A stylish San Francisco detective series starring Natalie Masters as private investigator Candy Matson, whose cases mix murder and mystery with sharp dialogue and a distinctly independent heroine.

San Francisco-set female private-eye series created and produced/written by Monty/Monte Masters and starring Natalie Masters. Frozen archive contains twelve surviving regular broadcasts plus the 1949 audition and 1952 revival audition.

The run breaks into several distinct periods: 1949 EXbrook audition (April 4, 1949 to April 4, 1949) on NBC Radio Network, NBC-KGO regular run (1949-06 to 1951-05) on NBC Radio Network, and 1952 revival audition (September 21, 1952 to September 21, 1952) on NBC Radio Network.

Names that turn up again and again in the surviving run include Monte Masters (writer, producer, and director), Natalie Masters (performer), Henry Leff (performer), Jack Thomas (performer), Monte Masters (writer (performer), Bill Brownell (sound-effects artist), and Dudley Manlove (announcer).

Across its run, the surviving broadcasts are tied to NBC Radio Network.

The stories often return to female private investigator, police/private-detective collaboration, San Francisco and Bay Area geography, real-location radio storytelling, sustaining regional network drama, and murder and criminal investigation.

The show also sits in a wider radio history that includes Female private-eye radio lead, Candy Matson chronology and title preservation problem, NBC San Francisco Radio City production, and 1952 Candy Matson revival audition.

If you are following the same actors and creative circles, related programs worth opening next include CBS Radio Workshop, Dragnet, Fibber McGee and Molly, Fort Laramie, and Frontier Gentleman.