Branch)(reused script)
57/07/21 276 Kitty Caught (James Nusser)(reused script)
57/07/28 277 Cow Doctor (Ray Kemper)(reused script)
57/08/04 278 Big Hands
57/08/11 279 Jayhawkers (reused script)
57/08/18 280 The Peace Officer
57/08/25 281 Grass (reused script)
57/09/01 282 Jobe's Son
57/09/08 283 Looney McCluny
57/09/15 284 Child Labor
57/09/22 285 Custer (reused script)
57/09/29 286 Another Man's Poison
57/10/06 287 The Rooks
57/10/13 288 The Margin
57/10/20 289 Professor Lute Bone (reused script)
57/10/27 290 Man and Boy
57/11/03 291 Bull
57/11/10 292 Gun Shy
57/11/17 293 The Queue (Ben Wright)(reused script)
57/11/24 294 Odd Man Out
57/12/01 295 Jud's Woman
57/12/08 296 Long as I Live
57/12/15 297 Ugly
57/12/28 298 Twelfth Night (December 22 broadcast pre-empted) (Virginia Gregg)(reused script)
57/12/29 299 Where'd They Go?
58/01/05 300 Pucket's New Year (reused script)
58/01/12 301 Second Son
58/01/19 302 Moo Moo Raid
58/01/26 303 One for Lee
58/02/02 304 Kitty's Killing
58/02/09 305 The Joke's on Us (reused script)
58/02/16 306 Bruger's Folly
58/02/23 307 The Surgery
58/03/02 308 The Guitar (reused script)
58/03/09 309 Laughing Gas
58/03/16 310 Real Sent Sonny
58/03/23 311 Indian
58/03/30 312 Why Not
58/04/06 313 Yorky (reused script)
58/04/13 314 Livvie's Loss
58/04/20 315 The Partners
58/04/27 316 The Squaw
58/05/10 317 How to Die for Nothing (May 4th broadcast preempted)(reused script)
58/05/11 318 Little Bird
58/05/18 319 The Stallion
58/05/25 320 Blue Horse
58/06/01 321 Quarter Horse (reused script)
58/06/08 322 Hot Horse Hyatt
58/06/15 323 Old Flame
58/06/22 324 Target
58/06/29 325 What the Whisky Drummer Heard (James Nusser)(reused script)
58/07/06 326 Chester's Choice
58/07/13 327 The Proving Kid
58/07/20 328 Marshal Proudfoot
58/07/27 329 The Cast (reused script)
58/08/03 330 Miguel's Daughter
58/08/10 331 A House Ain't a Home
58/08/17 332 The Piano
58/08/24 333 The Blacksmith (Barney Phillips)(reused script)
58/08/31 334 I Thee Wed
58/09/07 335 Tried It - Didn't Like It
58/09/14 336 False Witness
58/09/21 337 Big Girl Lost (reused script)
58/09/28 338 Kitty's Rebellion
58/10/05 339 Tag, You're It
58/10/12 340 Doc's Showdown
58/10/19 341 Kick Me (reused script)
58/10/26 342 The Tragedian
58/11/02 343 Old Man's Gold
58/11/09 344 Target - Chester
58/11/16 345 Brush at Elkader (James Westerfield)(reused script)
58/11/23 346 The Correspondent
58/11/30 347 Burning Wagon
58/12/07 348 The Grass Asp
58/12/14 349 Kitty's Injury
58/12/21 350 Where'd They Go? (reused script)
58/12/28 351 The Choice (reused script)
59/01/04 352 The Coward (Joseph Kearns)(reused script)
59/01/11 353 The Wolfer
59/01/18 354 Kangaroo
59/01/25 355 The Boots
59/02/01 356 The Bobsy Twins
59/02/08 357 Groat's Grudge
59/02/15 358 Body Snatch
59/02/22 359 Sarah's Search
59/03/01 360 Big Tom
59/03/08 361 Maw Hawkins
59/03/15 362 Incident at Indian Ford
59/03/22 363 The Trial (Joseph Kearns)(reused script)
59/03/29 364 Laurie's Suitor
59/04/05 365 Trapper's Revenge
59/04/12 366 Chester's Mistake
59/04/19 367 Third Son
59/04/26 368 The Badge
59/05/03 369 Unwanted Deputy
59/05/10 370 Dowager's Visit
59/05/17 371 Scared Boy
59/05/24 372 Wagon Show
59/05/31 373 The Deserter
59/06/07 374 Doc's Indians
59/06/14 375 Kitty's Kidnap
59/06/21 376 Carmen (reused script)
59/06/28 377 Jailbait Janet (reused script)
59/07/05 378 Emma's Departure
59/07/12 379 Friend's Payoff
59/07/19 380 Second Arrest
59/07/26 381 Old Beller
59/08/02 382 Ball Nine, Take Your Base
