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Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 16.4- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon!

Sonic Summerstock returns with the incredible Larry Groebe and Project Audio and a very special performance!
“Sergeant Preston of the Yukon” (actually called “The Challenge of the Yukon” for most of its 16 years on the radio) was one of the greatest juvenile adventure radio series ever – part of a trinity of kids’ shows that originated from Station WXYZ in Detroit. (The others were “The Green Hornet” and “The Lone Ranger”.) It chronicled the never-ending adventure of the noble Mountie and his wonder dog Yukon King, maintaining law and order in the wilds of the frozen Northwest.

While there are nearly 700 surviving recordings of this classic show, Project Audion located a MISSING episode’s script that originally aired on May 25, 1955 — just two weeks before show ended its run. What’s more, we are delighted to feature 94-year-old Chuck Daugherty, who was actually heard in some of the original Preston series episodes during his time at WXYZ over 70 years ago.  He’s part of a terrifically talented coast-to-coast cast for this exciting episode with original commercials for Quaker cereals.

Oh Captain, my Captain?

William Shatner began his acting career on radio in Canada when he was quite young. Born in 1931, he would have been around 15 years old in 1946.

He started performing on CBC Radio in Montreal, even before he went to university. This early experience in radio laid the groundwork for his extensive career in acting, eventually leading him to become a global icon as Captain Kirk in “Star Trek.”

The moral of the story is that audio has always been a training ground as much as a career for great artists.

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