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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
02.21.1958	meet highway patrol at 55th st
11.15.1957	possible market burglary	+ Program #13. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's possibly been a marke...
09.13.1957	possible purse snatch	+ Program #4. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a possible purse-...
04.18.1958	riding with residential patrol car	+ Program #35. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a ride in a patrol car.
05.16.1958	robbery victim	+ Program #39. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a man with a long criminal re...
01.17.1958	see suspect at bowling alley	+Program #22. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a suspect has been spotted in ...
08.23.1957	shopping center burglary	+Program #1. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first show of the series. The first call: a...
03.28.1958	silk stocking bandits	+ Program #32. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: the "Silk Stocking" bandits h...
05.23.1958	stickup on 16th street	+ Program #40. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a stickup on 16t...
01.24.1958	stolen car and burglary	+ Program #23. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a burglary and stolen care ha...
12.20.1957	suicide attempt at tower bridge	+ Program #18. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a suicide attemp...
09.20.1957	suspicious juveniles	+Program #5. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: suspicious juveniles has been r...
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...
12.06.1957	woman screaming	+Program #16. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: A woman has been heard screami...
09.06.1957	woman threatening with a gun	+Program #3. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a woman has a gun.
10.04.1957	woman witness assaulted	+ Program #7. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a woman witness has been assal...

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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