Calling All Cars - The Missing Messenger (08-13-36)
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The Missing Messenger (Aired August 13, 1936)
Calling All Cars was one of the earliest police shows on the air. It ran from Nov. 29, 1933-Sept. 8, 1939. It’s sponsor was the Rio Grande Oil Company, which is why the show only ran in areas where Rio Grande "cracked" gasoline was sold. The sponsor promoted its "close ties" with police departments in Arizona and Southern California, urging listeners to buy its product for "police car performance" in their own cars. As shows of this nature do it dealt with tracking killers and robbers with a recap of the justice which was enforced. The writer and director was William N. Robson.
THIS EPISODE:
August 13, 1936. Program #142. CBS Pacific network (Don Lee network). "The Missing Messenger" Sponsored by: Rio Grande Oil. A suspicious person has been spotten near Pasadena Avenue and Avenue Forty-Two. "An ideal officer" solves a brutal crime. Jesse Rosenquist (dispatcher), Charles Frederick Lindsley (narrator), James E. Davis (Chief of Police, Los Angeles). 32:03. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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