59/08/09 383 Mavis McCloud (Barbara Eiler)(reused script)
59/08/16 384 Pokey Pete
59/08/23 385 The Reed Survives (Lynn Allen)(reused script)
59/08/30 386 Shooting Stopover
59/09/06 387 Matt's Decision
59/09/13 388 Johnny Red (Helen Kleeb)(reused script)
59/09/20 389 Gentlemen's Disagreement (reused script)
59/09/27 390 Personal Justice
59/10/04 391 Hinka-Do (reused script)
59/10/11 392 Kitty's Quandary
59/10/18 393 The Mortgage (reused script)
59/10/25 394 Old Gunfighter
59/11/01 395 Westbound (reused script)
59/11/08 396 Cavalcade (reused script)
59/11/15 397 The Square Triangle (reused script)
59/11/22 398 Paid Killer (reused script)
59/11/29 399 Hard Lesson
59/12/06 400 Big Chugg Wilson
59/12/13 401 Don Mateo
59/12/20 402 Beeker's Barn (Joseph Kearns)(reused script)
59/12/27 403 Pucket's New Year (reused script)
60/01/03 404 Trojan War (reused script)
60/01/10 405 Luke's Law
60/01/17 406 Fiery Arrest
60/01/24 407 Bless Me Till I Die
60/01/31 408 Chester's Dilemma
60/02/07 409 Delia's Father
60/02/14 410 Distant Drummer
60/02/21 411 Mr and Mrs Amber (Virginia Gregg)(reused script)
60/02/28 412 Prescribed Killing
60/03/06 413 Blood Money (John Dehner)(reused script)
60/03/13 414 Unloaded Gun
60/03/20 415 The Constable (Barlett Robinson)(reused script)
60/03/27 416 Indian Baby
60/04/03 417 Greater Love (Vic Perrin)(reused script)
60/04/10 418 Dave's Lesson
60/04/17 419 Solomon River
60/04/24 420 Stage Snatch
60/05/01 421 Nettie Sitton
60/05/08 422 Wrong Man (different story from 54-11-13)
60/05/15 423 Tall Trapper
60/05/22 424 Marryin' Bertha
60/05/29 425 Bad Seed
60/06/05 426 Fabulous Silver Extender
60/06/12 427 Kitty Accused
60/06/26 429 Line Trouble
60/07/03 430 Little Girl
60/07/10 431 Reluctant Violence
60/07/17 432 Busted-Up Guns
60/07/24 433 The Imposter
60/07/31 434 Stage Smash
60/08/07 435 Old Fool
60/08/14 436 The Noose
60/08/21 437 Dangerous Bath
60/08/28 438 Tumbleweed
60/09/04 439 The Peace Officer (Barney Phillips)(reused script)
60/09/11 440 About Chester
60/09/18 441 Two Mothers
60/09/25 442 Doc Judge
60/10/02 443 The Big Itch
60/10/09 444 Born to Hang (Barney Phillips)(reused script)
60/10/16 445 Crack-Up (John Forkum)(reused script)
60/10/23 446 Newsma'am
60/10/30 447 Never Pester Chester (Barney Phillips) (reused script)
60/11/06 448 Jedro's Woman
60/11/13 449 The Big Con (reused script)
60/11/20 450 The Professor
60/11/27 451 Dirt (reused script)
60/12/04 452 Kitty's Good Neighboring
60/12/11 453 The Cook
60/12/18 454 Hero's Departure
60/12/25 455 Minnie
61/01/01 456 Spring Term (reused script)
61/01/08 457 Old Faces
61/01/15 458 The Wake
61/01/22 459 Hard Virtue
61/01/29 460 Harriet
61/02/05 461 Love of Money
61/02/12 462 Daddy-O (John Dehner)(reused script)
61/02/19 463 Kitty Love
61/02/26 464 Joe Sleet
61/03/05 465 Melinda Miles
61/03/12 466 Sweet and Sour (Vic Perrin)(reused script)
61/03/19 467 Joe Phy (reused Script)
61/03/26 468 No Indians(reused script)
61/04/02 469 Chester's Inheritance
61/04/09 470 Hangman's Mistake
61/04/16 471 Cooter (Frank Cady)(reused script)
61/04/23 472 Father and Son
61/04/30 473 Ex-Urbanites
61/05/07 474 Ma's Justice
61/05/14 475 The Lady Killer
61/05/21 476 Chester's Rendezvous
61/05/28 477 The Sod-Buster
61/06/04 478 Cows and Cribs (Anne Morrison)(reused script)
61/06/11 479 Doc's Visitor
61/06/18 480 Letter of the Law (Vic Perrin)(reused script)
(Australian)
xx/xx/xx Al Galeco (Aus)
xx/xx/xx Body By the Road (Aus)
xx/xx/xx Curly Temple Story (Aus)
xx/xx/xx Death in River Valley
xx/xx/xx Holt Sweeney Story (Aus)