{"podcast":{"title":"Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio","slug":"gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398","podcast_index_feed_id":7580398,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/7219125/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3944cb98e34ed2dcb3f79b81fac74dca.jpg","author":"Old Time Retro Radio","episode_count":213,"summary":"Gunsmoke | Old Time Radio brings you classic Western drama from the golden age of radio, following U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon as he keeps the peace in Dodge City and faces outlaws, violence, frontier justice, and the difficult choices of life in the Old West. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Starring William Conrad as Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke became one of the most acclaimed and influential Western dramas in radio history, known for its mature storytelling, memorable characters, and realistic frontier atmosphere. Rediscover classic old time radio westerns, Western drama, frontier stories, adventure, crime, historical fiction, and vintage radio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio--7219125/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T22:19:32.998067+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398"},"episode":{"title":"Gunsmoke - \"Line Trouble\" (Old Time Radio, 1960)","slug":"gunsmoke-line-trouble-old-time-radio-1960","published_at":"2026-09-02T14:06:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398/gunsmoke-line-trouble-old-time-radio-1960","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/gunsmoke-line-trouble-old-time-radio-1960--74812859","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74812859/90b6eb045db42890_mastered.mp3","summary":"Gunsmoke presents “Line Trouble,” episode 429 of the classic CBS Radio series, originally broadcast June 26, 1960. William Conrad stars as Marshal Matt Dillon in this Marian Clark script, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell. Reports of a cut telegraph line west of Dodge send Dillon and Chester into a tense dispute involving Army soldiers and Small Hawk, a Kiowa man who fears the new wire is dangerous medicine. As the frontier’s newest technology reaches the territory, Dillon works to prevent misunderstanding from becoming something worse. Gunsmoke presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:52 Original Broadcast 23:06 Closing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio--7219125/support . Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio","meta_description":"Gunsmoke presents “Line Trouble,” episode 429 of the classic CBS Radio series, originally broadcast June 26, 1960. William Conrad stars as Marshal Matt Di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1393,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398/episodes/gunsmoke-line-trouble-old-time-radio-1960/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gunsmoke-old-time-radio-7580398/gunsmoke-line-trouble-old-time-radio-1960.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}