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CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON

Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running radio series that began on Detroit's station WXYZ (as had The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet), and an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on February 3, 1938.

The program was an adventure series about Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King, as they fought evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Preston, according to radio historian Jim Harmon, first joined the Mounties to capture his father's killer, and when he was successful he was promoted to Sergeant. Preston worked under the command of Inspector Conrad, and in the early years was often assisted by a French-Canadian guide named Pierre.

Preston's staunchest ally, who was arguably the true star of the show and indeed often did more work than he did, was the brave Alaskan husky, Yukon King. Typical plots involved the pair helping injured trappers, tracking down smugglers, or saving cabin dwellers from wolverines. Sgt. Preston's faithful steed was Rex, used primarily in the summer months, but generally Yukon King and his dog team were the key mode of transportation (as signalled by Preston's cry of "On, King! On, you huskies!."

There is some confusion regarding King's actual breed. The producers seemed to use malamute and husky interchangeably. At least once, Preston answered "malamute" to the question from another character. In the early radio shows, the cry of "On, you huskies!" would alternate with "On, you malamutes" from show to show.

Von Reznicek's Donna Diana Overture was the pulsing theme music, and the episodes ended with the official pronouncement, Well, King, this case is closed.

Following the success of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet, George W. Trendle, the station owner, asked for a similar adventure show, but with a dog as the hero. According to WXYZ staffer Dick Osgood, in his history of the station, Trendle insisted that it not be "a dog like Lassie because.. this must be an action story. It had to be a working dog." Writer Tom Dougall, who had been influenced by the poems of Robert W. Service, naturally chose a Husky. The dog was originally called Mogo, but after criticism by Trendle, Dougall re-christened the canine King. Dougall likewise created Sgt. Preston and the French-Canadian guide. Fran Striker, who wrote for The Lone Ranger, also contributed scripts.

However, Trendle's criticism of Dougall may have had another reason behind it. Shortly before the two Trendle series aired ( The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon), popular author Zane Grey had a book in circulation (Lone Star Ranger) about a Texas Ranger like The Lone Ranger and a comic book series in circulation (King of the Royal Mounted) about the adventures of Sgt. King, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman like Sgt. Preston. It could be that Trendle borrowed both ideas from Grey's work and wanted to retain the name "King" as a tribute to Grey, who died after a long illness one year following the first airing of Challenge of the Yukon.

Challenge of the Yukon began as a 15-minute serial, airing locally from 1938 until May 28, 1947. Shortly thereafter, the program acquired a sponsor, Quaker Oats, and the series, in a half-hour format, moved to the networks. The program aired on ABC from June 12, 1947 to December 30, 1949. It was then heard on The Mutual Broadcasting System from January 2, 1950 through the final broadcast on June 9, 1955. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in November 1951, and remained under that name through the end of the series and into television.

NOTE: Updated Release! New Episodes and corrected sound variances (29-Dec-2011).

