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21st Precinct

Description

21st Precinct was a CBS police drama broadcast from 1953 to 1956. Presented as the work of a fictional precinct, it followed police procedures and investigations in a realistic documentary style.

21st Precinct was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July 7, 1953, to July 26, 1956. It was initially a summer replacement for My Friend Irma.

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Cast & Crew

A

Art Hanna

Announcer

G

Gaylord Avery

Announcer

G

George Bryan

Announcer

H

Hugh Holder

Announcer

Frank Campanella

J

Joan Morgan

Cast

Morton Goldberg

W

William 'Bill' Quinn

Cast

H

Howard Barnes

Director

S

Stanley Niss

Director

Amzie Strickland

Frank Campanella

Luis van Rooten

References

Hickerson, Jay. The 4th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.

Hickerson, Jay. The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.

Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.

Swartz, Ph.D., Jon D., Reinehr, Robert C. Handbook of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press.

Dunning, John. On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Sperdvac Radiogram.

“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.

“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK New York.” New York Times, October 6, 1929.

Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.

Links

Old Time Radio Program Logs By Frank Passage and Others OTRR at archive.org 21st+Precinct Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs Twenty-First Precinct The Nostalgia Pages Forums www.otrr.org

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