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Police Headquarters
Police Headquarters
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Radio

Police Headquarters

NBC

NBC · 1940–1950

Broadcasts

37

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1940

The run

Network
NBC
Years active
1940–1950
Surviving broadcasts
37
Genre
detective

POLICE HEADQUARTERS There is not too much known about the series Police Headquarters . There are 39 known episodes of this police procedural series. The series was syndicated on NBC stations in 1932. Each episode is a complete story of 15 minutes, including the silent movie music at the beginning and end. There is not much to the story line: the police are notified of the crime; they investigate at the scene of the crime; and follow the leads to get their man. Best of all each story gives a glimpse into the 1930s and they are interesting to hear. From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Police_Headquarters_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.

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_Police_Headquarters_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1950
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

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Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Laundry Trucknapping · Date unknown
  2. 2. Helen Marsh Killed · Date unknown
  3. 3. Forgery aka Phoney Payroll Check · Date unknown
  • 01

    Laundry Trucknapping

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 02

    Helen Marsh Killed

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 03

    Forgery aka Phoney Payroll Check

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 04

    Andy Green Killing

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 05

    Retired aka Jim Bradley, Jewel Thief

    Date unknown · 13 min

  • 06

    Deadly Poker Game

    Date unknown · 15 min

  • 07

    Race Track aka High Flights Race

    Date unknown · 14 min

  • 08

    The Warehouse Job

    Date unknown · 14 min

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NBC in 1940–1950

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