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Christmas Day 1963
Airdate: Wednesday - December 25, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Well, here we are, and I'm live in case you're interested. . .

Show Description

"This show is live, not taped. Being live is a copout because you can't hear yourself. People who are taped walk around embarrassed." Shep spends the day listening to 9 hours of serious FM station Christmas Music and discusses the various renditions of music and stories. Most radio stations look towards Europe for Christmas. Hours of German Christmas Songs, Charles Dickens. Radio stations across America celebrate Christmas differently. Shep describes listening to the radio as he is driving through the little towns of the Midwest from Cincinnati to Chicago. Attempts to read a George Ade story about Christmas in a small town. Can't find it in the book. The fable of the guy who saved up his money to buy a gift. Christmas traditions of reading Scrooge on the radio, commercialization of Christmas.

Commercials (All times approximate)

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Music (All times approximate)

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Eddie Zajack
•	Leigh Brown

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		George Ade

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

This Show

		Date	Title
		December 25, 1963	Christmas Day 1963	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	December 26, 2000

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
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