Airing from 1949 – 1951, Candy Matson is a radio program centered around a female private investigator. Matson had a wry sense of humor and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character “without a trace of squeamishness” as well as a veiled gay character in Candy’s best friend Rembrandt Watson, and Candy’s love interest, police detective Ray Mallard.