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 1934-07-04 (032)July Fourth Is a Radio Car
 7 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-07-11 (033)Fingerprints Don't Lie
 6.98 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-07-18 (034)Manchuko Dope Ring
 6.95 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-07-25 (035)Execution of Dillinger
 7.11 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-08-01 (036)Nitroglycerin Parson
 7.03 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-08-08 (037)Corpse in the Desert
 7.03 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-08-15 (038)Crooks Are Human Beings
 6.95 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-08-22 (039)You Can't Kill a Cop
 7.36 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-08-29 (040)Let the Sucker Pay
 7 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-09-05 (041)Marks on the Bedroom Screen
 6.84 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-09-12 (042)The Human Monkey
 6.98 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-09-19 (043)The Ruth Judd Case
 7.44 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-09-26 (044)Stop That Car
 7.01 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-10-02 (045)Skid Row Dope Ring
 7.92 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-10-09 (046)The Unwritten Law
 7.83 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-10-16 (047)One Way Ride
 7.25 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-10-23 (048)Trouser Cuff Clue
 7.34 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-10-30 (049)The Perfect Crime
 7.4 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-11-06 (050)Six Shots at Midnight
 11.51 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-11-13 (051)A Thousand Pieces of Paper
 6.32 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-11-20 (052)Death for a Diamond Ring
 6.37 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-11-27 (053)Sometimes People Aren't Murdered
 6.46 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-12-04 (054)Don't Get Chummy with a Watchman
 6.98 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-12-11 (055)A Cup of Coffee, Some Strychnine Too
 6.86 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-12-18 (056)Moving Picture Murder
 6.83 MB

Calling All Cars 1934-12-25 (057)Human Side of a Cop
 6.69 MB

Calling All Cars 1935-01-01 (058)Highlights of 1934
 6.86 MB

Calling All Cars 1935-01-08 (059)Crime Does Not Pay
 6.68 MB

Calling All Cars 1935-01-15 (060)Two Against Six
 6.42 MB

Calling All Cars 1935-01-22 (061)San Quentin Prison Break
 6.42 MB

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