21st Precinct
CBS
CBS · 1953–1956
Broadcasts
107
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1953
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1953–1956
- Surviving broadcasts
- 107
- Genre
- detective
Broadcast from July 7th 1953 through November 1st 1956 on the CBS network. 21st Precinct was a very dramatic police drama. CBS decided to use New York City as the backdrop for this series and to focus on the happenings in an actual police precinct.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1953, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Nolen Brothers · 7 Jul 1953
- 2. Case of the L.D · 4 Dec 1953
- 3. The Will · 23 Jun 1954
- 01
The Nolen Brothers
7 Jul 1953 · 27 min
Broadcast 7 July 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 02
Case of the L.D
4 Dec 1953 · 28 min
Broadcast 4 December 1953. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 03
The Will
23 Jun 1954 · 30 min
Broadcast 23 June 1954. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
- 04
The Purse
1 Dec 1954 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 1 December 1954. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 05
The Trade
5 Jan 1955 · 26 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 5 January 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 06
The Lender
16 Feb 1955 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 16 February 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 07
The Doctor
20 Apr 1955 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 20 April 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
- 08
The Special Orders
4 Nov 1955 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 4 November 1955. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1953–1956
Other series the network carried while 21st Precinct was on the air.
Same seasons
detective on the air then
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