ABC
ABC · 1946–1949
Broadcasts
30
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1946
The run
Pat Novak, for Hire , is an old-time radio detective drama series which originally aired from 1946-1948, and revived in 1949. It started as a West Coast regional produced program at KGO in San Francisco. This regional version originally starred Jack Webb in the title role, with scripts by his roommate Richard L.
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
8 dated broadcasts across 4 years on the air, with 1 year where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1946, in original transmission order.
13 Oct 1946 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 13 October 1946. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
3 Aug 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 3 August 1947. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
23 Nov 1947 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 23 November 1947. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
20 Feb 1949 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 20 February 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
27 Feb 1949 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 27 February 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
13 Mar 1949 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 13 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
27 Mar 1949 · 31 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 27 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
9 Apr 1949 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on ABC, 9 April 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 20 Feb 1949.
20 February
1949
Mutual
Sunday
12 min
Blackstone, the Magic Detective was a fifteen-minute series broadcast Sunday afternoons on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 1948 to April 1949.
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20 February
1949
Mutual
Sunday
27 min
Broadcast on Mutual.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Box_13_SinglesCondition unmeasured
20 February
1949
CBS
Sunday
28 min
Broadcast on Syndicated.
Internet ArchiveYou_Are_There_OTRCondition unmeasured
20 February
1949
NBC
Sunday
59 min
Broadcast on NBC.
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