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Individual Files

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Meeting the Terms of a Contract	6.7 MB
Till a Man's Proved Dead	6.8 MB
A Swindler Swindled	6.8 MB
A Footprint in Leather	6.7 MB
Caught by a Button	6.8 MB
The Last Days of a Freight Line	6.7 MB
A Swill O' Gunpowder		4.3 MB
King's Ransom		4.2 MB
Murder on Train Time		4.2 MB
A Previewed Confession		4.2 MB
Attempted Manslaughter		4.2 MB
Lantern Rock		4.2 MB
The Ring on His Finger		4.2 MB
The Tell-Tale Bullet			3.3 MB
A Date to Remember			3.3 MB
Belated Revenge			3.3 MB
Return to the Crime			3.3 MB
King Spots Murder			3.3 MB
Self Defense or Murder			3.3 MB
By Hook or by Crook	6.8 MB
The Eleventh Hour			3.4 MB
Murder in ABC's			3.1 MB
Bob Hite Announces (Audition)		8.3 MB
No Escape for a Murderer	6.7 MB
Revenge in the Yukon			3.4 MB
Forgery and Murder			3.3 MB
Macbeth's Bloody Knife				5.0 MB
Wolf Pack			3.3 MB
Cabin on the Trail	6.7 MB
Lady Luck Claim			3.3 MB
As a Man Thinketh	6.8 MB
The Hannagan Brothers	6.5 MB
The Great Dog King	6.6 MB
The Vallera Diamond			3.3 MB
King Meets Soapy Smith	6.4 MB
A Pack of Bacon	6.4 MB
Edward Carson	6.5 MB
The Plaid Coat	6.5 MB
Belle Brady's Gesture	6.5 MB
Preston's Right Hand Man	6.5 MB
A Woman Scorned	6.5 MB
Outlaw Dog	6.5 MB
The Outlaw's Nemesis				5.0 MB
The Idol			3.3 MB
A Joke Led to the Gallows	6.5 MB
Reverend Jim	6.6 MB
The Man from Missouri	6.7 MB
Design for Murder aka Killing Sullivan			3.3 MB
The Duke Bows to a King			3.3 MB
The Lady's Locket	6.7 MB
Lucky Walters				5.1 MB
Of Dogs and Horses	6.7 MB
Maintiens Le Droit	6.7 MB
The Plan That Failed	6.7 MB
King Breaks the Wheel of Fortune	6.7 MB
A Rendezvous	6.7 MB
Smokey	6.8 MB
A Frame-Up That Failed	6.3 MB
Death and the Flickering Eye	6.2 MB
A Masquerade			3.2 MB
Eyes for the Blind			3.1 MB
King Saves the Day	6.6 MB
Suzanne Verrill	6.7 MB
Case History of a Mountie	6.6 MB
Seahorse City's Editor	6.5 MB
King Found the Clue	6.5 MB
Florabelle's Adventure	6.5 MB
Paula Buchanan	6.5 MB
King Meets a Grizzly	6.4 MB
Trial by Fire	6.4 MB
One Went to the Gallows	6.5 MB
How Connelly Paid the Law	6.5 MB
Preston's Dilemma	6.3 MB
Trap for a Mountie	6.3 MB
Manhunt		4.0 MB
Murder on the Trail	6.4 MB
The Fugitives	6.8 MB
King Led the Way	6.8 MB
An Unlucky Gambler			3.3 MB
Guilty by Proxy	6.8 MB
Wilderness Girl	6.8 MB
Glynns Canyon	6.8 MB
Trail Scent	6.7 MB
The Dog-Head Nugget	6.8 MB
Silver Point Renegades			3.3 MB
Landslide			3.4 MB
Blizzard in the Yukon			3.3 MB
Back Door of the Mountain			3.4 MB
Her Weight in Gold			3.3 MB
Spawn of the North			3.3 MB
The Dog Team Race			3.3 MB
God of the Mountain			3.3 MB
A Boy and a Dog			3.3 MB
Ambush			3.3 MB
Trap Robber			3.4 MB
Medicine Man			3.3 MB
Thunder			3.3 MB
Recovered Claim			3.3 MB
Old Tom			3.3 MB
The Brass Button			3.3 MB
Escape			3.3 MB
Skipper			3.3 MB
The Chase			3.3 MB
The Map			3.3 MB
Arctic Chase			3.3 MB
Maw Baker's Pies			3.3 MB
Magnamimous Ghost			3.3 MB
Bear Trap			3.3 MB
Alibi			3.3 MB
Big Bill			3.3 MB
The Red Mitten			3.4 MB
Chechako			3.3 MB
The Black Bear			3.3 MB
Scorpion Sam's Gold			3.3 MB
Dynamite Provides			3.4 MB
The Trail			3.4 MB
The Last Laugh			3.3 MB
The Irish Wolf Hound			3.3 MB
Father Donovan			3.3 MB
Long Fall Canyon			3.3 MB
The Bonanza Belle			3.3 MB
The Dachshund			3.3 MB
Christmas Present	6.6 MB
New Year's Eve			3.4 MB
The Grave Robbers			3.4 MB
The Mail Team			3.3 MB
Preston Takes Over			3.2 MB
Jane Gets Her Man			3.3 MB
The Blind Man			3.3 MB
The Cure			3.3 MB
Mabel			3.3 MB
The Shamaness			3.4 MB
Mad Wolf			3.3 MB
The Bully			3.3 MB
Hold Up			3.4 MB
The Rivals			3.4 MB
The Return of Pete Hill			3.4 MB
Ned's Wife			3.4 MB
Rex			3.4 MB
Torn Parka			3.4 MB
Balmy Bill	6.8 MB
Eskimo Justice	6.7 MB
Shrimp Togan	6.9 MB
Chap	6.8 MB
The Mitten			3.4 MB
Annie Jones			3.3 MB
The Great Dane			3.4 MB
How Preston Got King			3.3 MB
The Sharp Shooter	6.7 MB
The Pup That Ate Too Much	6.9 MB
Flash	6.8 MB
Preston Breaks a Rule	6.9 MB
Beaver Dam	6.7 MB
The Silver Fox	6.7 MB
The Mute Speaks	6.7 MB
Grizzly Martin			3.3 MB
