Nightbeat

Nightbeat was an radio drama series that aired from on NBC from February 6, 1950 to April, 1952. Frank Lovejoy starred as Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the "nightbeat" in Chicago for the Chicago Star, encountering criminals and troubled souls. Listeners were invited to join Randy Stone as he "searches through the city for the strange stories waiting for him in the darkness".

There is a character in the Transformers toy line called Nightbeat.

There is also a Demoscene musician who goes by the name Nightbeat.