Old Radio

  "Calling Dick Tracy! Calling Dick Tracy! Come in Dick Tracy!"  September 30, 1935: On this day The Adventure of Dick Tracy , adapted from a comic strip created by Chester Gould, was broadcast for the first time on the Mutual Radio Network. The show's duration was 15 minutes and could be heard from Monday through Friday at 5:45. The program was sponsored by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice. The wrist-radio wearing, straight-shooting detective made his debut in comic strips today in 1931. He leapt to radio in 1934, played by Bob Burlen, Barry Thompson, Ned Wever , and Matt Crowley. The program originated on NBC, moved to CBS briefly in 1935, then to Mutual, and finally to ABC in 1943, where he remained until 1948. The show was a 15 minute program. The broadcast was directed by Mitchell Grayson, Charles Powers, and Bob White. Starring in the show were Walter Kinsella as Pat Patton, Helen Lewis as Tess Trueheart and Andy Donnelly and Jackie Kelk as Juni...