Old-Time Radio Kids' Adventure Shows

Back in the good ol' days, kids wouldn't come home from school and watch TV. They listened to their favorite kids' radio adventure shows instead. Today, those old radio programs are classified as "juvenile adventure" shows, and are frequently 15- or 30- minute serialized episodes, where the hero is left in a precarious predicament at the end of each episode. Here is a list of some of those kids' adventure shows. The button after an entry means there is a short RealAudio® soundbyte available. Click on the to hear the soundbyte. More information is available for some of the shows. Click on the *INFO* to jump to those pages.

Also visit the Kids' Adventure Show BBS, hosted by Jack French, where you can share your memories with other "youngsters" of the time. If you enjoyed the old aviator shows, such as Smilin Jack, Captain Midnight, Hop Harrigan, Sky King, etc., Jack French has written a special article, just for you! Think your memory is good? Try taking Smilin' Jack's Kid Show Trivia Quiz!

Adventures of Champion Adventures of Dick Cole Adventures of Frank Farrell Adventures of Frank Merriwell Adventures of Helen and Mary Adventures of Jack Masters Adventures of Superman Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen Animal News Club Ann of the Airlanes Armstrong of the SBI Babe Ruth's Boys Club Bartons, The Big and Little Club Big Jon & Sparky Billy and Betty Black Flame of the Amazon Black Ghost, The Black Hood, The Blackhawk Blackstone, The Magic Detective Blair of the Mounties Blue Beetle, The Bobby Benson & B-Bar-B Riders *INFO* Bright Idea Club Buck Rogers in 25th Century Captain Midnight Challenge of the Yukon Chandu the Magician Chick Carter, Boy Detective Chip Davis, Commando Cimarron Tavern Cinnamon Bear, The Cisco Kid, The Coast To Coast on a Bus Curley Bradley, Singing Marshal Dan Dunn, Secret Operative 48 Darrow of the Diamond X Davy Adams Shipmates Club Dick Daring's Adventures Dick Steele, Boy Reporter Dick Tracy Doc Savage Don Lang Don Winslow of the Navy Dorothy Gordon Dorothy Hart, Sunbrite Nurse Dr. Dolittle Dr. Six Gun

Flash Gordon Flying Family, The Flying Hutchinsons, The Flying Patrol Fu Manchu Green Hornet Green Lama H-Bar-O Rangers Harry Swan Hoofbeats Hop Harrigan Hopalong Cassidy House of Mystery Howdy Doody Howie Wing Inspector White of Scotland Yard In the Air with Roger Gale Jack Armstrong Jerry Dean, Boy Trooper Jerry at Fair Oaks Jerry of the Circus Joe Palooka John Martin's Stories Jolly Bill & Jane Jungle Jim Junior G-Men Junior Nurse Corps King Arthur, Jr. King of Royal Mounted Kukla, Fran & Ollie Lady in Blue Lady Next Door, The Land of the Lost, The Lassie Let's Pretend Lightning Jim Little Blue Playhouse Little Orphan Annie Lone Ranger, The Lone Wolf Tribe Malcolm Claire Maltine Story Time Mandrake the Magician Mark Trail Maverick Jim McLean of the Mounties Mel Blanc's Woody Woodpecker Mickey Mouse Theater Miss Switch the Witch Musical Story Lady Night Hawk Ride No School Today Og, Son of Fire Omar the Mystic Once Upon a Time Our Barn

Paul Wing's Stories Phantom Pilot Patrol Popeye the Sailor Rainbow House Red Trails Red Ryder Reg'lar Fellers Renfrew of the Mounted Rip Lawson, Adventurer Rin-Tin-Tin Robinson Crusoe, Jr. Roy Rogers Salty Sam Sea Hound Seckatary Hawkins Secret City Secret Three, The Sgt. Preston of the Yukon Silver Eagle Singing Story Lady Skippy Sky Blazers Sky King Sleepy Joe Smilin' Ed's Buster Brown Gang Smilin' Jack Space Adventures of Super Noodle Space Patrol Spare Ribs Sparrow and the Hawk Speed Gibson Starr of Space Story Time Straight Arrow *INFO* *INFO* Superman Tailspin Tommy Tarzan Tattered Man, The Tennessee Jed Terry and Ted Terry and the Pirates Thrills of Tomorrow Thurston the Magician Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Tom Mix Treasure Island Uncle Don Uncle Ollie and his Gang Uncle Ned's Squadron Wheatenaville Sketches Wild Bill Elliott Will Bill Hickok Wilderness Road With Canada's Mounted Wizard of Oz Wormwood Forest Young Forty-Niners

We will be adding soundbytes to this page as they become available.

Don't forget to visit the Kids' Adventure Show BBS, to ask questions or share memories with other fans of old kids' adventure shows. Be the first on your block to actually write some messages there! Just think what the other kids will say, when they learn that you were able to read and write messages all on your very own! You don't have to include a box top, you don't have to include a dime, and you don't have to lick that ol' 5-cent stamp. In fact, you don't even have to be a kid any more, as long as you were one at some time. Mr. Jack French is standing by to read all your questions and find you some answers. So, don't wait any longer - get your paper and pencil (oops, I mean keyboard and mouse) ready, and jump over to the kids BBS, where kids of ALL ages can have even more fun! What are you waiting for? Click on the link NOW, and start meeting new friends. Just tell 'em that Jack sent you. And, remember to have your secret decoder device handy, just in case you are sent a mysterious message by one of the members of the mysterious message gang.

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Analog soundbytes courtesy of Jack French.