This week, we shall take another stroll down Memory Lane with our dear friend, Fred
Bertelsen. He shall begin his first in a series of crime fighters with two great
programs. Ellery Queen and the FBI in Peace and War. Santos Ortega, Carlton Young
and Larry Dobkin played Ellery queen over the great years of oldtime radio. >Let’s
take a look at Fred’s Press Release. >Press Release: This is the first episode I
have decided to call Crimefighters. Each episode of Crimefighters will consist of
a Cop show and a Private Eye type show. This first episode will feature an episode
of The FBI in Peace and War and an Episode of Ellery Queen. The FBI in Peace and
War was broadcast from Nov 25, 1944 through Sept 28, 1958 on CBS. Ellery Queen was
from June 18, 1939 to Sept 20, 1940 on CBS, Jan 10, 1942 to Dec 30, 1944, on NBC,
Jan 24, 1945 to April 16, 1947 on CBS,June 1 to Sept 21, 1947 on NBC, and Nov 27,
1947 to May 27, 1948 on ABC. Tonight our programs are The FBI in Peace and War, “The
Courier” from March 2, 1955 CBS and The Adventures of Ellery Queen, “The Singing
Rat” from January 7, 1943 NBC.