21st Precinct (aka Twenty-First Precinct and TwentyFirstPrecinct) was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July7,1953 to July 26, 1956.
Stanley Niss was the writer-director. The role of precinctCaptainFrank Kennelly was played by Everett Sloane, JamesGregory(1955-56) and Les Damon (1956). In some episodes, duringGregory'stime on the show, the commander as known as Capt.Cronin.
Other cast regulars were Ken Lynch, Harold Stone (as Sgt.Waters),and Santos Ortega (as Lt. Gorman).
The program's announcer began the program's opening eachweek:
21st Precinct. It's just lines on a map of the city of NewYork.Most of the 173,000 people wedged into the nine-tenths of asquaremile between Fifth Avenue and the East River wouldn't know,if youasked them, that they lived or worked in the 21st. Whethertheyknow it or not, the security of their persons, their homes,andtheir property is the job of the men of the 21st.
At that point the lead actor would complete the introduction:
The 21st Precinct. 160 patrolmen, 11 sergeants and fourlieutenantsof whom I'm the boss. My name is Kennelly. FrankKennelly. I'mCaptain in command of the 21st.
Art Hanna and, later, Hugh Holder were the program's announcers.Theseries was produced by John Ives; it was usually directedandwritten by Stanley Niss.
If you love Dragnet you're going to love 21stPrecincttoo!
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