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Night Beat, sometimes spelled Nightbeat, is an NBC radio drama series that aired February 6, 1950 through September 25, 1952, sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Wheaties. Movie actor Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals, eccentrics, and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness." Most episodes leaned towards suspense, crime and thriller themes, but Night Beat also featured occasional humorous or sentimental stories. Each episode ended with Stone at his desk as he finished typing a news story based on his latest exploits, and shouting for the copy boy to deliver his story to an editor.WIKIPEDIA

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0000AM ABC THEATER 5 / 0030AM TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS / 0100AM HOPALONG CASSIDY / 0130AM THIS IS YOUR FBI / 0200AM CALIFORNIA MELODIES / 0230AM SCREEN THEATER / 0300AM HARRY LIME / 0330AM BOX 13 / 0400AM THE LONE RANGER / 0430AM GUNSMOKE / 0500AM DRAGNET / 0530AM NIGHT BEAT / 0600AM BARRIE CRAIG / 0630AM GANGBUSTERS / 0700AM THE LONE RANGER / 0730AM Comedy: Bob and Ray or Vintage Radio / 0800AM VARIOUS OTR SHOWS / 0830AM ESCAPE / 0900AM THE CRIMEFIGHTERS COLLECTION / 0930AM DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT / 1000AM CAVALCADE OF AMERICA / 1030AM PHILIP MARLOWE / 1100AM NBC AT 30 / 1130AM SAM SPADE / 1200PM CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON / 1230PM VINTAGE and BIG BAND Music / 0100PM THE LONE RANGER / 0130PM CLYDE BEATTY / 0200PM BOSTON BLACKIE / 0230PM MR MRS NORTH / 0300PM GREEN HORNET / 0330PM THE LONE RANGER / 0400PM BIG STORY or BIG TOWN / 0430PM THE WHISTLER / 0500PM CLUB 15 / 0515PM GLENN MILLER SHOW 0530PM THE SAINT / 0600PM FRONTIER PLAYHOUSE / 0630PM FRANK RACE / 0700PM THE LONE RANGER / 0730PM RICHARD DIAMOND / 0800PM HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL / 0830PM FORT LARAMIE / 0900PM DR. CHRISTIAN / 0930PM SUSPENSE / 1000PM THE LONE RANGER / 1030PM FRONTIER GENTLEMAN / 1100PM RADIO THEATER

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