Stories start in many ways -- a look back at old time radio's Night Beat at the Amoeblog

Stories start in many ways -- a look back at old time radio's Night Beat



On 6 February, 1950, the radio drama Night Beat debuted on NBC. Although it feels like a hard-boiled detective program, its hero (Randy Stone) was a newspaper reporter covering the sordid goings on in early-'50s Chicago for his human interest column, "Night Beat." The hero was played to perfection by radio veteran Frank Lovejoy.