21st Precinct - "The Dying Declaration"

The Dying Declaration (Aired March 16, 1955)

The Precinct Captain acted as the narrator for the series.The official title of the series according to the series scripts and the CBS series promotional materials was 21st Precinct and not Twenty-First Precinct or Twenty First Precinct which appears in many Old-Time Radio books. In 1953 CBS decided to use New York City as the backdrop for their own half-hour police series and focus on the day-to-day operations of a single police precinct. Actual cases would be used as the basis for stories. It was mentioned in each episode's closing by the announcer that, "Twenty-firstPrecinct is presented with the official cooperation of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association an organization of more than 20,000 members of the Police Department, City of New York."

 

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March 16, 1955. "The Dying Declaration" - CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The system cue and music fill have been deleted. A well-liked local merchant is charged with the murders of his wife and a man.) Everett Sloane, Stanley Niss (writer, director), Ken Lynch, Harold Stone, Frank Knox, Elspeth Eric, John Larkin, Mandel Kramer, John Sylvester, George Bryan (announcer). 26:37. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.