Monthly Archives: January 2013

The First Broadcast – 80 Years Ago Today

For weeks, writer Fran Striker had submitted script after revised script to George W. Trendle for approval. The clarity of Trendle’s vision of the character was unwavering, and with it came rules. The Lone Ranger was to speak in perfect English. Forced to shoot, he would shoot to disarm, never to kill. There would be […]

Belle Isle – July 30, 1933

By all reports, the number of children that insisted their parents take them out to Belle Isle on that Sunday afternoon in July was at least 10,000 (some have written 100,000). Most had one thing on their minds—actually seeing the mysterious masked man who’s voice they listened to in the evenings. But they were in […]