SCIFI.radio is pleased to present the iconic radio series Space Patrol, an American science fiction adventure series set in the 30th century, originally aimed at juvenile audiences via television, radio, and comic books. It was broadcast on ABC from March 1950 to February 1955. It soon developed a sizable adult audience, and by 1954 the program consistently ranked in the top 10 shows broadcast on a Saturday.

The radio version ran from 4 October 1952 to 19 March 1955, for 129 episodes. The same cast performed on both shows. The writers, scripts, and directors were reused between the radio and TV incarnations, but the radio broadcasts were not limited by studio sets and became more expansive in scope than the television programs.

While the radio series lacked the sophistication of sci-fi shows like the later X Minus One, it was enjoyed as a throwback to the Golden Age of space opera popularized in the 1930s by pioneering magazine editor Hugo Gernsback. Only 117 of the original broadcasts survive. 

Space Patrol is one of the progenitors of most modern exploration and adventure themed science fiction, and Star Trek certainly owes it at least an acknowledging nod.

We have all the surviving radio episodes there are. Tune in at 10 PM Pacific on Mondays and 6 AM Pacific on Wednesdays to hear them.

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