It has to be considered.
The TV Show Gunsmoke was good (esp in the beginning, before it went to a full hour), but the radio show was better.
Radio Gunsmoke was grittier. People got killed & a lot of the endings were ambiguous. It was the first 'adult' radio western - when radio was still dominant. Matt Dillon was played by William Conrad (later known as the fat lead of Cannon). You can find most of the old episodes on old time radio podcasts.