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Jeff Regan, Investigator
Jeff Regan, Investigator
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Radio

Jeff Regan, Investigator

CBS

CBS · 1948–1950

Broadcasts

59

Cadence

Weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1948

The run

Network
CBS
Years active
1948–1950
Surviving broadcasts
59
Genre
detective

Episodes from the OTRR Maintained set of Jeff Regan, Investigator: JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR Jeff Regan, Investigator, was one of countless private detective series that proliferated in the years following WWII. The series initially featured Jack Webb in the title role, who was coming off his work in Pat Novak for Hire, followed by Johnny Madero, Pier 23. The series premiered July 10, 1948, over the CBS network. Originally promoted as Joe Canto, Private Eye, the series was never actually broadcast under that name. However, Barton Yarborough, Jack Webb’s first partner in Dragnet, would make a guest appearance in the show playing a…

1950 · 41949 · 31948 · 5

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Jeff_Regan_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

11 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. The Prodigal Daughter · 17 Jul 1948
  2. 2. The Diamond Quartet · 14 Aug 1948
  3. 3. Cain and Abel and the Santa Maria · 11 Sep 1948
  • 01

    The Prodigal Daughter

    17 Jul 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 17 July 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    The Diamond Quartet

    14 Aug 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 14 August 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    Cain and Abel and the Santa Maria

    11 Sep 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 11 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    The Lost Lady

    16 Oct 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 16 October 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 05

    Jeff Regan, Investigator 1948-11-27

    27 Nov 1948 · 29 min

  • 06

    The Lady by the Fountain (AFRS)

    5 Oct 1949 · 28 min

    Broadcast 5 October 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 07

    The Man in the Black Suit (Rehearsal)

    2 Nov 1949 · 30 min

    Broadcast 2 November 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 08

    Five Hundred Santas from Mexico

    30 Nov 1949 · 25 min

    Broadcast 30 November 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Same night on the air

26 Apr 1950

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 26 Apr 1950.

Transmission

26 April

1950

2000 Plus

When Machines Went Mad

Network

Mutual

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

21 min

2000 Plus was broadcast on Mutual from March 1950 to January 1952 and was the first adult science-fiction anthology written directly for American radio, predating Dimension X by a month.

Internet Archiveotr_2000PlusCondition unmeasured

Transmission

26 April

1950

The Story of Dr. Kildare

Philip Van Court's Amnesia

Network

Syndicated

Slot

Wednesday

Running time

27 min

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Dr_Kildare_SinglesRough but complete · 32 kbps

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