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b'Part two of a look at the police procedurals of radio drama. While\\nDragnet was the \\xe2daddy\\xe2? of procedurals, 21st Precinct was probably an\\nexample of almost pure procedure. Dragnet had characters listeners\\ncould care about. 21st Precinct was much dryer in tone even forsaking\\nopening and closing music and musical bridges to maintain a sense of a\\ndocumentary style approach. The opening voice was always the desk\\nsergeant mostly portrayed by veteran radio and television actor, Harold\\nStone (right).

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