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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 Rating
 12.27.1957 accident at 12th and e

+Program #19. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an accident at th...
 03.07.1958 accident at 16th and q

+Program #29. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an accident at th...
 10.11.1957 accident at 17th

+Program #8. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an accident at the...
 01.10.1958 accident at 29th and j

+ Program #21. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been accident on the ...
 11.29.1957 ambulance followup

+Program #15. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: an amulance case.
 12.13.1957 attempted suicide at drive in

+Program #17. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted suic...
 03.21.1958 attempted suicide at w street

+Program #31. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted suic...
 11.01.1957 attempted suicide

+ Program #11. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted sui...
 02.07.1958 boy pulled from car by officers

+Program #25. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a boy has been pulled from a c...
 02.28.1958 car being towed

+ Program #28. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a car is being towed away.
 02.14.1958 cutting

+ Program #26. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a cutting has taken place.
 03.14.1958 disturbance at drive in

+ Program #30. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a disturbance has been repor...
 04.11.1958 disturbance call

+ Program #34. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a disturbance re...
 09.27.1957 family disturbance

+Program #6. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a family disturbance has been r...
 01.03.1958 following speeders on q street

+ Program #20. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: speeders have been spotted on...
 06.06.1958 incomplete call from bus driver

+Program #42. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: an call has been received by...
 11.22.1957 incomplete phone call

+Program #14. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a phone call has been received...
 05.02.1958 interview burglar suspect

+ Program #37. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: interview a suspect in a burg...
 05.09.1958 investigate accident at 16th and c

+ James B. Hicks (host, Chief of Sacramento Police), Dan Meredith (Sergeant on duty), Tony Kester (d...
 01.31.1958 investigate prowler

+ Program #24. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a prowler has been spotted.
 06.13.1958 investigate three stickups

+ Program #43. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call is: an order to investigate 3 ...
 05.30.1958 kidnappers investigation

+ Program #41. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a kidnapping.
 11.08.1957 loaded gun and burglar tools

+ Program #12. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a loaded gun and burglar tool...
 08.30.1957 man with dynamite

+Program #2. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a man has been reported to have...
 04.04.1958 meet citizen at 26th and d

+ Program #33. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: meet a citizen at the corner ...

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Unit 99 is my second favorite.

John

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

Damon

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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.

UNIT 99

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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

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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

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