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Why I Am Leaving Radio
Airdate: Wednesday - March 23, 1977

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

I think we'l go right, headlong into mediocraty

Show Description

Shep talks about all his writing commitments and offers for television. He says he has no time any longer for radio. Going to do a network special for the Ratheon Corporation. Says this is his decision, nothing to do with all the others on the station who were being replaced. Shep announces princeton show Friday, June 3, 1977.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	Lafayette Radio
•	Long Island Press
•	Martin's Home Decorating Centers
•	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Princeton June 3
•	White Rose Tea

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Shiek of Araby (3)

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	Tony Galano

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Not Determined

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Live Shows		Princeton University

Photos:

March 28, 1977
NY Time article regading the WOR shakeup

Courtesy: Pete Delaney

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		March 23, 1977	Why I Am Leaving Radio	Original Airing

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Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	January 25, 2000

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975