Preston Goes to Jail			3.3 MB
The Epidemic			3.2 MB
Preston Sells King			3.3 MB
Blind Man's Claim			3.2 MB
The Wooden Case			3.2 MB
Trap in the Mountains			3.2 MB
The Choice			3.2 MB
The Cat Collar			3.3 MB
Thanksgiving in the Wilderness			3.2 MB
The Watch Dog			3.3 MB
The Dog Fight			3.3 MB
Christmas Present			3.3 MB
The Man Who Limped			3.3 MB
The False Beard			3.2 MB
Zeb			3.3 MB
The Black Dog			3.3 MB
A Question of Ethics			3.3 MB
The Gold Fang			3.3 MB
Pet Bear			3.2 MB
The Substitution			3.7 MB
The Red Parka			3.2 MB
The Hermit of Nugget Hill			3.4 MB
The Coffin					8.2 MB
Sunshine Stones			3.3 MB
The Birthday Present						3.2 MB
The Big Stone House			3.3 MB
The Dancing Bear			3.2 MB
The Story of Big John			3.2 MB
The Torn Sleeve			3.2 MB
The Mad Trapper			3.3 MB
The Red Setter			3.2 MB
The Usurpers			3.3 MB
Lost Mitten			3.2 MB
The Wolf Cub			6.6 MB
Grizzly			6.6 MB
Pet Bear			6.3 MB
The Puppy			6.4 MB
Sam's Gold				10.1 MB
The Man in the Fur Cap	13.1 MB
A Dog Named Mabel	13.0 MB
Messenger of Mercy	13.2 MB
Derelict Dog	12.7 MB
The Revenge of Steve Carlton	13.5 MB
Clue to a Killer	13.4 MB
The Stolen Pups			6.5 MB
The Northern Pursuit	12.9 MB
The Fraud			6.7 MB
Reprisal			6.7 MB
The Proof			6.7 MB
The Malamute Pup			6.7 MB
The Last Cabin	13.6 MB
Rex		8.4 MB
Sam's Wife			6.7 MB
King's Escape			6.8 MB
The Limping Dog			6.3 MB
King Gets His Man aka The Piano			6.7 MB
Tara		8.5 MB
The Marked Cards	13.0 MB
White Man's Law			6.6 MB
The Shepherd Dog			6.6 MB
The Silent One			6.7 MB
Tago, the Half Breed			6.7 MB
The Bridge	13.6 MB
The Loyalty of Chief	13.6 MB
The Pamphlet	13.6 MB
The Red Herring	13.6 MB
The Klondike Palace	13.6 MB
Aunt Em	13.6 MB
Silvertip	13.6 MB
The Debt	13.6 MB
Witness for the Crown	13.5 MB
King Comes Home	13.6 MB
The Wire Haired Terrier	13.6 MB
Rusty	13.9 MB
Breakup	13.2 MB
Shots in the Dark	13.4 MB
Winner by Proxy			6.8 MB
The Fraud	13.6 MB
Trader Muldoon	13.4 MB
The Showdown	11.7 MB
Lost Indian Mine	11.9 MB
Icebound	11.9 MB
Old Ben's Gold	13.4 MB
Pot Luck Killers	11.5 MB
Ghost Town	13.5 MB
Find the Body	13.6 MB
The Extra Uniform	13.2 MB
Record Run	13.3 MB
Parson Shorty Meadows	13.3 MB
The Red Ace	13.3 MB
Mine of Good Hope	13.3 MB
White Hawk	13.2 MB
Underground Ambush	13.3 MB
The False Trail	13.3 MB
The Poisoner of Chiliwaw	13.3 MB
Samaritan of the Trail	13.5 MB
Preston Turns the Tables	13.5 MB
The Phantom Gang	13.6 MB
The Call of Duty	13.5 MB
The Man with the Red Hair	13.6 MB
Death on the Trail	13.6 MB
The Wilderness Uprising	13.6 MB
Ben Yancy's Legacy	13.6 MB
Shadow	13.5 MB
The Second Chance	13.6 MB
Manhunt	13.5 MB
The St Bernard Dog	13.5 MB
Mutiny on the Penguin	13.4 MB
Old Moby's Cairn	10.9 MB
Lost River Roundup	13.5 MB
Strike at Pelican Creek	13.4 MB
The Black Husky	13.1 MB
The Sergeant's Right	9.9 MB
Timber	13.4 MB
The Dawson Fire	13.5 MB
The Trap in Cabin Four	13.5 MB
Escape to the North	13.5 MB
Marlow's Gang	11.2 MB
Faith in a Mountie	11.7 MB
The Emerald in the Nugget	10.9 MB
The Man with the Red Coat		8.4 MB
Injun Devil	13.4 MB
Arrowhead Frame-Up	13.4 MB
Case of Frank Weaver	13.4 MB
King Takes Over							13.5 MB
Jim Beldens Secret							6.8 MB
King Proves His Worth							6.7 MB
Lem Baileys Pet Bear							6.7 MB
White Water							6.7 MB
Jimmy's Birthday Cake							13.4 MB
Skagway Patrol							6.7 MB
Mystery in the Cave							13.4 MB
The Moose River Murder							13.5 MB
Lost River Ambush							13.3 MB
The Mongrel							13.4 MB
On One Condition							13.4 MB
The Trail of Grizzly Grayson							13.7 MB
Rogue's Progress							13.5 MB
Sergeant Preston Faces Death							13.5 MB
Ambush							13.5 MB
The Coward							13.5 MB
Double Cross Creek							13.5 MB
The Dog with the Gold Tooth							13.5 MB
The Magic Light							13.5 MB
Signal in Green							13.5 MB
Danger Signal							13.5 MB
River Pirates							13.5 MB
Ambush at Forty Mile							13.5 MB
The Music Hall Murder							13.5 MB
Trail Mates							11.9 MB
Bulldog Charm							13.5 MB
The Meal the Convicted							13.5 MB
The White Huskie							6.8 MB
The Kondike Queen							9.2 MB
The Caribou Case							6.8 MB
The Black and White Pup							6.7 MB
