'''''Death Valley Days''''' is an [[United States|American]] old-time [[radio]] and [[television]] anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern [[California]]. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. From 1952 to 1970, it became a syndicated television series, with reruns (updated with new narrations) continuing through August 1, 1975. The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running [[western]] programs in broadcast history."<ref name="french">Jack French and David S. Siegel S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967,'' McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 43–49.</ref> | '''''Death Valley Days''''' is an [[United States|American]] old-time [[radio]] and [[television]] anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern [[California]]. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. From 1952 to 1970, it became a syndicated television series, with reruns (updated with new narrations) continuing through August 1, 1975. The radio and television versions combined to make the show "one of the longest-running [[western]] programs in broadcast history."<ref name="french">Jack French and David S. Siegel S. (eds.) (2014). ''Radio Rides the Range: A Reference Guide to Western Drama on the Air, 1929–1967,'' McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 43–49.</ref> |