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| Over the years there were several attempts to syndicate the Jean Shepherd Radio Show. This was at a time before national syndication was as common as it is today. The stations that picked up the syndication usually played the WOR shows which would be edited for commercials. In the case of stations like WHEC in Rochester, NY 'all new' shows were recorded by Shep and provided through Hartwest Productions. These never aired on WOR. | |||||
| WNAC - Boston ~1961 | |||||
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| WBUR - Boston | |||||
| WBUR, a Boston FM station, used to broadcast the shows about 1 week after the original WOR airing. | |||||
| WKAT - Miami Florida | |||||
WKAT, a Miami station, used to broadcast the shows after the original WOR airing. Pomo after shows: "You've been listening to Jean Shepherd here on WKAT the talk of Miami. Jean Shepherd is heard 1 to 4 am Sunday mornings here on WKAT and Tuesday through Saturday from 3 to 4 am. We hope you enjoy him." | |||||
| KRAB - Seattle - 1964 through Jul 25, 1976 | |||||
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| International Jawbreaker | |||||
They distributed a syndicated version of "The Jean Shepherd Show" from April 76 through about April 1, 77. Leigh Brown was Shep's producer and later in life became his wife. Herb Squire was an engineer for WOR and was Shep's engineer from the late 60's to 1977 when Shep left WOR. Herb's wife Laurie was Shep's producer for a couple of years, initially just the syndication duties, and then she produced the WOR show until its conclusion in 1977. These were 30 minute formats of earlier 45 minute WOR shows. The commercials were removed and some of Shep's dialog edited to make the 30 minute package. According to the contract stations would receive 2 30 minute tapes per week at $8.00 / week for the first 13 weeks and $10.00 / week thereafter. Lost tapes would have to be paid for by the stations at a rate of $3.50 per tape and $9.50 per mailing container. | |||||
| Hartwest Productions - Radio Again - FATW | |||||
 Shep recorded a group of shows (200-300) in the mid 1960s (Late 1964-65) for Hartwest Productions. An effort was made in 1964-65 to distribute them nationwide. These shows were never aired on WOR or released to the public until 2005 when they were licensed to Choice Ventures who began releasing them on sets of CDs.
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| WHEC - Rochester, NY | |||||
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| Images Communication Arts - Jericho, NY | |||||
Not much is known about this effort other than a small article in Broadcasting Magazine on July 24, 1989 where it talks about Images efforts on many projects. "The syndicated programming offered by Images includes The Jean Shepherd Show, a one-hour series selected from recordings of the original New York broadcasts, available next fall." It is not known who was behind this effort, who was supplying the shows, and if it ever got off the ground. | |||||
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