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ODGE CITY, KANSAS, and Gunsmoke. The words seem to fit together like cowboys and cattle drives. Everyone knows about the television show. The longest-running western on network TV ran for twenty years in various incarnations. There was also an anomaly, Gunsmoke, the radio show. RADIO DAYS Norman MacDonnell and John Meston conceived the radio show, which ran from 1952-61 and had over four hundred episodes. William Conrad, known for his later TV roles in Cannon and Jake and the Fatman, was given the role of Matt Dillon due to his powerful, distinctive voice. He later directed two episodes of the TV series, “Panacea Sykes” (1963) and “Captain Sligo” (1971). Howard McNear portrayed Dr. Charles Adams. In the radio version, his real name was Charles Moore. He was a doctor on the run from a mistake in his past and used the alias to hide from the people searching for him. He appeared in six episodes of the TV version and played shopkeeper Howard Rudd on three occasions. Some folks may remember him more as Floyd, the barber on The Andy Griffith Show.