This is a snippet from Breaking Walls Episode 92: Radio And Coney Island (1906 - 1960)

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Broadway Is My Beat first took to the air from New York on February 27th, 1949, starring Anthony Ross and directed by John Dietz. Shortly thereafter, CBS executives decided the show sounded flat when compared with NBC's new police procedural Dragnet, which debuted on June 3rd. CBS moved production to Hollywood beginning on July 7th, and turned its direction over to Elliott Lewis.

Lewis cast Larry Thor as Danny Clover, with Charles Calvert as Tartaglia and Jack Kruschen as Muggavan. The show’s chief scriptwriting duo was Morton Fine and David Friedkin. They wrote poetic prose, fit into the gritty world of a sardonic, case-hardened detective.

This episode, “The Joey Croft Murder Case” was broadcast on Saturday June 23rd, 1952 at 9:30PM.