Tag Archive: Calling

Mar
13

Calling All Cars: I Asked For It / The Unbroken Spirit / The 13th Grave

The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon …

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Feb
20

Calling All Cars: Muerta en Buenaventura / The Greasy Trail / Turtle-Necked Murder

The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon …

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Feb
06

Calling All Cars: Ghost House / Death Under the Saquaw / The Match Burglar

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption. The …

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