Nightbeat is an American radio drama series broadcast from 1950 to 1952, starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a Chicago newspaper reporter who works the night shift chasing human interest stories rather than headline crime, often encountering ordinary people at difficult or vulnerable moments in their lives. The series was noted for a more reflective, character driven tone than the action oriented crime and detective dramas common on radio at the time, built around Stone's own narration of the people he meets. It is remembered by radio historians as a distinctive entry in early 1950s radio drama for its human interest, rather than crime procedural, focus.
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Source Wikipedia: Night Beat (radio program)
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- Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
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1. Wikipedia: Night Beat (radio program)
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February 6, 1950
Nightbeat, Description, original language
Nightbeat is an American radio drama series broadcast from 1950 to 1952, starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a Chicago newspaper reporter who works the night shift chasing human interest stories rather than headline crime, often encountering ordinary people at difficult or vulnerable moments in their lives.
In Medium: Radio, Article lead sentence
Night Beat, sometimes spelled Nightbeat, is an NBC radio drama series that aired February 6, 1950, September 25, 1952, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties.
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