There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio’s golden age like the Big Story, Casey, Crime Photographer, Box 13, and Let George Do It but Night Beat was a cut above the others. It implemented Randy Rock, hard-nosed Chicago Superstar newsman and his search for the human-interest tale behind the news. Hollywood professional Frank Lovejoy voiced the part of Randy Rock, who came to vivid life because of expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack port Neumann, John Michael Hayes (who later about Night time Defeat, Collection 2 write the Hitchcock film classics To Catch a Thief and Rear Screen), and Larry Marcus. Lovejoy’s special voice and approach to the role, combined with best shows by veteran radio actors gave Night Defeat a radio noir design that listeners loved. The stories ran the gamut from lighthearted to tragic and through it all, Randy Stone, within a hard-boiled yet sensitive portrayal by Frank Lovejoy, would narrate the stories and touch upon them from beginning to end — often with a hard-edged cynicism. Night time Beat aired on NBC radio from 1950 to 1952 and, for a time, was sponsored by Wheaties. Enjoy 12 half-hour episodes of one of the greatest dramas ever to become noticed on radio. 6/1/51 “The Will of Mrs. Orloff”

6/8/51 “The Seek out Fred”

6/15/51 “Otto, the Music Guy”

6/22/51 “Sanctuary”

6/29/51 “Byline for Frank”

7/13/51 “Antonio’s Come back”

5/1/52 “Pay Up … or Die”

5/8/52 “Long Live the Clown”

5/15/52 “The Death of Riley”

5/22/52 “Focus on for any Week”

5/29/52 “The Jockeys Were Brothers”

6/5/52 “Marvelous Machine”