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Reviewer: harron68 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 2, 2019

Subject: Great Old Time Radio The series represents a reporter's-eye-view, not so much the limitations of a mystery like "Flashgun Casey." The stories are varied with a superior cast and clever scripts. - January 2, 2019Great Old Time Radio

Reviewer: Tenagra - favorite favorite - January 29, 2018

Subject: Stops dead in its tracks. This is the only place where I can find this show and it always halts with an error about 10 seconds in. What gives? - January 29, 2018Stops dead in its tracks.

Reviewer: lonie - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 10, 2017

Subject: Night Beat Previewed About 20 Of The Files And Yes There Not Perfect ! As Old As They Are It's Amazing They Even Survived ! It Is Ashame With Todays Technology Someone Hasn't Cleaned Them Up ! I For One Wouldn't Have A Clue ! Too Bad I Sure Would ! - April 10, 2017Night Beat

Reviewer: oldmusicfreak - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 26, 2014

Subject: Quality Nightbeat was one of the better dramatic programs. Good stories, and Frank Lovejoys performance was great. True, some of the shows are not of the best quality soundwise, but the few I listened to were acceptable. As old as these shows are, you cant expect them to be perfect. - January 26, 2014Quality

Reviewer: Charlie Heinz - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 8, 2013

Subject: Technical Quality These are good shows. But like a lot of archive.org shows, the technical quality varies widely. Usually, the first shows are muffled and are full of audio tape dropout. It's a shame that the person re-recording them couldn't have simply paid attention to the quality. I had to go to the tenth show before the quality got somewhat consistent. It's not enough to simply compile shows. The quality has to be there, too. - January 8, 2013Technical Quality

Reviewer: eh_ver - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 1, 2012

Subject: nightbeat As a Sansa owner, I also had a problem listening to the episodes. I managed to listen to "Zero" on the otr blog, but other sites, even, have been uncooperative with downloading. Really too bad, as Zero was really good and pretty much exactly what I like in radio heroes. Any suggestions for downloading elsewhere??? REALLY want to continue on with the series! - May 1, 2012nightbeat

Reviewer: Bill Holmberg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 21, 2012

Subject: It's the best. Night Beat is my favorite radio show of all. The descriptions of late night Chicago really put you there. The stories are varied and truly entertaining in every way. - April 21, 2012It's the best.

Reviewer: Tim Szeliga - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 16, 2012

Subject: A Case of Butter Nightbeat is uniformly good,

but the episode "A Case of Butter"

is spectacular. Twists, suspense,

humor,... its got it all.

Check it out! - April 16, 2012A Case of Butter

Reviewer: bobjdepaul - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 23, 2010

Subject: Golden Age of Radio The scripts of this show were so well written that you felt you were really there. Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone was a perfect matching of actor and character. - December 23, 2010Golden Age of Radio

Reviewer: Anatoon - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 11, 2009

Subject: Night Beat Night Beat has always been one of my favorite radio programs. Frank Lovejoy does a superb job as Randy Stone a likable news-reporter searching the big city streets of Chicago for a human interest story for his paper. What he finds are the little known dramatic events that happen in the lives of the people he meets. - December 11, 2009Night Beat

Reviewer: mixiearmadillo - - March 15, 2009

Subject: zip file incomplete Only contains three episodes!

Update: downloaded all, most episodes corrupted for play on MP3 player. Track will play partway through but will skip at precise points to next track. You can scan past skip but track will skip again at the same points every time. Many files in the archive appear to be corrupted this way. They are playable if converted to .wav form and played in standard CD player, or if played on the computer... so possibly an issue with my Sansa Clip MP3 player? Not sure, but many series I've downloaded from this archive do it. Even so, I'm thrilled to have them. Wish I could listen to these all the way through. - March 15, 2009zip file incomplete

Reviewer: nightkey5 - - June 26, 2007

Subject: Misdated Shows

was 50-04-10 I Know Your Secret (Randy Stone fishes Wanda Rhodes out of the river) The 50-04-16 broadcast was

from a special repeat week and following the pattern of the other shows from that week should open with

"The National Broadcasting Company wishes to call your attention to a program regularly heard on Monday evenings..."



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