Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday, August 30, 2025
Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Damon the Decoy Fish. Damon is a red and white fish that is similar to a large mouth bass. Damon lives in the Red Sea and his coloring camouflages him against the Red Sea coral. Learn how he describes himself in today's audio.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 2025,
is RB080
Our Thursday evening RANGER BILL story for Aug. 28, 2025, is:
RB035 Henry for Mayor
It's Youth Week at Knotty Pine High, and Henry has a "Thorny" problem - Thornton Newcastle, that is. Henry is running for Youth Week mayor against young Mr. Newcastle. Thornton is the son of a big businessman and used to getting his way. Thorny is worried that Henry will win the mayor's race because of Henry's popularity at school. Henry is on the swim team and has the best grades in math. Thornton steals Henry's math notes and accuses him of cheating. Now Henry may not only lose the race but also kicked off the swim team and flunk math. Bill can't go to Henry's aid or he will interfere with the Youth Week. Henry must stand up for himself. But what can he do to defend his good name?
RANGER BILL for Monday evening, Aug. 25, 2025 , RB032
The Floating Death Trap
Riverboats carry freight and passengers between Knotty Pine and Mirror Lake and Kings Islands. Andy Coogan and Jim Gunderson are fierce competitors for the tourists visiting the Mirror Lake region. Bill will not give Andy a passengers license because his boat is dangerous. His stacks leak. Deck planks need to be replaced. The boiler is a threat to human life.RANGER BILL tries to make peace between two competitors, Wednesday, Aug. 27,2025:
RB034 – Piggyback – Dangerous winter weather and complex delivery problems threaten the survival of both Canyon City Truck Lines and the railroad. Leonard Grant, owner of CCTL, and Spence Neihoff, superintendent of the Knotty Pine railroad district, do not get along and refuse to work with one another. Bill must teach these men how to work together instead of against each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL2qpm90sw
First aired Nov. 19, 1955. This is OTRR #22.
Our Ranger Bill story for late Saturday morning, Aug. 23 ,2025, is:
RANGER BILL for early Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, is
RB079 The Loudmouth
Bill has his hands full this week with a know-it-all rookie ranger, Jerry Sands. Jerry thinks very highly of himself and doesn't respect the experience of Bill, Stumpy, and Gray Wolf. The fellas get tired of Jerry's big ego and lack of respect for others. Bill and the boys decide to teach Jerry a few lessons about the forest. See what the boys do to try to wise-up Jerry. See what kind of trouble Jerry gets into during these "lessons." Will Jerry ever learn to be a real ranger?
Our Ranger Bill adventure for Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, is:
Ranger Bill has a very dangerous search and rescue adventure for Wednesday, 8/20/25 :
Our RANGER BILL for Saturday evening, Aug. 16, 2025,
RB028 – The River Monster –
The town of River's Bend builds some new dikes and levees to protect the city and its residents from the flood waters of the Shady River. But dikes can’t protect River's Bend from Zack Stephens and the huge log raft he is floating down the river.
Our exciting RANGER BILL adventure for late Saturday morning, Aug. 16, 2025:
RB027 Bobsled
The state championship bobsled races are going to be held at Culver’s Peak. Top speeds are expected to exceed 60 miles per hour! Our rangers will be racing against the Cole brothers and their faster sled. Our rangers have won these races for the last three years running, but the Cole brothers could end their winning streak.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room - for Saturday Aug. 16, 2025
Uncle Bob Devine's guest for today is Phineas the Pinecone Fish. Phineas gets his name from his round body and large scales that make him look just like a real pine cone. Learn more about pine cone fish in this audio.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning,
RANGER BILL for Friday afternoon, 8/15/25, is
RB026 Henry's Miracle
This is the story of Henry at the age of ten when his world fell apart. First, he is crippled in a fall. Then his mother develops cancer and dies. Then to add insult to injury, his dad becomes gravely ill and may die, which would leave young Henry all alone in the world.
https://www.goldenclassics.uk/e/ranger-bill-58-11-19-153-henry-s-miracle-1675533044/
Ranger Bill for Thursday afternoon, Aug. 14, 2025, is:
RB018 Tony's Place aka Standing Firm for What Is Right
Ed Blake’s gang asks Tony to sponsor them so they can buy baseball uniforms. They vandalize Tony’s Market when he doesn’t give them the cash right away. One boy in the gang, Mike, is willing to stand up to the gang and tell the truth. Then Tony’s store is damaged even worse than the first time. Tony asks Bill for help to stop the violence.
Our RANGER BILL for 8/13/25, takes our rangers to the dangerous ocean ice fields near Alaska - RB024:
Ice Pack
The vessel Sea Chaser is trapped in the huge, powerful ice flows near
Icebergs are an even bigger threat in 2024 than they were in the 1950s when Ice Pack first aired.
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday Aug. 9, 2025
Kathy Kiwi bird drops in on Uncle Bob Devine. Kathy hales from the forests New Zeeland. She is the smallest bird that cannot fly. Kathy looks like a small brown chicken with even smaller wings. Learn more from Kahty and Uncle Bob.
RANGER BILL for late Saturday morning, 8/9/25, is
RB025 Timid Tomothy
Tim Sullivan has a long history of getting into bad business deals. When his uncle offers him a good job as logging manager, he is afraid to fail once more. Tim’s dad, Officer Mike Sullivan, asks Bill to step in and try to make Tim into a successful businessman. Bill enlists several of his rangers to help Tim. Even Frenchy DeSalle and his lumberjacks get in the act.
Our Ranger Bill for early Saturday morning
RANGER BILL for Thursday afternoon, 8/7/25, is RB020
"If the Lord Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?".
RANGER BILL for Tuesday afternoon, 8/5/25, is a wet one:
RB017 Overflow
Two days of hard rains plus heavy spring snow melt have combined to threaten Big Ridge Dam. The operators at the dam must open its floodgates soon or the dam will burst. Bill and his rangers have just 3 hours to warn all the farmers and ranchers in the valley below Big Ridge before the gates are opened.
RANGER BILL for Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, is
RB019 Sultan, King of Beasts
Sultan is a huge and powerful lion at Kittyland wild animal park. Sultan defies then scares his trainer Flick Martin. Can Bill help Flick find his courage to control Sultan? If not, Kittyland might close, and Sultan may be destroyed!
RANGER BILL for Monday afternoon, 8/4/25, is:
Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Saturday, Aug. 2,2025
Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from Petunia Polar Bear.
Our early Saturday morning RANGER BILL for Aug. 2, 2025, is RB023
Dead on Arrival
Henry is a ham radio operator. One evening, his radio picks up a distress call from a trapper and his son in
RANGER BILL livens up our Friday afternoon, Aug. 1, 2025, with
RB015 The Hunted
