The creators of the character were George Trendle (manager of WXYZ radio station) and writer Fran Striker. The first of 2,956 radio episodes of The Lone Ranger premiered on WXYZ, a radio station serving Detroit, Michigan, on January 31, 1933. As Dunning writes in On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio.
Episode Count: 10
Updated: 8/9/2026
