Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Calling All Cars

Calling All Cars

Broadcast History: 29 November 1933 to 8 September 1939

Calling All Cars was one of the very first police shows to be broadcast. The format was similar to Dragnet in many ways. It was based in California, it dramatized true crime stories, and it included interviews with real officers. Calling All Cars was never broadcast nationwide. It was only heard by listeners in areas where Rio Grande Gasoline was sold. Rio Grande sponsored the program through its six year run and used the air-time to convince listeners that by using its “cracked” gasoline their car would run like a police car – advice which I am sure was taken on board by every crook in the vicinity. 

Calling All Cars 1938-07-28 (244)Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Parker
 6.82 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-08-04 (245)Murder on Eddy Street
 6.59 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-08-11 (246)I Asked for It
 6.6 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-08-18 (247)The Unbroken Spirit
 6.76 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-08-25 (248)The Thirteenth Grave
 6.85 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-09-01 (249)The Artful Dodger
 6.38 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-09-08 (250)Murder on the Left
 6.39 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-09-15 (251)The Embroidered Slip
 6.66 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-09-22 (252)The Black Cat
 7.16 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-09-29 (253)The Barking Dog
 7.1 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-10-06 (254)The Tearless Magalane
 6.67 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-10-13 (255)The Blond Paper Hanger
 6.95 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-10-20 (256)The Abandoned Bricks
 6.76 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-10-27 (257)The Swollen Face
 6.68 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-11-03 (258)The Portuguese Crooner
 7.17 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-11-10 (259)The Glass Gun
 4.76 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-11-17 (260)The Four Lead Slugs
 6.91 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-11-24 (261)The Rasping Voice
 6.82 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-12-02 (262)The Blind Man's Bluff
 7.37 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-12-09 (263)The Poisoning Jezebel
 6.94 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-12-16 (264)December Rhapsody
 6.77 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-12-23 (265)Murder at Sundown
 6.7 MB

Calling All Cars 1938-12-30 (266)Three Faces West
 6.61 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-01-06 (267)The Grass Skirt
 7.02 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-01-13 (268)The Silver Cord
 6.94 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-01-20 (269)The Azure Ring
 6.83 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-01-27 (270)The Baker's Bride
 6.84 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-02-03 (271)The Careless Caretaker
 6.81 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-02-10 (272)The Green Sedan
 6.82 MB

Calling All Cars 1939-02-17 (273)The Bloodstained Wrench
 6.75 MB

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