| Other names | David Harding, Counterspy |
|---|---|
| Genre | Spy drama |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Syndicates | Blue Network/ABC NBC Mutual |
| Starring | Don MacLaughlin |
| Announcer | Roger Krupp Bob Shepherd |
| Created by | Phillips H. Lord |
| Written by | Milton J. Kramer Stanley Niss Emile C. Tepperman |
| Directed by | Bill Sweets Marx Loeb Leonard Bass Robert Steen Victor Seydel |
| Produced by | Phillips H. Lord |
| Original release | May 18, 1942 – November 29, 1957 |
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Counterspy was an espionage drama radio series that aired on the NBC Blue Network (later ABC) and Mutual from May 18, 1942, to November 29, 1957.[1]
David Harding (played by Don MacLaughlin) was the chief of the United States Counterspies, a unit engaged during World War II in counterintelligence against Japan's Black Dragon and Germany's Gestapo.[2] United States Counterspies was a fictional government agency devised by the program's creator, Phillips H. Lord after Lord "had a certain amount of difficulty with J. Edgar Hoover over story content in Gang Busters."[3] Mandel Kramer played Peters, Harding's assistant.[4]
The program's plots progressed through three phases. During World War II they involved "threats from the Axis powers."[5] After the war ended, Cold War threats took precedence. In the third phase, "they addressed all manner of illegal activities.[5]
Scriptwriters for the series included Milton J. Kramer, Emile C. Tepperman and Stanley Niss.[1]
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