The Line Up Radio Show!
by Radio Shows of the Past!
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Following a trend begun by the radio series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragnet_(radio_series)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dragnet</a></i>, <i>The Lineup</i> strove to portray realism in a police drama. The title indicated the show's focus, as each story began and ended with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_lineup" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">lineup</a> of suspects in a police station in San Francisco.<br /><br />Sergeant Matt Grebb, who was heard giving instructions to participants in each lineup, was "quick-tempered and often bored", while his boss, Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, was "soft-spoken and calm." The program portrayed most activities of the police as part of the job with "few heroics".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lineup_(radio_series)#cite_note-ota-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[1]</a> Episodes were "fast, furious, and realistic."<br /><br />Each episode began with the announcer saying:Ladies a