Re-Imagined Radio presents “Dragnet”

More than 50 years ago, radio listeners got a real feel for police work by tuning in to “Dragnet.” The show was about boredom and drudgery as well as about heroism, and its narrator, Sgt. Joe Friday, played by Jack Webb, was the prototypical hard-boiled detective. In August, Re-Imagined Radio samples from “Dragnet”” as well as Webb’s earlier radio programs. The episode, titled “Dragnet,” premieres at 1 p.m. Aug. 19 on KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. Subsequent broadcasts and streams will be provided by local, regional and international broadcast partners.