The Devil Dog							6.8 MB
Letters to a Killer							5.7 MB
Conover's Crime							4.9 MB
Crumpled Handbill							6.8 MB
The Killer							6.8 MB
The Remittance Man							6.8 MB
Dead Man's Man							6.8 MB
The Knife Throwers							6.8 MB
The Lucky Shirt							6.8 MB
The Trail of the Werewolf							6.8 MB
Trouble at Forty-Mile							6.7 MB
The Luck of the Newtons							6.7 MB
The Empty Coffin							13.3 MB
The Doomed Witness							13.3 MB
The Bear Trap							6.8 MB
The Perfect Crime							13.3 MB
Fire in the Sky							6.8 MB
Escape to the North							13.3 MB
The Sparrow							13.3 MB
The Case of the Hard-Hearted Hermit							13.4 MB
Race to Twenty Mile							13.4 MB
The Million Dollar Deadline							13.3 MB
The Skagway-Mail							13.3 MB
The Counter Plan							13.3 MB
The Bad Penny							13.6 MB
Adventure in Selkirk							13.5 MB
The Duel							13.3 MB
Death and the Lucky Seven							6.8 MB
The Skull in the Stone							2.6 MB
The Case of the Turncoat Mountie							6.7 MB
The Case of the Frightened Child							6.8 MB
The Case of the Canyon Holdup							6.8 MB
The Missing Code							15.0 MB
The Case of the Yellow Ribbon							13.4 MB
A Boy and His Dog							13.5 MB
The Uphill Sled							13.6 MB
King Takes Over							13.5 MB
The Case of the Beautiful Swindler							13.7 MB
The Case of the Crown Fire							13.4 MB
Trickery in the River							14.1 MB
The Case of the Kind Hearted Killer							13.5 MB
The Case of the Unwilling Guardian							13.7 MB
The Renegade Huskie							13.4 MB
What Price King							13.4 MB
The Case of the Friendly Enemies							13.4 MB
The Yellow Kitten							13.6 MB
The Minister's Missing Money							13.5 MB
The Case of the Detective Who Liked Excitement							13.7 MB
The Fan-Tan Gold Robbery							13.4 MB
The Boy Who Feared Dogs							13.6 MB
The Case of the Wishbone							13.6 MB
Fire on the Trail							13.7 MB
King and the Baxter Gang							13.5 MB
The Case of the River Pirates							13.6 MB
Ambush Near Selkirk							13.7 MB
The Case of the Sourdough's Dog							13.6 MB
The Phantom Witness							13.6 MB
The Scent of Blood							13.7 MB
Murder on the Mountain							13.5 MB
The Generous Hobo							13.7 MB
Allen's McRae's Birthday Present							13.4 MB
The Burning Cabin							13.6 MB
The Great Charlotta							13.5 MB
The Doctor Disappears							13.7 MB
Hazel Crest Decision							13.5 MB
Rescue in the Forest							13.7 MB
The Missing Money							13.6 MB
Bad Boy							13.7 MB
The Last Will							13.4 MB
Nipper Moves Himself							13.5 MB
Bear Trap							13.5 MB
Dr Blake's Surrender							13.6 MB
The Miser and the Mob							14.3 MB
The Old Timer							14.4 MB
The Senator Finds a Treasure							14.4 MB
Note of Evidence							14.5 MB
The Brothers' Promise							14.2 MB
The King Emperor							14.1 MB
The Stolen Box							14.1 MB
The Barbary Gang							13.7 MB
Grubstake for Vickers							13.9 MB
48 Hours to Pay							13.9 MB
Outlaw's Twin							14.0 MB
Dance at Caribou Creek							13.5 MB
The Return of Tom Becket							13.4 MB
Swindlers Luck							14.0 MB
Copper Gulch Patrol							14.0 MB
The Wainwright Cache							14.1 MB
The Black Bag							14.2 MB
Missing Gold							14.0 MB
The Shanghaied Sergeant							14.1 MB
The Sergeant's Present							6.7 MB
Journey for Revenge							14.3 MB
Swindler's Luck							14.2 MB
The Prodigal Father							14.5 MB
Rainbow's End							14.0 MB
Jeff Marco's Gang							14.3 MB
The Battle at Bradley's							14.5 MB
Barry Jeffer's Trust							15.0 MB
Red Devil							14.2 MB
The Miners' Meeting							14.3 MB
The Diamond Collar							14.0 MB
The Long Trail							14.1 MB
No Epitaph for Tombstone							14.2 MB
The Ten Thousand Dollar Rewards							14.0 MB
The Trap That Failed							14.3 MB
The Ghost Raider							14.1 MB
Casper Mott's Adventure							13.5 MB
Circumstantial Evidence							13.4 MB
Blind Man's Buff							6.7 MB
Jailbreak							5.9 MB
The Runaway Heir							6.7 MB
Flaming Valley							13.4 MB
The Haunted Mine							14.0 MB
The Black Cat							14.2 MB
Alias Al Gibson							13.4 MB
The Murdered Witness							14.2 MB
Trail's End							14.3 MB
