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Article: Lone Ranger still riding.(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Michigan History Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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When Sheryl James wrote that Lone Ranger reruns ended in 1961, she must mean official WXYZ-TV or ABC network airings, not syndication or other broadcast arrangements. The Masked Man still rides weekday evenings on WLLA (channel 64) in Kalamazoo--and has done so for some time. Even with no memories of the show, I sometimes tune in just to hear the theme music and announcer's introduction.
Gary Klann
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During the last ten years of my law enforcement career, I was also an adjunct instructor in the Criminal Justice Department at Wayne State University. To illustrate the impact of media on our lives, I would tell my TV-influenced students ...