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Robert Service
Airdate: Monday - January 21, 1963

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

Last Update: 06-29-2025

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
Boy it's real exciting, just being live. . . (Shep stops and restarts theme talking between, this is at true end of theme)
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.
Show Description
How cold is it? It's colder than a witches . . . Shep can't remember the rest. Shep reads Robert Service poetry: The Ballad of the Northern Lights The Cremation of Sam McGee
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
• 05:25 Speaking of terrible things, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
• 04:42 No Commercials or Commercials Cut Shep starts to get into commercials and the rest is cut
• 04:53 Paperbook Gallery Cut
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 09:06 Unknown - Piano 3 "Draggin Blues" Played on and of throughout show
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 02:04 Bob Considine
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
None
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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
General Topics Robert W. Service
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 21, 1963
Recno: 3407
Robert Service Original Airing
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