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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
11.22.1957	incomplete phone call	+Program #14. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a phone call has been received...
06.06.1958	incomplete call from bus driver	+Program #42. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: an call has been received by...
01.03.1958	following speeders on q street	+ Program #20. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: speeders have been spotted on...
09.27.1957	family disturbance	+Program #6. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a family disturbance has been r...
04.11.1958	disturbance call	+ Program #34. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been a disturbance re...
03.14.1958	disturbance at drive in	+ Program #30. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a disturbance has been repor...
02.14.1958	cutting	+ Program #26. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a cutting has taken place.
02.28.1958	car being towed	+ Program #28. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: a car is being towed away.
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...
11.01.1957	attempted suicide	+ Program #11. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted sui...
03.21.1958	attempted suicide at w street	+Program #31. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted suic...
12.13.1957	attempted suicide at drive in	+Program #17. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an attempted suic...
11.29.1957	ambulance followup	+Program #15. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: an amulance case.
01.10.1958	accident at 29th and j	+ Program #21. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been accident on the ...
10.11.1957	accident at 17th	+Program #8. ABC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The first call: there's been an accident at the...
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...
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...

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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