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The Man Called X

American radio espionage drama series (1944–1952)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

The Man Called X is an espionage radio drama that aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944, to May 20, 1952. The radio series was later adapted for television and was broadcast for one season, 1956–1957.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “The Man Called X” is american radio espionage drama series (1944–1952). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Called, American and radio, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 1952, 1956, 1957—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Called, American and radio is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “american radio espionage drama series (1944–1952)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1944, 1952, 1956 and 1957.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Man Called X” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.