Uncle Joe's Luck							6.6 MB
Guardian for Jimmy							14.0 MB
When Thief Catches Thief							14.2 MB
The Innocent Criminal							13.6 MB
Wolf Creek							13.6 MB
Restitution							13.7 MB
The Lost Lady							13.6 MB
Hidden Evidence							13.7 MB
Secret Orders							13.6 MB
The Man Who Fled							14.3 MB
The Cascade Case							13.9 MB
The Fugitive Bride							13.4 MB
The Wolf Cub							13.4 MB
Canyon Cache							13.5 MB
Mystery of the Ridge							13.5 MB
Twenty Little Indians							13.7 MB
Unfinished Note							13.7 MB
The Two Bullets							13.6 MB
Wand Diamond							13.4 MB
Notorious Chet Craig							13.6 MB
The Dead Man's Trail							13.2 MB
The Angel of Death							13.8 MB
Six Gun Clue							13.3 MB
Jose's Return							13.7 MB
Revenge from Beyond							13.4 MB
The Bag of Gold							13.6 MB
Race of the River Boats							13.6 MB
The Diamond Solitaire							13.6 MB
Stolen Gold							13.4 MB
The Spread Eagle Raid							13.7 MB
The Beaverton Legacy							14.0 MB
A Change of Mind							13.8 MB
Ten Thousand Counterfeit							13.4 MB
The Branded Pelts							13.6 MB
Logan's Luck							13.4 MB
Cal Dorset's Hair							13.4 MB
The Gold Behind the Waterfall							7.0 MB
The Polar Quest							11.2 MB
Left to Die							7.0 MB
The Sack of Sand							7.3 MB
The Malemute Express							10.1 MB
The Torn Map							6.9 MB
Diagram of Danger							13.4 MB
The Red Raiders							13.2 MB
Dog Crazy							13.3 MB
The Malacca Cane							13.1 MB
The Vagabond							13.4 MB
The Criminal Collie							13.2 MB
The Blue Paper							13.4 MB
Harper's Castle							13.4 MB
A Dog Called Sparky							13.2 MB
The Masked Gunman							13.5 MB
Out of the Night							13.6 MB
Heart of a Killer							13.7 MB
Dead Man's Whistle							13.8 MB
A Call to Action							13.0 MB
Contention							13.5 MB
Whistling in the Dark							13.6 MB
Friend in Need							13.6 MB
The Ghost Riders							13.4 MB
The Clue of the Silver Pup							6.7 MB
Passport to Death							13.5 MB
The Telltale Knife							13.6 MB
The Wrong Map							13.1 MB
The Rebel Yell							13.1 MB
Death Waits on the River							13.1 MB
The Man in the Canyon							13.0 MB
Gold Fever							12.8 MB
Spider Burke's Daughter							13.5 MB
Wild Dog							13.2 MB
The Indian Sign							13.4 MB
The Notorious Hawk Cooper							13.5 MB
Danger at Devil's Gorge							13.6 MB
Murder on Fox Run							13.6 MB
Escape by Night							13.5 MB
White Fox for Marie							13.9 MB
Storm the Pass							13.8 MB
The King of Keena Creek							13.5 MB
The Trail Robbers							13.3 MB
Wrong Trail							14.0 MB
Honest Young Man							13.9 MB
Blackmailer's Payoff							13.8 MB
Vanished Loot							13.6 MB
Job for Jim Lackey							13.9 MB
The Russian Rubies							13.8 MB
Secret of the Closed Room							13.7 MB
Doctor Redcoat							13.4 MB
The Third Strike							13.8 MB
Never Be Missed							13.7 MB
The Counterfeit Heiress							13.8 MB
Old Faithful							14.0 MB
Cabin 102							14.2 MB
The Blue Scarf							14.2 MB
Trapper's Trail							11.9 MB
Take It Easy							13.7 MB
The Blind Husky							11.9 MB
Team-Mates							13.9 MB
Rowdy's Choice							13.2 MB
Indian Dream							13.6 MB
Number One Challenger							13.2 MB
The Stuffed Shirt							13.1 MB
Murder at the Flood							13.5 MB
A Boy Called Jack							13.5 MB
Thieve's Congress							13.5 MB
Tom Barry's Return							13.4 MB
The Trail's End							13.4 MB
The Innocent Fugitives							13.5 MB
And Far Away							13.5 MB
The Man Who Feared Dogs							13.4 MB
Ambush in Bellary Flats							10.1 MB
Against Time							12.9 MB
The Red Parka							13.1 MB
The Scent of Death							13.0 MB
Bullets for Preston							13.1 MB
Red Coated Crook							11.5 MB
Boy Alone							13.1 MB
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Reviewer: OTR_Dave - - April 1, 2011
Subject: The mental picture!
I love the Yukon Territory and have been to some of the towns depicted that are along Hwy 1. Someday we'll take Hwy 2 and see some others! Having been in the region I can picture the scenes described, the desolation, the beauty, and vast emptiness. Robert Service is also one of my favorites.

