The Few radio cops patrolled meaner streets than Detective Danny Clover.

Each week on Broadway is my beat, Clover walked what he called the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world.

That work took its toll on Clover, but his cases made for some of the best dramatic radio of the 1950s and one of the era's all-time best detective programs.

The series premiered in February 1949, and it first originated from New York City. Actor Anthony Ross

starred as Danny Clover in episodes written by Peter Lyon and directed by John

Dietz. Lion was a veteran writer of the March of Time

and the Cavalcade of America,

and Deets directed episodes of Suspense

and Casey crime photographer.

From the beginning, the show stood out from the past. and Casey, crime photographer.

From the beginning, the show stood out from the pack of radio police dramas,

thanks to the strong characterizations and the unique New York color of the stories.

The CBS press release for the show described

Clover as a man is familiar with the fine phrases of Shakespeare as with the dark

streets. The series aired until June when it relocated the the actor and director who was one of the chief architects of Radio's creative

Renaissance of the 1950s. At CBS alone, Lewis directed suspense, pursuit, and the lineup.

Lewis tapped Larry Thor, a Canadian announcer and actor to step into Danny Clover's shoes.

We've heard Thor wear his announcer hat on both the Green Lama and Rocky Jordan.

As voiced by Thor, Danny Clover was a man who saw both the beauty and the tragedy in his

hometown, and his voiceovers were anything

but the just the facts narration of Joe Friday.

In the Maytime the sun grins down and patts Broadway's cheek.

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