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+ The show was an ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast which was first aired on August 23, 1957 and known to have lasted until June 13, 1958. Tony Kester was the director. James B. Hicks (Chief of Sacramento Police) was the host and Dan Meredith was the sergeant on duty. Click here to read more about Unit 99

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
12.13.1957	attempted suicide at drive in	+Program #17. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted suic...
12.06.1957	woman screaming	+Program #16. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: A woman has been heard screami...
11.29.1957	ambulance followup	+Program #15. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: an amulance case.
11.22.1957	incomplete phone call	+Program #14. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a phone call has been received...
11.15.1957	possible market burglary	+ Program #13. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's possibly been a marke...
11.08.1957	loaded gun and burglar tools	+ Program #12. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a loaded gun and burglar tool...
11.01.1957	attempted suicide	+ Program #11. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted sui...
10.25.1957	threatening letter	+Program #10. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a threatening letter has been ...
10.18.1957	woman liquor store holdup	+ Program #9. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a liquor store ho...
10.11.1957	accident at 17th	+Program #8. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an accident at the...
10.04.1957	woman witness assaulted	+ Program #7. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a woman witness has been assal...
09.27.1957	family disturbance	+Program #6. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a family disturbance has been r...
09.20.1957	suspicious juveniles	+Program #5. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: suspicious juveniles has been r...
09.13.1957	possible purse snatch	+ Program #4. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a possible purse-...
09.06.1957	woman threatening with a gun	+Program #3. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a woman has a gun.
08.30.1957	man with dynamite	+Program #2. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a man has been reported to have...
08.23.1957	shopping center burglary	+Program #1. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first show of the series. The first call: a...

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Unit 99 is my second favorite.

John

Listening to Unit 99 now….I think I might like it better than Nighwatch - seems a bit rougher….both great shows…

Damon

Long before COPS on FOX-TV, there was Unit 99, a radio series which was recorded live by the Sacramento, California Police Department. The series was broadcast by ABC. The host for the program is James B. Hicks, The Sacramento Police Chief. The officer who commands Unit 99, is Sergeant Bruce Guthrie. Director for the series is Tony Kester. The program features a radio squad car that has been equipped with a portable tape recorder. We follow along as Sergeant Guthrie answers police calls in Sacramento.

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What is the closing music theme which immediately follows "Unit 99" on Armed Forces Radio? The saxophone, subtle string and bass orchestration is particularly effective.

Zola

I'd love to know the name of that Unit 99 closing music, too. I'm guessing it was probably composed especially for the show. I got as far as finding this: Unit 99 was a radio program broadcast by KFBK, a radio station that was part of the McClatchy media empire that also owned the Sacramento Bee newspaper and many other radio, television, and newspapers in California and the Western U.S. The radio program featured Sacramento police sergeant Dan Meredith who recorded his nightly police beat and interviewed witnesses and bystanders of various crimes and police calls. Calls ranged from petty larceny and theft to more serious crimes of assaults, kidnapping and murder.

Pete