Last Summary Update: 10-02-2025 Romantic Engineer Airdate: Tuesday - October 2, 1962 WOR Show Original Airing (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 Now I don't know whether or not I should tell that terrible radio story. . . Show Description I don't know if I should tell that terrible radio story. Shortened music tracks more nickels in the jukebox! Cornerstones and time capsules Shep tells a story about an Engineer he once had that had a drinking problem and fell asleep at the control board while Shep was on the air and there was no one else in the control room. [ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ] Romantic Engineer, cornerstone, beatniks, bagged drunk engineer WOR ID Time Station ID (All times approximate) 12:49 Speaking of rotton shows, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . . Commercials (All times approximate) Time Sponsor Notes 12:58 Show Magazine Music (All times approximate) Time Music Title Notes No Music Used