BW - EP144—002: October 1957—Unit 99
Unit 99, first aired over ABC’s KFBK Sacramento o…
Breaking Walls · James Scully
October 3, 202313m 22s
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Show Notes
Unit 99, first aired over ABC’s KFBK Sacramento on August 23rd, 1957. The radio station was part of the McClatchy media empire along with The Sacramento Bee and other radio and TV stations, as well as newspapers in the Western U.S.
The show was born from Jack Webb’s Dragnet mode of realistic police portrayals, then furthered by shows like Night Watch which removed the script, followed actual officers, and made the drama real.
Tony Kester directed the show under the auspices of the Sacramento police department. It featured Police Chief James B. Hicks as host and sergeant Dan Meredith recording his nightly police beat, interviewing witnesses of various crimes and police calls.
Unit 99 ran until June 13th, 1958.