Chick Carter, Boy Detective

[3] Episodes of Chick Carter typically ended with a cliffhanger, enticing young listeners to tune in again for the next installment of the program.

"[5] Officials at WOR (AM), Mutual's flagship station in New York City, believed the duo to be "the first related pair of adult and juvenile series in radio.

[7] Followers of either or both of the Carter programs could join the Inner Circle club, which provided a membership card and a folder that contained background information on the casts of the two shows.

[8] Bill Lipton initially had the title role, with Leon Janney taking his place beginning July 3, 1944.

[10] In 1971, Charles Michelson, president of Charles Michelson Inc. (a program distributing company in New York) threatened to launch legal action against radio stations that were airing unauthorized broadcasts of Chick Carter or any of seven other old-time radio shows for which his company held the copyrights.