The Falcon radio series premiered on the Blue Network on April 10, 1943, continuing on NBC and Mutual until November 27, 1954.

In 1941, RKO Radio Pictures launched a Falcon movie series, but that was based on a different character (Gay Lawrence) by a different author (Michael Arlen).

[2] Like the Falcon film series, the radio plots mixed danger, romance and comedy in equal parts.

Speaking with a woman whose voice was never heard, Waring would explain that he had an urgent situation in which he had to deal with criminals.

[5] NBC made that change because the program had been more successful against Jack Benny's show than any other radio competitors.