Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy came from the comic strips to the radio in this great serial. He still fights bizarre villains and the 15 minute shows are filled with cliff-hangers. Tune In.

Dick Tracy

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A favorite of radio kids, and many adults as well, Dick Tracy on the radio was a long running serial that was based on the very popular Dick Tracy of newspaper comic strip fame. Dick Tracy was the star of movies and several animation series as well, including a 1970's TV animation adaptation that was as true to the original Chester Gould newspaper comic strip as was the radio version. Dick Tracy had debuted in the Detroit Mirror in 1931. Soon it hit New York and Chicago, in the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune. By 1937, the comic strip appeared in over 700 newspapers. With a strong, built-in audience, Dick Tracy was perfect serial.

First developed for radio in 1934 for the New England region, the show was an immediate hit and was then done on from 1935-37. Republic Pictures began the Dick Tracy cliffhangers in the movies, which also helped kids get excited about following his adventures on radio. Fifteen minute serials were produced for a full five nights a week in 1938-'39. In 1939, it went to a half-hour, usually playing on Saturdays. With WWII developing, Dick Tracy was put on hold. After a few years, the show again took to the air, and continued from 1943 through '48, first developed as a fifteen minute serial, and then expanding to a half hour in the mid 1940s. Dick Tracy was featured in a series of novels and "Little Big Books" at the time, as well as the Republic cliffhangers and movies.

The following is a listing of the shows that will be played on WELF-NPC Radio. Each week we will feature a new show from the list under the heading of show listed above. We will continue to rotate through this list until we remove the show from the radio station.

Show Title	Originally Aired
000 Audition Program (tess Disappears)	N/A
027 Black Pearl Of Osirus	02/08/1938
028 Pat Goes Overboard	02/09/1938
029 Mystery In Hold	02/10/1938
030 Dick Is Shot	02/11/1938
031 Dick Gets Ring Of Osirus	02/14/1938
032 Dick Finds Black Pearl	02/15/1938
033 Agent Is Murdered	02/16/1938
034 Gang After Ring	02/17/1938
035 Dick Captures Gang (ring Premium)	02/18/1938
036 Pat Is Hypnotized	02/21/1938
037 Dick Is Captured	02/22/1938
038 Dick Escapes	02/23/1938
039 Junior Kidnapped	02/24/1938
040 Junior Escapes	02/25/1938
071 Mounties At Pitchblend	04/11/1938
072 Snow Slide	04/12/1938
073 Who Is Purple Rider	04/13/1938
074 Junior Is Kidnapped	04/14/1938
075 Junior Sends A Mirror Message	04/15/1938
076 Junior Rescued By And Captures Purple Rid	04/18/1938
077 Dick Lassoes Purple Rider	04/19/1938
078 Purple Rider Exposed	04/20/1938
081 Tracy Rescued And Kyle Captured	04/25/1938
082 Invisible Ink	04/26/1938
000 Case Of Firebug Murders	01/01/2000
000 Case Of Hooting Owl (stuck In Snow)	01/10/1944
000 Espionage At Circus (copy 2)	05/05/1944
000 Espionage At Circus	05/05/1944
000 Case Of Empty Safe	05/01/1945
000 On Trail Of Nighthawks	05/08/1945
000 Case Of Pigeon Blood Ruby	06/22/1945
000 Case Of Buried Treasure	09/13/1945
000 Case Of Man Without A Head	09/20/1945
000 Case Of Man Without A Head	09/21/1945
000 Case Of Man Without A Head	09/24/1945
000 Case Of Trained Seal	10/25/1945
000 New Mystery Begins	11/22/1945
000 Case Of Dark Corridor	01/19/1946
000 Case Of Broken Window	09/13/1946
000 Case Of Broken Window	09/16/1946
000 Case Of Campus Murder	12/11/1946
000 Case Of Graveyard Watch	01/01/2000
000 Case Of Careless Black Widow	01/14/1947
000 Case Of Moth And Flame	01/21/1947
000 Case Of Moth And Flame	01/22/1947
000 Case Of Noaccount Swindle	05/15/1947
000 Case Of Crooked Finger	07/14/1947
000 Case Of Unfunny Clowns	07/23/1947
000 Case Of Sinister Second	08/20/1947
000 Case Of Low Hijack	09/03/1947
000 Case Of Low Hijack	09/04/1947
000 Case Of Low Hijack	09/11/1947
000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings	10/10/1947
000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings	10/16/1947
000 Case Of Book Of Four Kings	10/24/1947
000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice	10/31/1947
000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice	11/06/1947
000 Case Of Honorable Mr. Malice	11/14/1947
000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off	11/18/1947
000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off	11/19/1947
000 Case Of Deadly Tip Off	11/21/1947
000 Case Of Poisinous Timber	12/16/1947
000 Case Of Poisonous Timber	12/19/1947
000 Case Of Poisonous Timber	12/22/1947
000 Case Of Big Black Box	12/31/1947
000 Case Of Big Black Box	01/08/1948
000 Case Of Positive Negative	01/22/1948
000 Case Of Positive Negative	01/27/1948

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