Reviewer: Bill Holmberg - - March 26, 2010
Subject: This is a hidden gem.
I really enjoy this show. I remember listening to it when I was a kid. (I'm 55 yrs old) The portrayal of the cold wintery scenes are very well done.
I give this show 5 stars!

Reviewer: johnmmc - - May 15, 2009
Subject: Sgt. Preston of the Yukon (Challenge of the Yukon)
It's hard for me to believe that no one, to date, has written a review about this mainstay of young people's (and many adults') radio listening. Even today, at age 64, I find myself chilled at the descriptions of the sub-zero temperatures that this low-paid but gallant hero and his wonder dog King faced during the Klondike gold rush in the Canadian Yukon Territory late in the 19th Century.

Also, no mention is made here of the man who portrayed Preston during much of its long run which went well beyond the coming of television. He was Paul Sutton who in real life looked nothing like the man we would imagine our hero to be. Sutton usually played heavies in budget movies and during the mid-50s tried to get into Michigan politics. He's not getting the credit he deserves.

When I listened to the show during the late 1940s and early '50s, the sponsor was Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice — announced as "the only cereals shot from guns" followed by simulated gunfire. I've read that the slogan came from an ad man who was touring the Quaker plant. He observed that these cereals were cooked in a tank that resembled a cannon (exploding like popcorn?), hence the claim and the picture of a cannon shooting out cereal on the cover of each Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rick box.

The gun on the box has disappeared, but the products taste the same, just as this vintage program today can still entertain anyone with an imagination and a sense of adventure.

JohnMc

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