The WOR Days

Shep's radio career on WOR in New York began in 1955 and lasted until 1977. Although it lasted 22 years, it wasn't always a happy relationship. He continually butted heads with management over commercials, refused to play by the rules, and often complained about feeling like an outsider.

General

Show Preparation How was it all put together...	Pre-recording Not every show was live!	Syndication of shows
View a graphical version of the WOR timeline Set browsers to "WIDE LOAD"	Notes of interest	Shep's Engineers and other people he spoke with in the control room
The Sweetheart Soap Story	The "I, Libertine" Hoax	Limelight Shows

WOR Schedule

Weekday Shows

Week of April 20, 1955 to May 13, 1955

Weekday Shows - WOR New York - Mon - Fri 11:15pm to 11:30pm
(Source: NY Times Radio Listing)

June 14, 1955 to December 2, 1955

Weekday Shows - WOR New York - Starting in the 5:30 to 5:45pm time slot and ending in the 4:45 to 5:00pm time slot.

January 4, 1956 to August 17, 1956

Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 1:00am to 5:30am
Birth of the "Night People"

On August 17th Shep was pulled off the air and did not return until his Sunday show on September 2, 1956.)

February 13, 1961 to February 7, 1964

Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 11:15pm to 12:00mid

(Mentioned in 2-21-62 and 4-26-63 Shows and 1963 article "King of the Night People")

February 10, 1964 to
May 4,1973

Weekday Shows - WOR New York - 10:15pm to 11:00pm
Sometime during December 1970 and January 1971 there were 2 shows per night. One at 9:15 and the other at 10:15. It's probable that one was live and the other was a rerun of a previous broadcast.
(On the 4-3-71 show he announces a time change to 10:15)

May 7, 1973 to
January 4, 1974

Weekday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 11:15pm to 12:00mid

January 7, 1974 to April 1, 1977

Weekday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 9:15pm to 10:00pm
(According to Herb Squire, the last radio shows, in 1977, were extended from 45 minutes to 50 minutes because WOR was cutting back the news from 15 minutes to 10 minutes, and needed to fill the 5 minutes remaining and later they cut the news back to 5 minutes).

Saturday Shows

February 26, 1955 to January 21, 1956

Saturday Afternoon - WOR New York - Times vary:

2-26-55	4:30 to 5:45 P.M. Premier
3-5-55	4:30 to 6:15 P.M.
3-12-55	4:30 to 6:15 P.M.
3-19-55	4:30 to 6:15 P.M.
3-26-55	4:30 to 6:15 P.M.
4-23-55	4:30 to 6:15 P.M.
5-14-55	3:30 to 6:15 P.M.
6-4-55	3:30 to 6:00 P.M.
6-11-55	3:30 to 5:30 P.M.
12-3-55	3:00 to 5:55 P.M.
1-7-56	4:30 to 5:45 P.M.
1-14-56	3:30 to 5:45 P.M.
1-21-56	3:30 to 5:30 P.M.

July 27, 1957 to
March 19, 1960

Saturday Morning - WOR New York - 10:15am to 12:00 noon

March 26, 1960 to September 16, 1961

Saturday Afternoon - WOR New York - 12:15 to 2:00

January 6, 1968
to December 25, 1971 +?

Saturday Evening - Post Limelight Studio Shows - 55 minutes (10:05-11:00? or 11:05 to Midnight?)

Limelight Shows
Listing of Limelight Shows

Feb 15, 1964 to
October 16, 1965

"Live from the Limelight" - WOR 710 New York - Saturday Nights 10:05 to Midnight

October 23, 1965 to December 30, 1967

10:30 to Midnight (Limelight shows ended December 30, 1967 according to Herb Squire who was one of the engineers at the time)

Sunday Shows

September 2, 1956 to September 11, 1960

Sunday Shows - WOR 710 New York - 9:05 to 1:00am (as of 3-26-60 9:05-1:00)

September 18, 1960 to October 30, 1960

Sunday Afternoon Shows - WOR 710 New York - 12:15 to 4:00pm

November 6, 1960 to February 5, 1961

Sunday Afternoon Shows - WOR 710 New York - 12:15 to 2:00pm
The show was shortened to allow a Philadelphia Concert series to air.

Credits

Special thanks to Lowell Thelin for his endless hours searching NY Times microfilm for a large portion of the New York time schedules.

The NPR information was provided courtesy of Art Silverman.

The information regarding his Cincinnati radio days was extracted from a posting by Jack Rothwell on the Old Radio Network.