Dr. Sixgun is an American Western radio drama that aired on NBC from September 2, 1954 to October 13, 1955.
Plot summary Dr. Ray Matson, (Karl Weber)Terrace, Vincent (1999).Radio Programs, 1924–1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 101. is a frontier physician based in a small western town in the 1870s called Frenchman's Ford. The stories are told by a recurring character named Pablo (Bill Griffis), a gypsy peddler who has a talking raven named Midnight as his sidekick. As his name implied, Matson was equally at home with using a gun or using his medical skills to solve problems.
Broadcast history Dr. Sixgun was broadcast September 2, 1954 – October 13, 1955, on NBC. The 30-minute sustaining series aired Thursdays at 8:30 pm, September 2–October 21, 1954; Sundays at 8 pm, October 10, 1954 – April 21, 1955; and Thursdays at 8 pm, August 18–October 13, 1955.Hickerson, Jay. The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows, Hamden, CT, second edition 1992, p. 111.
Preservation status More than 25 episodes are known to survive in radio collections.
References
External links Dr. Sixgun at the Internet Archive Dr. Sixgun at Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs