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CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON "Blind Man's Bluff"

 


This episode aired on ABC Radio on February 3, 1950 . Sponsored by Quaker cereals. Challenge of the Yukon is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in September 1950, and that title was retained through the end of the series and into a television series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_of_the_Yukon Řezníček's Donna Diana Overture, was the signature theme music. It was first performed on 16 December 1894 at the in Prague. The opera was successful in its day, with productions in several German theatres, but currently is rarely performed; its overture, however, has often been recorded and is sometimes heard in the concert hall. The opera was revised by the composer twice, in 1908 and in 1933